Help name seven baby skunks, please

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh boy. I just found 6 or 7 baby skunks living in a storage area attached to my office - a converted barn. I just came walking down and they were all waiting near my office door. Two of them wanted to come over and say hello. I don't know where mama is. :uhh:

I have learned that skunks really have little to no fear of humans. I have stood within three feet of a skunk that was eating and he could have cared less. No tail action, no threat, he just barely acknowledged my presence and kept eating.

The cats like to make friends with them. :grumpy:

[plover]

Help name seven baby skunks, please

Manichaeus
10-ft.
Any Other Name
Calvin
Dinkum Stinkum
Cribbage
Therapy

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh yes, if you have any suggestions, what in the heck do I do now?!!!!

I had to shoot two this year already...but seven? Gees.

Integral are your reading? You have lived here longer than me. What do I do?

[Evo]

Awww, little babies. :approve: I hope the mom is ok. Just don't upset them. My dog, you know the one, the "Jaws of Death" is forever cornering skunks right under my bedroom window. Nothing better than waking up in the middle of the night thinking you've been sprayed.

Maybe you could name them after the PF members they most resemble? :devil: :biggrin: Surely one is an Evo. :tongue2:

[Evo]

I had to shoot two this year already...SHOOT THEM???? NOOOOO, they're innocent babies!!! :cry:

Call an animal rescue league to come get them and relocate them.

[Ivan Seeking]

Just don't upset them.

No, see, I can't have seven skunks living on the property. This gets ugly. :cry:

[Ivan Seeking]

we are posting nearly simultaneously.

Call an animal rescue league to come get them and relocate them

They will probably laugh at me but I will try. I really don't want to shoot them all. They are almost like little kitties - they handle themselves much like a persian cat does. Until I checked I assumed that cats and skunks were closely related but not so.

btw, I just lost my office kitty Miss Bun. Only 4.5 years and she lost blood circulation for some reason...don't know why. 24 hours from good to dead. It was so sad.

[Evo]

No, see, I can't have seven skunks living on the property. This gets ugly. :cry:Smelly maybe, not ugly. Just don't let me know if they meet an untimely death. :cry:

The neighbor's dog killed all of the kittens that a stray cat that hangs around had. They were so precious, I'm just sick. I had to bury all of them yesterday.

I am so sorry to hear about Miss Bun. :frown:

[Ivan Seeking]

country living can be really ugly that way.

[Evo]

Yeah it's really hard for a bleeding heart animal lover like me.

But on the positive side, there are the times when you go into your kitchen and there's an opossum eating cat food like it's the most natural thing in the world. Man those things have large fangs and they drool when they eat. I replaced that window screen real quick.

[Ivan Seeking]

Just don't let me know if they meet an untimely death. :cry:

That what I mean by ugly. I really hate shooting things. :cry: :cry: :cry:

Funny since as a kid I liked to hunt.

You know, moving from LA to the backwoods of Oregon was quite an experience. Anything related to farms and animals can be a pretty hard adjustment. Even seasoned animal people and farmers hate what they sometimes have to do.

Oh yes, here a favorite for the sheep people to pull on the city folk. The first time I watched the birthing of lambs the farmer made sure that he positioned me directly in the line of flight of the afterbirth. Luckily I was quicker than he.

[Ivan Seeking]

But on the positive side,

you haven't lived until you've seen a billy goat mate! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Evo]

you haven't lived until you've seen a billy goat mate! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:Is it something you can explain in mixed company? :blush:

[Ivan Seeking]

Is it something you can explain in mixed company? :blush:

Well, hmmm, um, first you have to picture a cork screw; that's the shape. Then they pee all over themselves to attract a female - which I have tried and I can say that this seems to only work for goats. Anyway, that's what that famous billy goat beard is for. Its a sponge. Then they get so horny that they get stiff legged and can't walk right. They just wobble around making all sorts of obnoxious noise, peeing on their beard, and trying desperately to mount the nearest female who makes the poor billy stumble all over the barnyard trying to catch her. When he finally does its all over in about five seconds. It is absolutely the most pathetic mating ritual I have ever seen.

[Evo]

Then they get so horny that they get stiff legged and can't walk right. They just wobble around making all sorts of obnoxous noise, peeing on their beard, and trying desperately to mount the nearest female who makes the poor billy stumble all over the barnyard trying to catch her. When he finally does its all over in about five seconds. It is absolutely the most pathetic mating ritual I have ever seen.Not unlike what I've encountered with males at the local bar. :biggrin:

[Ivan Seeking]

Not unlike what I've encountered with males at the local bar. :biggrin:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Adam]

- George Bush.
- Tony Blair.
- John Howard.
- Ashcroft.
- Powell.
- Cheney.
- Alexander Downer.

[Andy]

Happy
Grumpy
Sleepy
Dopey
Sneezy
Dock
bashful

Took ma a while to get the last one, lol.

[Njorl]

Let's see, how about...

Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Horst Bucholz, Robert Vaughn and um, um, um... Oh, just name the last one Stinky!

Njorl

[jimmy p]

Dammit Andy, I was gonna use them names... Oh well, i second the "7 dwarfs" naming scheme

[Math Is Hard]

How about George Foreman I, George Foreman II, George Foreman III, George Foreman IV, George Foreman V, George Foreman VI, and George Foreman VII?

[holly]

Seven perfect names:
Chroot
Greg
Integral
Marcus
Enigma
Monique
Doc Al

If we use hyphenated names, we could fit all the Stinkin' Great mentors/members' names on 'em....Monique-Evo, Marcus-Jimmy P, Enigma-Tsunami, etc etc.

bwha ha ha ha ha

[Tsu]

Awww, little babies. :approve: I hope the mom is ok. Just don't upset them. My dog, you know the one, the "Jaws of Death" is forever cornering skunks right under my bedroom window. Nothing better than waking up in the middle of the night thinking you've been sprayed.
:surprise: :surprise: :surprise: :surprise:

Maybe you could name them after the PF members they most resemble? :devil: :biggrin: Surely one is an Evo. :tongue2:
They're ALL Evo!!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: (How you doin', Sis? :biggrin: )

[BoulderHead]

SprayBaby
Stenchtail (or Stenchy)
Striper
Tailraiser
Mr Buttoneyes
RabieBaby
Fleazy

[Math Is Hard]

Hey Boulderhead:
You forgot Stripe and Polecat!

[BoulderHead]

Musky
Egghead (or Eggster)
Nomad
Smellinger (pronounced; smell-linger)
Odiferous (as in; odoriferous)
Weasely (or Weasels)

[The Bob]

Why not seven elements (like the most common seven) or the seven wonders of the world:
1. Egypt
2. Babylon
3. Olympia or Zeus
4. Artemis or Ephesus
5. Halicarnassus
6. Rhodes
7. Alexandria or Alex (for short)

Don't really want to know about Goats and their sexual habits. I know it is natural but it reminds me of what my friend say about Welsh farmers. Anyway........

