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Spring is on the way.

catter70 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:53:35 GMT

Yes, the temps are up a bit and no snow this week, but another thing caught my attention this morning when I went out side-the smell of skunk . It's their mating season (Feb/Mar) so the smell is in the air. Anyone else notice?

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Cookie2025 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:47:03 GMT

Oh Dear - did I just spilled my coffee.

I had to laugh - still laughing - Thank You

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SoCal Bred — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:17:44 GMT

The skunks in our neighborhood must be mating all year round it seems, nothing worse than the smell of skunk first thing in the morning when you open your door, yuck!

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Mz iMac — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:40:33 GMT

Like SoCal Bred , skunks in my neck of the woods must mate all year round. Also, they are nocturnal. Only smell them at night right near the front & back entrance of the apt buildings.

I few years ago, I foumd their so called den under a pile of rocks & boulders in the woods. Mr & Mrs skunk were sound asleep & I got out of the woods w/a quickness. Good thing I was carrying my dog.

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goldensrbest — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:47:41 GMT

Just awful smell, there was a time when 3 of our dogs would get sprayed,just sicking!!!

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Bonkers1 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:26:37 GMT

That is for sure. I live in NY - same problem here.

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AuntG — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:11:18 GMT

No skunk scent here. We still have snow coverage, but it is melting.

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cindyNC — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:19:29 GMT

That's funny about the skunks. I live in NC and we occasionally have skunks. I've been noticing more road kill rabbits and possums than anything else.

We used to have rabbits that would eat the grass near the entrance to the house so the outdoor camera always caught them. Saw a mating dance one night. Unfortunately, the feral cat that the neighbor has been feeding is putting an end to our wildlife viewings.

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Citrine1 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:12:33 GMT

My new neighbor, behind my house, likes to smoke weed in his yard on a regular basis, so it pretty much smells like skunk all the time around here. Argh.

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just bee — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:20:32 GMT

@Citrine1 wrote:
My new neighbor, behind my house, likes to smoke weed in his yard on a regular basis, so it pretty much smells like skunk all the time around here. Argh.

@Citrine1

I didn't know you lived in Albuquerque.

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Citrine1 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:28:19 GMT

@just bee So YOU'RE my new neighbor!! Hmmmm. LOL LOL

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just bee — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:46:57 GMT

@Citrine1 wrote:
@just bee So YOU'RE my new neighbor!! Hmmmm. LOL LOL

@Citrine1

Oh, it's definitely not me. In fact, I think Better-Half and I are the only people in this city who aren't skunking up the environment.

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We rescue cats — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:00:17 GMT

I don't think I can smell skunks, not sure what's up with that. We have them here often, we put food out for the critters most every night when the weather is decent. I will probably start again soon, I know that DH will say "oh Stinky!" when he sprays but I don't smell it.

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Nightowlz — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:20:00 GMT

The only time we smell skunk around here is when one gets run over?

The rabbits & squirrels are chasing each other. I know one of the rabbits just had babies. She's like go away leave me alone.

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KKJ — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:51:14 GMT

@monicakm wrote:
@cindyNC

In Texas you can see dead opossums in the road turned on their backs. Someone will position the poor thing holding a beer can to it's mouth.

That's sick. Who'd do something like that?

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spumoni99 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:56:29 GMT

We have lots of skunks my son in law and my granddaughter both got sprayed on our front porch. We don't have snow or a real winter really so they are here year round. It will be 72 degrees this week.

That is so disgusting about the possum. I would hope they would check to make sure they don't have babies but the beer thing is just gross and disrespectful.

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Citrine1 — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:11:47 GMT

@just bee My mother's next door neighbor (row home) is such a heavy weed smoker that the smell comes through the walls. I would smell it almost every time I walked in my moms house.

And the funny thing is, the smoker is a 74 year old woman. For some reason, that tickles my funny bone.

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lynnie61 — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:35:14 GMT

@Citrine1 A prior co worker and her husband smoked weed every weekend. When our employer started drug testing, she had a fit. It was just funny because, we couldn't believe she carried on about it. She then soon retired.

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Citrine1 — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:13:48 GMT

That's funny @lynnie61. You just never know about some people! hahaha

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cindyNC — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:37:02 GMT

@monicakm @KKJ On FB I follow a wildlife rehab center out of Virginia. They advise people who have accidentally killed a possum to roll it over and check for babies.

Possums do so much in the ecosystem.