Age at which skunks can spray

The spray has an oily appearance, and comes out of scent glands below the animals' tails. Some very young skunks are able to do some very subtle spraying at merely weeks old, according to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan.

However, skunks generally are old enough to have their totally realized spraying skills when they're in the ballpark of 3 months old, give or take a couple of weeks. Whether you're dealing with a wee skunk or a fully mature 3-year-old, spraying in skunks isn't at all a random behavior.

These typically meek creatures do not spray in attempts to disrupt others, as they tend to stay out of humans' ways whenever possible. Spraying usually means that a skunk is either very scared, startled by something or in pain and discomfort due to an injury. If skunks have already made their way in, we can also find and remove them using safe and effective strategies such as one-way doors.

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Happy to discuss business and franchising opportunities. Connect with the author via: LinkedIn. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Skunks are nocturnal and forage for food while most animals and humans sleep. Though you typically see skunks by themselves, they gather to mate. A group of skunks are called a surfeit. Skunks are omnivores, which means they eat both meat and vegetation. Their diet consists of plants, insects, larvae, worms, fruit, eggs, reptiles, small mammals and fish.

Female skunks give birth every year. Their gestation period often lasts around two months and they give birth to two to 10 offspring at a time. Baby skunks are called kits.

In the video below, this baby skunk one of several that came in dehydrated after being found wandering out of their den… something must have happened to their mother is being introduced to an unfamiliar and apparently rather frightening! Introducing them to different stimuli is key to their eventual survival in the wild. We love this video below. The littlest skunk desperately wants to be in the bin with his brother and sister, digging in the dirt for mealworms.

Finally, in the video below you can watch another group of youngsters play-fighting and wrestling. But WildCare asks you to please let wild animals be wild! These youngsters may look playful now, but eventually they will grow to be adult skunks, with all their wild instincts in place.

Skunks in captive situations are very destructive these animals are built to dig, and dig they will! Think of all the desperate cats and dogs in shelters, and please make space in your home for an animal that truly needs human companionship to survive.

Wildlife like skunks belong outside eating the slugs and snails in your garden! WildCare is absolutely committed to raising these babies to be healthy, wild skunks, ready for release.