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Ivan Seeking]

The Skunkapult:

http://www.mangonel.com/petraria/dawn2s.jpg
http://www.ripcord.ws/

And before you have a fit Evo, I intend to put a little parachute on each of them.

[Monique]

How about..

badger badger badger badger badger badger and snake :biggrin:

[zoobyshoe]

Where does this notion that you have to shoot any of them come from? They won't spray you unless you corner them and threaten them. Just don't feed them, and as they grow up they will disperse to find their own territory. I believe as adults they're solitary animals.

[The Bob]

How about..

badger badger badger badger badger badger and snake :biggrin:

Ok this website is spreading too much now. :biggrin:

Ivan Seeking. Can I ask if you are going to catapult them or call them skunkapult?

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Moonbear]

How about Stinky, Pewey, Pepe...that takes care of three.

And it's pigs, not goats that have a corkscrew shaped penis! I used to work with goats...I burned my clothes when I was done! The stiff legged "walk" is actually a foreleg kick and is part of their mating behavior too...the female goats seem to like it, though it just plain hurts when they get my shin instead of one of the other goats. But, yes, urinating on themselves is just nasty, but a clean goat won't get the females (yes, I knew someone who did that as an experiment, compared stinky goats with those scrubbed clean)...I used to play a similar trick as your sheep friends, which was to line up the new help with the male goat known to miss when he was spraying his beard...eeeeewwww!

[Ivan Seeking]

How about Stinky, Pewey, Pepe...that takes care of three.

And it's pigs, not goats that have a corkscrew shaped penis!

It must depend on the type of goat. I am quite sure that I have never seen a pigs penis... I think these were all pigmy goats but I would have to check with my expert, Tsu.

I used to work with goats...I burned my clothes when I was done! The stiff legged "walk" is actually a foreleg kick and is part of their mating behavior too...the female goats seem to like it, though it just plain hurts when they get my shin instead of one of the other goats. But, yes, urinating on themselves is just nasty, but a clean goat won't get the females (yes, I knew someone who did that as an experiment, compared stinky goats with those scrubbed clean)...

You can smell them a mile away. That is the worst smell... Also, I found that really fine goat cheese smells just like a billy goat. In Paris they gave me some of this with Parma Ham or something and it about made me sick. Talk about an aquired taste! :yuck:

I used to play a similar trick as your sheep friends, which was to line up the new help with the male goat known to miss when he was spraying his beard...eeeeewwww!

Brutal. :surprise:

[Ivan Seeking]

Ok this website is spreading too much now. :biggrin:

Ivan Seeking. Can I ask if you are going to catapult them or call them skunkapult?

The Bob (2004 ©)

That was a plan of action! :biggrin:

How about calling them Fling the 1st, Fling the 2nd....

In reality I am planning a capture and release. They love cat food. I think I can get a cage full in the back of my pickup truck and then dump them a few miles away back in the woods. It is all a matter of maintaining the proper distance. I can suffer the damage to he back of the truck for a time. It should be an interesting ride though. :yuck:

I just can't stand the thought of a skunkacaust.

[Moonbear]

I have the same experience with goat cheese, can't stand the stuff because it reminds me of the bucks. It tastes just like they smell! But, nope, it isn't breed dependent, it's not shaped like a corkscrew, sorry. Just long and skinny. It's okay, I trust you weren't examining it all that closely.

Glad you're not planning on skunkapulting them. Baby skunks are really adorable. You know you can take them to a vet and have their scent glands removed and make them into very nice pets :-)

[BoulderHead]

Ah pa'ai (name of polecat animal. Pronounced: Ah Pie).

[edit]
Oh, and whatever you do, don't swap the P with a B, hahaha! :rofl:

[Evo]

The Skunkapult:

And before you have a fit Evo, I intend to put a little parachute on each of them.That is acceptable. :biggrin:

Uhm...could you add some tiny crash helmets? :redface:

[Ivan Seeking]

Where does this notion that you have to shoot any of them come from?

The most direct answer is from the guy at the feed store that has helped to walk me through the trials and tribulations of country living for the last fourteen years. When in Rome... Much more often than not, like nearly always, the advice has been good.

They won't spray you unless you corner them and threaten them. Just don't feed them, and as they grow up they will disperse to find their own territory. I believe as adults they're solitary animals.

They are disease carriers for starters; most notably rabies. Beyond this though some will stick around and it is too easy for our animals or us to get sprayed - which is quite an ordeal. The problem with any wild animal like this is the unplanned encounter. Still, it is bad enough to shoot one. I'm just not going to shoot seven babies.

I got a picture of them tonight. Its not too good but I will post a little later anyway. It seems that we have either seven or eight babies, and mama.

[Ivan Seeking]

But, nope, it isn't breed dependent, it's not shaped like a corkscrew, sorry. Just long and skinny.

Hmmm. I just can't imagine what penis I'm thinking of! I will have to check with Tsu. She is an expert on many things. Btw, it was her idea to use the skunkapult. I was tending towards an air-cannon.

When we had two pigmy goats - a brother and sister named Grunt and Bambi - we had the female studded by a local billy. Our male was a wether. When Bambi got home from her illicit interlude she really stunk and Grunt started to attack her. He kept ramming her in the side to the point where I was afraid he would injure her. So, in an effort to desensitize Grunt to the smell of the billy-goat, I rubber down Bambi and then rubbed this all over Grunts face. That was not a good idea.

That goat about went into orbit. He started snorting and yelling and jumping wildly like a rodeo horse. He would shake his head and run in circles while snorting and then start jumping again. This went on for quite some time...like ten minutes or more. He was really ticked off at me for hours. It was absolutely hilarious!

[Tsu]

It must depend on the type of goat. I am quite sure that I have never seen a pigs penis... I think these were all pigmy goats but I would have to check with my expert, Tsu.
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Hmmm. I just can't imagine what penis I'm thinking of! I will have to check with Tsu. She is an expert on many things. Btw, it was her idea to use the skunkapult. I was tending towards an air-cannon.
Er.... thank you, dear. (I think,) Goats are not among those animals known to have a corkscrew penis. Those would include bulls, http://www.world-sex-records.com/sex-299.htm ducks http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/10/1023_corkscrewduck.htmland and pigs (the boars having one with a left handed thread :surprise: :rofl:) http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/articles/592_breeding_cycle_male.htm. Now, I've been TOLD by a fairly reputable breeder that Pygmy goats have a 'hook' type aparatus on the tip of their long, pencil-like penis that helps to 'anchor' the situation until the time is right. :wink: However, I have no first-hand knowledge of this since I was not present at Bambi's de-flowering. :cry:

Here is a picture of the babies!! It's not that great of a shot, as it was taken at night as the were heading for shelter under the chicken coop. You can see two tails on the left, one in the middle and three on the right. You can also see a little baby skunk head peaking out from under the coop between the two right-most tails. Aren't they sweet???? :biggrin:
http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/skunks1 6-29-04.JPG

Evo, you'll have to provide the helmets! We don't have enough and I'm not letting them stink up our kitties helmets that they wear when we send them down the creek on a little kitty white-water rafting trip. :surprise: :biggrin: :rofl:

[zoobyshoe]

They love cat food.
Two separate skunks were coming around at night eating the cat food I leave out for the backyard stray kitty. Whenever I appeared at the door they scurried away. That's all. Not the slightest attempt to spray me. Solution: bring the cat food in at night.

The trick to capturing skunks in a cage is to keep the ceiling of the cage low enough that they can't raise their tails. They will put off spraying almost forever if they have to get it on themselves to do so. The second trick is to cover the cage with a sheet or whatever, and for the cage to be made with a solid bottom (not wire mesh that they can see out of). Skunks will not spray unless they can see a target. The exception to that would be if you physically touch them by poking something into the cage.

Approach the trapped skunk gently from behind so it can't see you, throw the sheet over the cage. Then reposition your self facing the skunk for safety in case it does spray. Gently lift the cage and set it in a large plastic tub big enough to hold the cage. That will protect the bed of your truck if it sprays en route.

Arrived at the release point, set the cage on the ground with the skunk facing away from you. Pull the sheet back from the end where its face is, then open the door in front of it. It should scurry out of the cage and away as soon as it gets a look at the new environment and makes some decisions about the best cover to run for.

[The Bob]

Tell you what.. tell me where you live and I will get my friends BB gun to scare them away. Oh no that is cruel erm........ I will get the smaller B gun and pump up the pressure so it is as dangerous but looks more inoccent.

No on a real point just let them go in the middle of a wood and give them food to surivie for a night. They would get the idea and learn to survive.

The Bob (2004 ©)

[zoobyshoe]

Beyond this though some will stick around and it is too easy for our animals or us to get sprayed - which is quite an ordeal. The problem with any wild animal like this is the unplanned encounter.
A skunk will not spray you unless you threaten it. They will either ignore you, as you mentioned, or scurry away.

Skunks, like rattlesnakes, warn before they use their weapons. A skunk will face you and pound the ground with one of its front paws. That means back off immediately or it will turn with its back to you, hop up onto its front feet and squirt one at you.

[The Bob]

Ivan Seeking,

Are you going to keep the skunks as pets or not otherwise what is the point of thinking of names? All that effort :biggrin:

The Bob (2004 ©)

[holly]

OH THEY ARE ADORABLE! But as I.S. mentioned, they are wild animals. Aiee, what a lot of trouble...

[Math Is Hard]

Oh my goodness, Tsu! Aren't they cute?!? Look at the little bottle brush tails! Thanks for that picture.
Maybe you could capture them like Zooby was saying.

Zooby - how will they catch all the babies at once? They need to release them together.

[Evo]

I love how they all have their tails up in the air. :biggrin:

[Ivan Seeking]

I love how they all have their tails up in the air. :biggrin:

I had to get pretty close to get that shot and they seem to want to come over and say hello. :surprise: For perspective, less the tail they are about the size of a two month old kitten. They are absolutely cute but when standing five feet away, it is more of an ominous sort of cute. Lordy lordy lordy, what a sight!

Zooby, sounds like great advice! Where did you pick all of this up?

They travel in a tight little pack so I'm thinking of a fairly long, narrow box. Maybe 8"X12"X36" or so. If I can coax them all into the box with some food and set a trap door, this might be fairly easy.

Also, its seems to be final; US Fish and Wildlife says I'm on my own. They were the last hope for an easy way out. The guy at the feed store says "22 shells", though even he admits that shooting eight or nine would be pretty ugly.

[zoobyshoe]

I used to live in another place that had a crawlspace beneath it where a skunk lived. Another skunk used to sneak in and they would fight and spray each other. The landlord called animal control, or someone, and they set a trap for it. I was the first one to find it caught in the trap, which is when I saw it pounding its foot whenever it could see me. I covered it with a sheet, picked the cage up, and moved it to the shade till the guy came to get it. I mentioned the foot pounding thing, and he told me it was their warning, but that they couldn't follow through without spraying over themselves under the circumstances, and that they wouldn't unless you poked them.

When he came, he took the sheet off, picked the cage up, and started toward his vehicle, whereupon it sprayed. I believe his mistake was letting it see him up close at the same time it could see it would be possible to spray down through the mesh bottom of the cage. When I moved the cage, it couldn't see me at all.

You could catch them all at once in a big cage but you'd have to wait for them all to go in and spring the trap yourself. I still suggest a solid bottom for it, and a cheap disposable tarp for the bed of the truck, just in case.

Edit: The animal control guy said that peanut butter works every time. It is the skunks downfall.

[holly]

Are the babies still nursing? Because you'll want to catch the mom, too...otherwise, she'll probably get mastitis. When I catch feral kittens, I must catch the mother, too, or have a way to feed her antibiotic-laced food (wet food) for 10 days. My vet taught me this.

[Moonbear]

LOL! I've noticed the ads at the top of the page are now all for goats and goat breeders! The ads must be selected by some program that scans for keywords in the messages or something. But, yeah, there is that dangly thing at the end of the goat penis. I don't know what it does either...I have a vulgar thought, but can't write that here. The pig is the only one that is supposed to have a corkscrew penis...it fits the shape of the sow's cervix. In bulls, it's considered an abnormality, and a bad one at that. More often they get more of a deflection or curvature to one side or another.

I'm now trying to figure out how a discussion on naming skunks wound up with an embedded discussion on animal penis shapes.

Baby skunks are the cutest things. When I used to live with my parents, we had a skunk that came to visit with her babies, right after the raccoon with her babies. It was pretty cute...the raccoon would show up, open the garbage can (was usually very neat about it all), hopped in with her little ones, and either ate inside the can or pulled out a few items that must have needed washing in the water bowls we left outside (for whatever animal stopped by in need of a drink or bath), and then the skunks would show up a little later and clean up the scraps the raccoons left behind. Well, except the day the skunk showed up early and the raccoon wasn't done yet...had pulled leftover turkey bones out of the trash and the skunk and raccoon started a tug-of-war over it...it actually seemed pretty civilized, though we decided to close the windows just in case. This was back when I still lived with my parents (I was only a teenager then)...my parents had the attitude that since they built a house in the woods, and the wildlife was there first, as long as they were outside, they could do what they wanted. Of course I was also the kid who would train chipmunks (mom wouldn't let me continue feeding the squirrels by hand after they ate their way through the back door to get to the peanut jar, but I could feed the chipmunks while sitting out on the patio)...once they figured out I was a reliable food source, they had no problem climbing up my leg to get peanuts...but then they didn't seem to discriminate among different people, so scared my grandmother something fierce when one climbed up her leg while she was visiting. I think I was destined from an early age to either study animal behavior or become a circus performer.

[Moonbear]

Are the babies still nursing? Because you'll want to catch the mom, too...otherwise, she'll probably get mastitis. When I catch feral kittens, I must catch the mother, too, or have a way to feed her antibiotic-laced food (wet food) for 10 days. My vet taught me this.

The mother shouldn't get mastitis from weaning, but I'd be more concerned that if she's still nursing, the babies aren't ready to be on their own without her yet. So, yep, need to catch the mom too. I don't know about with skunks, but with some animals, you can do that easily once you have the babies...the mom will follow the babies and you can lead her into someplace where you can catch her.

Yes, a solid bottom on the trap would be good...that should also keep them calmer when you pick up the cage if they can't see down, and since you have a mom and babies to catch, their feet are all different sizes, so you don't want a mesh bottom that their feet will slip through and lead to injury.

I think I'd hold the sheet in front of a plastic shower curtain liner or tarp just in case they do decide to spray while you're approaching them.

[zoobyshoe]

I think I'd hold the sheet in front of a plastic shower curtain liner or tarp just in case they do decide to spray while you're approaching them.
Not needed. You make the cage/trap ceiling low enough that they can't raise their tails. If they were to spray, they'd get it on themselves, and they will avoid that. This is the point of the solid bottom: so they realize that spraying isn't going to do them any good.

[holly]

It isn't a natural weaning, so that's what gives the moms mastitis. It's the sudden stop. Amoxicillin is pretty cheap & easy to get, that's what the vet gives me to use.

I really feel for I.S. & Tsu, what a headache, to have all these babies show up.

[Evo]

Ok, this is a bit off topic, but we have some wild creature lovers here so maybe you'll get a kick out of this.

I also live in a rural area, and as I had previously mentioned I had an opposum move into my house. Well, I got him out of the house, but he moved into my garage.

Now you are about to find out just how demented my sense of humor is. :biggrin:

One of my cats is obsessed with "pumping", you cat owners know what I'm talking about. He gets VERY serious about pumping, his eyes closing to slits and he really concentrates on it. We joke that this cat is a "professional" pumper. His name is Foofer. Anyway, my friend in Italy and I tend to make up stories combining all my weird animals. Yeah, neither one of us has a life.

Here is the result of my obsessive pumping cat Foofer and the opposum in my garage.

I will understand if all of you avoid me from now on. :frown:

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/drfoofer[1].jpg

[Math Is Hard]

Is pumping the same thing as "making biscuits"?

[Evo]

Is pumping the same thing as "making biscuits"?Hmmm, my cats have never made biscuits (lazy bums). I don't know.

It's what they do with their front paws when they are happy. Kittens do it when they are feeding on their mother.

[Ivan Seeking]

Yes I'm confused. What exactly is Foofer pumping? Are you saying that Foofer falls in love with inanimate objects?

Edit: Late post. Never mind. As a kid we had a cat that, well...

[Ivan Seeking]

His name is Foofer. Anyway, my friend in Italy and I tend to make up stories combining all my weird animals. Yeah, neither one of us has a life.

Nonsense. I loved my animals even when I had a life. :biggrin:

Not that we go overboard or anything, but really the cats just let us live here.

[Tsu]

...but really the cats just let us live here.
Only if we feed them. :surprise:

[Ivan Seeking]

It appears that our cats are wise to the skunks. Einstein was waiting for them tonight at the right place and time. Last night he and Zoobie both came down at the right time - right after the sun sets.

See Zooby, pretty soon the cats will start leading them to the cat food...in my office, or worse, in the house. We have sung this song before. :cry:

[The Bob]

I will understand if all of you avoid me from now on. :frown:

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/drfoofer[1].jpg

Out of intrest did anyone else see this picture because I cannot. Is it my computer?

Cheers

Thr Bob (2004 ©)

[holly]

ROFL!!! :rofl: Evo's Pump Cat is hilarious! So that's what it's called!!! We called it "Happy Paws." New cat does it! Maybe he's kin to Dr. Foofer and should go live with Evo...Er, does Dr. F also drool alot when he does it?

I can see the pic fine.

Wish we had a "cat smiley."

What deters skunks? Can maybe you throw a bunch of chiles around under the coop? Do you have some dogs? Maybe you could get their fur and place it strategically and the skunks will run away...?

[Moonbear]

I've been having trouble with the links to those sites, even when I copy the link into a new window, it sometimes won't work and sometimes will. Instead of just clicking on the link, do the right click thing that copies the link to the clipboard and then paste it into the address line in a newly opened browser window. Is there a way to paste in a URL without it being converted to a link on this board since you have to copy and paste it anyway? It would be easier if the full address showed up instead of something with "..." in the middle of it.

And I finally figured out that by pumping, you meant what I call kneading...that thing they do with their paws as if they are trying to fluff their pillow to make it more comfortable. When you called it pumping, I had in mind something very different :redface: :blush:

[Evo]

Out of intrest did anyone else see this picture because I cannot. Is it my computer?

Cheers

Thr Bob (2004 ©)I have the same problem sporadically. If your browser is IE (Internet Explorer), you can click and drag the X (where the picture should be) up to the address bar and it will display the picture.

[faust9]

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/skunks1%206-29-04.JPG

The original link was missing a % between some white space. The original link has skunks1 206-29-04.JPG which is an invalid URL. Add a % and you get skunks1%206-29-04.JPG which works.

[zoobyshoe]

Thanks, Faust! Now I can finally see them.

[Ivan Seeking]

Sorry folks, I couldn't see that there was a problem. It came up on my screen.

[Evo]

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/skunks1%206-29-04.JPG

The original link was missing a % between some white space. The original link has skunks1 206-29-04.JPG which is an invalid URL. Add a % and you get skunks1%206-29-04.JPG which works.All I see is a red X. I had to go to properties and copy & paste the URL of the pic into the address bar in order to see it. I couldn't even click & drag it this time.

[Math Is Hard]

Yep.. pumping = kneading = making biscuits. Just depends on what part of the country (or world) the cat owner is in I guess.
My neighbor's cat was weaned a little too early, and usually when that happens to cats they suck and knead on wool blankets. For this particular cat, though, there was just nothing quite as good as sucking on a human earlobe. I used to cat-sit for them when they went out of town. I shoulda charged them extra for having to put up with that!

[Math Is Hard]

sorry, i forgot we were talking about skunks. whoops!

[Ivan Seeking]

OKay I have picked their names. There are eight in total.

In alphabetical order:

Evo the Terrible
Holly Terror
JimmyP Spraymaster
Miss AfterMath
Misty Monique
Moonbear The Odiferous
Njorl [the Bob] Boulderbomb
Zooby Le Pew

[Ivan Seeking]

sorry, i forgot we were talking about skunks. whoops!

This is a multidimensional conversation. Lets not forget goat diddies :biggrin:

[zoobyshoe]

OKay I have picked their names. There are eight in total.
A good list. Do Zoobie and Zooby get along?

[Ivan Seeking]

I think Zoobie was down here looking for Zooby. I don't know if they have formally met.

[jimmy p]

JimmyP Spraymaster.... I like it!! :biggrin: :rofl:

infact, I'll add it to the little message thing under my name!!

[Evo]

chopnik spraymaster :rofl: :rofl:

[Evo]

This is a multidimensional conversation. Lets not forget goat diddies :biggrin:I don't think I will ever be able to forget the goat diddies. :bugeye:

I swear most men I meet are part goat.

Evo the Terrible. I am honored. :approve:

[Moonbear]

LOL! Moonbear the Odiferous...that's somewhat akin to when my brother-in-law got me LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of scented soaps as a Christmas present the first year I started working with goats! Then I smelled like goat AND fruit salad all at once! (They were those stinky fruit-scented soaps) I'm sure I'd have made everyone's mouth water in some Middle Eastern restaurant (I think that would be the place to get goat meat).

I think I like Holly Terror the best of them all! Now, can you tell all 8 skunks apart well enough to remember which one has which name?

[zoobyshoe]

Evo the Terrible. I am honored. :approve:
Yes, in many Native American traditions, it is an honor to have a skunk named after you. Well, actually in only a couple of tribes. Well, actually, there is this one little band where shame and disgrace don't necessarily have to follow you the rest of your life because of it.

[Evo]

Zooby Le Pew is catchy. :tongue2:

[zoobyshoe]

Zooby Le Pew is catchy. :tongue2:
Indeed. Much better than "Skunk Ape".

[Evo]

I'm sure I'd have made everyone's mouth water in some Middle Eastern restaurant (I think that would be the place to get goat meat).Having lived in Texas for a number of years, I have eaten cabrito (barbecued goat). It's a Mexican thing. It was actually quite good.

[Ivan Seeking]

btw, that was supposed to be Njorl [the Bob] Boulderbomb

Okay, now the bad news: Zooby, you're right about this pounding before you spray thing. Between my office door and the kitchen door I had three encounters with little skunks pounding the ground; well, I think thats what I saw. I kept seeing motion followed by a large tail pointed at me. These guys are all over the place! We may have more than one family...I think... Also, I'm not sure if these were the babies or something else but Zoobie was hanging with two of them up near the house. No kidding, this place is being overrun. Walking to the house after dark is like walking through a mine field.

I think the lesson here is that we can't go without a dog this long. Our beloved Dr Who recently went to that great phone booth in the sky. :cry:

[Evo]

Okay, now the bad news: Zooby, you're right about this pounding before you spray thing. Between my office door and the kitchen door I had three encounters with little skunks pounding the ground; well, I think thats what I saw. I kept seeing motion followed by a large tail pointed at me. These guys are all over the place! We may have more than one family...I think... I'm envisioning hundreds of baby skunks pounding the ground in unison...Ivan screaming, running into the darkness hoping to escape the inevitable, but it's too late... :surprise:

[Ivan Seeking]

Having lived in Texas for a number of years, I have eaten cabrito (barbecued goat). It's a Mexican thing. It was actually quite good.

We got to be friends with the Mexican family that started the best Mexican restaurant around. They kept trying to buy our pet goats [four at that time - Grunt, Bambi, Tater and Spud. Only when they invited us over for a BBQ did we realize the motivation to buy.

When I sad down and saw poor Mr. Grunt on that table... :surprise:







just kidding. We never sold them.

[Ivan Seeking]

I'm envisioning hundreds of baby skunks pounding the ground in unison...Ivan screaming, running into the darkness hoping to escape the inevitable, but it's too late... :surprise:

So you think that's funny eh? :biggrin:

It did feel a bit like a plot from some twisted, skunk horror flick. I can't possibly check every bush and rock along the way. All of a sudden I would hear the pounding in the brush, I think, and there was another tail within six to ten feet; pointing right at me.

[zoobyshoe]

Okay, now the bad news: Zooby, you're right about this pounding before you spray thing. Between my office door and the kitchen door I had three encounters with little skunks pounding the ground; well, I think thats what I saw. I kept seeing motion followed by a large tail pointed at me
As far as I know the pounding is only done if you have them cornered. In all cases where they have somewhere to run they will do that first. However, a skunk isn't very fast. I suppose if it seems like you're following them faster than they can run away they might get defensive.

My impression from the ones in the backyard here, is that their eyesight is terrible. They probably don't react to the sound of you walking because there are so many other skunks around to make noise, and the result is by the time they percieve how big you are you are already close enough to scare them.

I think from what you described that if you had a dog it would have gotten itself sprayed by now.

Best to go back and forth after dark with a flashlight.

[Moonbear]

I'm envisioning hundreds of baby skunks pounding the ground in unison...Ivan screaming, running into the darkness hoping to escape the inevitable, but it's too late... :surprise:

LOL! I think they have Ivan surrounded.

They're all quiet as they encircle him, luring him into the center, then when there's nowhere to run, it starts: thump, thump, thump, thump...little striped tails approaching from every direction.

The scene goes to black.

The next scene is daylight, the hazmat team is there with gas masks and full protective clothing, onlookers stand behind crime scene tape, Tsunami is talking to a detective, "I don't know what happened? They seemed so harmless, but then this. I don't understand how this could have happened to Ivan? Why? Why?! Why?!!"

Scene pans to two members of the hazmat team carrying in a large tub full of red liquid. Pans back to Tsunami who gasps at the site of the tub. The hazmat team leader has entered the scene, "Sorry ma'am, we didn't want to resort to this, but it's the only chance he has, we're going to have to douse him in tomato juice."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[The Bob]

I have the same problem sporadically. If your browser is IE (Internet Explorer), you can click and drag the X (where the picture should be) up to the address bar and it will display the picture.

Still not working. Can I just have the address please?

The Bob (2004 ©)

*EDIT* Ignore it. I saw them. Really quite cute.

[The Bob]

Njorl [the Bob] Boulderbomb

Oh yer. My favourite name :biggrin:

The Bob (2004 ©)

[The Bob]

btw, that was supposed to be Njorl [the Bob] Boulderbomb

Well it was. And I like it. Dunno what Njorl thinks about sharing a name of a skunk but the two do work well together.

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Tsu]

Update: THE LITTLE BUGGERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!! Last night I went out to call Zoobie in before bed, and one of them was RIGHT AT THE BACK DOOR!!!! I think it was Zooby Le Pew. :biggrin: EVO!! Send me your Jaws of Death puppy!!!! We need dogs!!!!

[Evo]

LOL! I think they have Ivan surrounded.

They're all quiet as they encircle him, luring him into the center, then when there's nowhere to run, it starts: thump, thump, thump, thump...little striped tails approaching from every direction.

The scene goes to black.

The next scene is daylight, the hazmat team is there with gas masks and full protective clothing, onlookers stand behind crime scene tape, Tsunami is talking to a detective, "I don't know what happened? They seemed so harmless, but then this. I don't understand how this could have happened to Ivan? Why? Why?! Why?!!"

Scene pans to two members of the hazmat team carrying in a large tub full of red liquid. Pans back to Tsunami who gasps at the site of the tub. The hazmat team leader has entered the scene, "Sorry ma'am, we didn't want to resort to this, but it's the only chance he has, we're going to have to douse him in tomato juice."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:Moonbear you are a riot! :biggrin:

[The Bob]

Having lived in Texas for a number of years, I have eaten cabrito (barbecued goat). It's a Mexican thing. It was actually quite good.

Barbecued Goat? Intresting. Well atleast if you forgot the bottle opener for the wine you could use the goat's screwed shaped ..... erm........ well anyway :biggrin:

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Evo]

Update: THE LITTLE BUGGERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!! Last night I went out to call Zoobie in before bed, and one of them was RIGHT AT THE BACK DOOR!!!! I think it was Zooby Le Pew. :biggrin: EVO!! Send me your Jaws of Death puppy!!!! We need dogs!!!!One large stupid dog AKA "Jaws of Death" is on it's way. :tongue2: That dog has been sprayed by skunks so many times she is immune to it now.

Hey, will skunks run in wheels (like hamsters) if they are put in a cage? If you could somehow harness the power from all those skunks...

P.S. - Tsunami, Ivan said that you were the one that came up with the skunkapult?? :surprise: I am shocked.

[zoobyshoe]

Hey, will skunks run in wheels (like hamsters) if they are put in a cage? If you could somehow harness the power from all those skunks...
Yes, Ivan and Tsunami have a potential Pew Power monopoly on their hands, and they can't see the tree of this power through the forest of bushy tails.

[Ivan Seeking]

Barbecued Goat? Intresting. Well atleast if you forgot the bottle opener for the wine...

Do we select a red wine or white wine when eating BBQ goat?

Oh yes, you want a pig not a goat. Just twist the screw into the cork and then pull on the pig's tail. :biggrin:

I guess what I saw on the billy was a hook of some kind, not a cork screw.

[Math Is Hard]

Update: THE LITTLE BUGGERS ARE EVERYWHERE!!! Last night I went out to call Zoobie in before bed, and one of them was RIGHT AT THE BACK DOOR!!!! I think it was Zooby Le Pew. :biggrin: EVO!! Send me your Jaws of Death puppy!!!! We need dogs!!!!

uhoh.. I think you might have "pets" at this point! :biggrin:

Maybe you should contact "the skunk lady" for help:
http://www.accs.net/users/whyden/skunkfaq.htm

boy, was I ever flattered to have a skunk named after me! Highlight of my week!!! :smile:

[Ivan Seeking]

As far as I know the pounding is only done if you have them cornered. In all cases where they have somewhere to run they will do that first. However, a skunk isn't very fast. I suppose if it seems like you're following them faster than they can run away they might get defensive.

I think that's what happens. They don't hear me coming, or they ignore me until I cross the line. I hear them and I can see a little motion in the dark, but by the time I get the light on them they have turned around and the tail is up.

My impression from the ones in the backyard here, is that their eyesight is terrible.

I think you're right. the seem to see only at very short range.

I think from what you described that if you had a dog it would have gotten itself sprayed by now.

Best to go back and forth after dark with a flashlight.

Well, it is a little late to solve this years problem with a dog, at least without ending up with a really stinky dog, but as long as dogs are around the skunks would never nest here in the first place. I was afraid of something like this but really we have had quite a long run - 14 years - with a lot of animals - 18 or so with a few transients that found homes - and I was ready for a break. Keeping dogs on the property is a discussion in its own right. Around here, if they get out and chase cattle they're likely dead. The cattle people will often shoot them. Also, it is not possible to make the fence dog proof...so here we go again with controlled areas and fencing problems. :frown: Oh well, it's better than skunks! We really have quite a problem here.

[The Bob]

Do we select a red wine or white wine when eating BBQ goat?

Oh yes, you want a pig not a goat. Just twist the screw into the cork and then pull on the pig's tail. :biggrin:

I guess what I saw on the billy was a hook of some kind, not a cork screw.

I would say white wine because I only like a wine called Black Tower plus I have not had alcohol for 4 years or so.

A pig? Ok. Hog roast. Use in every department :wink:

The hook might be useful. Dunno. :biggrin:

The Bob (2004 ©)

P.S. Great name for a skunk. Thanks. Honored to pieces. Only on the forums for 2 weeks'ish and I feel involved like I have been here for years. Thanks guys.

[Ivan Seeking]

oh yes, just so no one feels left out, any new sightings are

Atomizer Adam
Aerosol Andy
and
plover's plume

I thought I had run out of skunks but now I'm not sure.

I think I have a plan. Now being certain that they [one group that is] are sleeping in my storage area, I can trap them in the storage area by enclosing it with chicken wire during the day. Then, cut a hole so that they can only exit by entering the trap when they try to leave at night. I should even be able to trap some and hold the rest for another run; even for another day if needed.

A quick brain teaser: What are the chances that this ends without me getting sprayed first? :grumpy:

[BoulderHead]

How about: Eyebeen Stinking :eek: :redface:

[Ivan Seeking]

I thinks the odds are in your favor that the name will apply. :biggrin:

[Tsu]

One large stupid dog AKA "Jaws of Death" is on it's way. :tongue2: That dog has been sprayed by skunks so many times she is immune to it now.

Hey, will skunks run in wheels (like hamsters) if they are put in a cage? If you could somehow harness the power from all those skunks...

P.S. - Tsunami, Ivan said that you were the one that came up with the skunkapult?? :surprise: I am shocked.
Well, it's good to know that I can still SHOCK and AWE someone!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Did you ever watch Northern Esposure? Remember when Chris planned to fling the cow with the catapult? I just LOVED that episode. (They flung Maggie's piano instead, because Monty Python had already done the cow thing - and it just wasn't good KARMA to do it AGAIN!! :biggrin: :biggrin:)

[Tsu]

How about: Eyebeen Stinking :eek: :redface:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh, God!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Oh, help me!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I'm DYING here!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


BoulderHead!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I love ya man!!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Help me!! :rofl: :rofl:

[Ivan Seeking]

Keep that up and I'll accidently forget my Beano when we eat chile next time. :rolleyes:

[Math Is Hard]

Keep that up and I'll accidently forget my Beano when we eat chile next time. :rolleyes:

But you'll at least give warning for folks to clear the room by pounding your front foot, right?! :eek: :rofl:

[Entropy]

All this reminds me of all the times me and my friends, back when I was a kid, would be playing football or something and the ball would hit a branch and knock a baby bird out and we would try to nurse it back to health. But are parents knew we couldn't really help it (we would always call the vet to see what we could do, of coarse they usually didn't have the heart to tell an eight year old: "its just one wild bird, its not worth saving"), so we had to just leave out near a tree and let nature take its coarse...

We also use to have starlings nest up in are chimney. Darn things would fall down it every once in awhile and fly around the house and scare me half to death. Good thing they only nested in the summer or all their eggs would have been cooked.

[BoulderHead]

Tsunami
Piewmami (Mother of all stench waves) :wink:


Math Is Hard
Bath In Nard :eek:

Evo
HeaveMo :yuck:
(Piewmami’s projectile vomiting twin)

Monique
Mustique :smile:

Zoobieshoe
Poopieglue :tongue2:

Moonbear
(LOL, best not get me started with this!) :biggrin:

[Evo]

Evo
HeaveMo :yuck:
(Piewmami’s projectile vomiting twin)Boulderhead, you one eyed cutie, you do know the "real" me. :blush:

[Ivan Seeking]

But you'll at least give warning for folks to clear the room by pounding your front foot, right?! :eek: :rofl:

You bet. If I start pounding my right foot, look out! :biggrin:

Of course, it may only be that someone is scratching me in a good spot.

[Tsu]

Ivan's in the kitchen with Evo.
Ivan's in the kitchen I seeeee.
Ivan's in the kitchen with Evo.
Clickin' on the old Son-y.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/Ivan's in the kitchen with Evo!.JPG

Isn't she just the CUTEST little baby!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: (You always DID have expensive taste, Sis!! : :wink: : You're going to become big and strong and bushy eating all our kitties Science Diet!!! :rolleyes:)

OK. So this is how Ivan tells me he has this picture. I get home from work and call him on the intercom to tell him I'm home. I change my clothes and sit down in my chair to do a little PFing. :smile: Ivan comes strolling in with the camera (he'd been taking pix while his sis and her family were here, so I'm figuring he wants me to download them and email to his family, right? ... :rolleyes:) and plugs it into my computer. So I'm downloading all these pix of his family and our 4th of July party, when all of a sudden... I see these two pictures flash before my eyes of THE SKUNK BABIES IN MY KITCHEN EATING MY CAT'S FOOD????????????? WWWWWHAT???????

So after I get over the SHOCK... :surprise: :surprise: :surprise: he tells me he shoo'ed it out of the kitchen!!!!!!!!! ...BY THROWING MY LITTLE KNITTED COASTERS AT IT!!!!!!!!!!!! He's so FREAKIN' lucky he didn't get sprayed... IN MY KITCHEN !!! :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: (I'm going to have to HIDE those coffee cup coasters of his!!)

So, NOW what do I do??? My sweet little Zoobie is starting to go a little 'wild' on me now. She hardly EVER comes home to sit in my lap and let me comb all of the weed seeds out of her fur and tail anymore. :cry: NO! She's ALWAYS out playing with her little SKUNK friends!! :grumpy: Ivan!! You've GOT to get rid of those little skunks!!!

SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!! :biggrin: :rofl: :biggrin:

[Evo]

Ivan's in the kitchen with Evo.
Ivan's in the kitchen I seeeee.
Ivan's in the kitchen with Evo.
Clickin' on the old Son-y.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Isn't she just the CUTEST little baby!!! :biggrin: :biggrin: (You always DID have expensive taste, Sis!! : :wink: : You're going to become big and strong and bushy eating all our kitties Science Diet!!! :rolleyes:) :biggrin: That is so cute!!!! :biggrin:

Of course, it would look just as cute OUTSIDE!! :surprise:

I can send you some friendly kitchen possums. They drool a lot when they eat cat food, but they will scare away the skunks. I can honestly say that I have never (to my knowledge) had a skunk in my kitchen since I got my first kitchen possum. :approve:

Oh, and my avatar is my best (male) friend, you know the one. Hope it didn't scare you.

[Tsu]

:biggrin: That is so cute!!!! :biggrin:

Of course, it would look just as cute OUTSIDE!! :surprise:

I can send you some friendly kitchen possums. They drool a lot when they eat cat food, but they will scare away the skunks. I can honestly say that I have never (to my knowledge) had a skunk in my kitchen since I got my first kitchen possum. :approve:

Oh, and my avatar is my best (male) friend, you know the one. Hope it didn't scare you.
Now wait just a goll dern minute! I thought you said you had GARAGE possums! You never said a dang WORD about a KITCHEN possum!! Erm... I think I'll just keep my skunks. Possums creep me out!! :biggrin: :yuck: 'Sides -- I don't need a drooling possum along with my drooling cat!! Hell, next someone in Montana will be sending me a MOOSE!! (Ya ever heard of Moose Drool beer?? :surprise: :rofl: :rofl: )

Glad you mentioned your friend. (CUTE!!! :biggrin:) You had me a tad worried for a minute. Thought maybe you'd gone and had yerself one of them thar 'operations'! :surprise: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :tongue2: (Or someone is a GRAND MASTER of make-up/make-overs... :biggrin: :wink: )

[Evo]

The garage opossums are free, the kitchen opossums are rare and expensive, but since you're my better looking, more intelligent, (mom always did like you the best! :grumpy: ) twin sis, I will send you one for free. (I cannot guarantee it will be in the best condition though). <snicker> :tongue2:

[Tsu]

Yeah, right. You go right ahead and send me that possum, Sis. :wink: Then keep your eye on e-Bay for the sale of an expensive and rare possum and his little skunk friend, EVO THE TERRIBLE!!! :surprise: :rofl: :rofl: Mwahahaha... :devil:
<I HEARD THAT SNICKER!!> :grumpy: :tongue2:

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh yes, its seems that the skunks dispersed before I could trap them all together. Now I don't know who is where; well except for Evo The Terrible, at 3AM. She should be easy to catch.

[Math Is Hard]

Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! That picture of the little skunk eating the catfood is wonderful!!
I hear that catfood is no good for them though, so maybe it's time to stock up on some Purina Skunk Chow!
p.s. I hope you don't mind, Tsu, but I've shared the baby skunk pics with some of my critter-loving friends.
p.p.s. Oh, and Evo, I had to pass the "Dr. Foofer" ad along to my mom, who also has cats and has a possum living in her garage. She thought it was hysterical!

[zoobyshoe]

The new skunk picture doesn't show up for me. What did he do to the last one to make it show up? Change a percent sign in the address or something?

[The Bob]

The new skunk picture doesn't show up for me. What did he do to the last one to make it show up? Change a percent sign in the address or something?

Right click on the red cross and then click 'Properties'. Then copy and paste the address into your address box.

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Ivan Seeking]

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/Ivan's%20in%20the%20kitchen%20with%20Evo!.JPG


Does this fix things?

[BoulderHead]

Is that Eyebeen Stinking?
Look at the size of that tail, LOL !

[Ivan Seeking]

For crying out loud no that's clearly Evo The Terrible. Her tail is much cuter than Eyebeen's.

[Evo]

For crying out loud no that's clearly Evo The Terrible. Her tail is much cuter than Eyebeen's.Oh, there are so many things I could say here. I am SO TEMPTED. But I will behave. :biggrin:

[BoulderHead]

You cute little stinker you! :biggrin:

[zoobyshoe]

Still can't see 'em. Also can't see a red cross.

[Moonbear]

Still can't see 'em. Also can't see a red cross.

That sounds more like what shows up on my screen, just a link with "..." in the middle so I can't even type it in by hand. I'm using a Mac with some version of I.E. I right click over the link, which gives me a pop-up menu (I think if you use a Mac with a one-button mouse, you can get the same thing by clicking and holding the button down rather than clicking and releasing, but I've found life is so much better with a two-button mouse), and one of the choices is "copy link to clipboard" Choose that and it copies the entire address, which is different than if you try just dragging over the text to highlight and copy it. Then just go up to your address bar and paste it in (ctrl-V on a PC, apple-V on a mac), hit enter, and it should open.

I don't know what you do if you use a different browser. I'm pretty sure the right click is the same on Macs and PCs, but I abandoned my PC a few months ago, and that was still windoze 98 I think.

[Tsu]

Try clicking on this link (or if it doesn't come up as a link copy and paste into your address bar):

http://imageuploader.milbrathnet.net/uploads/Ivan's%20in%20the%20kitchen%20with%20Evo!.JPG

[zoobyshoe]

For some reason, Tsunami, that address showed up as a link in the E-Mail from PF telling me there was a response to this thread, and by clicking on it I finally got to see the critter! Quite tiny and charming!

[Tsu]

I LOVE the way they totally DROOL into the bowl and the food and then fling the food all over the place so it STICKS to the floor and the wall... :yuck:

[Tsu]

For some reason, Tsunami, that address showed up as a link in the E-Mail from PF telling me there was a response to this thread, and by clicking on it I finally got to see the critter! Quite tiny and charming!
I know. :smile: Isn't she sweet looking??!! All my friends at work think we should de-stink her and keep her as a pet. :wink: :surprise: Ya know, that might be kinda fun... :rofl:

TAG!! You're it!!! :rofl: :rofl:

[Tsu]

Oh, there are so many things I could say here. I am SO TEMPTED. But I will behave. :biggrin:
Well, THAT'LL be a first!!! <smirk> :rofl:

[Ivan Seeking]

Oh, there are so many things I could say here. I am SO TEMPTED. But I will behave. :biggrin:

Oh my gosh, that sounded a little funny didn't it? :biggrin:

I just meant that Evo's tail is bigger and hairier.

[The Bob]

Oh my gosh, that sounded a little funny didn't it? :biggrin:

I just meant that Evo's tail is bigger and hairier.


I can completely see why Evo did not say anything. I wold stop while you are ahead Ivan.

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Math Is Hard]

:cry: I WANT A SKUNK! Everybody's got a skunk but me.
Zooby's got skunks, Ivan's got skunks, Tsunami's got skunks...
All I've got are lousy possums, uppity squirrels and an overweight cat!
(Vet told me today I need to put Jellyroll on a diet. Yeah, sure - that'll happen! :wink: )

[zoobyshoe]

:cry: I WANT A SKUNK! Everybody's got a skunk but me.
Someday, your skunk will come.

[Ivan Seeking]

I'll send you a skunk. How many would you like? :biggrin:

[Ivan Seeking]

I can completely see why Evo did not say anything. I wold stop while you are ahead Ivan.

The Bob (2004 ©)

Eeeeeeeevvvoooooooo.... :shy: :shy: :shy: :frown:

[The Bob]

Eeeeeeeevvvoooooooo.... :shy: :shy: :shy: :frown:

HeHe

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Evo]

:cry: I WANT A SKUNK! Everybody's got a skunk but me.
Zooby's got skunks, Ivan's got skunks, Tsunami's got skunks...
All I've got are lousy possums, uppity squirrels and an overweight cat!
(Vet told me today I need to put Jellyroll on a diet. Yeah, sure - that'll happen! :wink: )I thought "Miss AfterMath" was yours?

[Evo]

I just meant that Evo's tail is bigger and hairier.Bigger & hairier??? :devil: Many things have been said about my tail, but "bigger & hairier" is not one of them. :devil:

[Math Is Hard]

I thought "Miss AfterMath" was yours?

I'll have to ask Tsunami if she can send her to me. Having a skunk would be so great. I think it would be so handy for getting rid of those boring dates who want to come up for coffee afterwards. :smile:

"Sure come in and have a seat. I'll just go make that coffee. Oh, and have you met Petunia? She's really friendly..."

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Math Is Hard]

I'll send you a skunk. How many would you like? :biggrin:

Do I get a discount if I buy in bulk???

[Ivan Seeking]

I'll sell them stinking cheap!

Really I don't know where they are nesting now. I'm not even sure how many are still around. I know of one around my office, and I think a young one and an older one are nesting somewhere near the house. Tsu just saw one on the lawn and she was reluctant to approach it for some reason. Zoobie seems to be quite fascinated with something over near the dog house area.

Also, we proudly announce the arrival of our newest - Bun the Third. A one month old kitten that was lost, hungry, desparate, and looking for a home. We just lost Bun the Second - my special office kitty - so, since there is some kind of divine rule at work, we were expecting Bun the Third's arrival. She arrived right on time. She came walking up the driveway yesterday so Zoobie went out to get her. She was in the house within 30 minutes. Within another hour she was completely at home and fast asleep. Tsu will post a pic soon.

[Math Is Hard]

oh, Ivan, that's wonderful. I was very saddened to hear of the loss of your office kitty, but I am happy to hear that Bun 3 has arrived. I don't think I have ever picked any of my cats - they have always picked me. (and maybe I am soft-headed and sentimental, but I always think that the cat that has just left picks out the cat that comes next and sends the best cat for the job.)

[Ivan Seeking]

and what a ringer this one is. She is a total lover; right away. Tsu and I are both completely kitten smitten. :biggrin:


Yes it was tough losing my girl so suddenly. She was a very special cat. She came to me at a hotel in Southern Oregon. I came back from dinner one night and she was waitin at my door as if she lived there. She was 6 months old and living in the parking lot with her first winter coming soon. We had a very strong bond immediately; more so than any cat I have ever owned. I was very sad when she died a few weeks ago. The vets best guess is that she had a blod clot. She was only about four and a half though most of our cats live 12-14 years. We had a persian for 18...I think 19 years.

[Math Is Hard]

Just curious... what's the meaning behind the name Bun?

[Ivan Seeking]

Just curious... what's the meaning behind the name Bun?

Tsu thought Bun the first - also a stray - had a face that looked like a little butt. Her coloring was a little funny that way. :biggrin: Since I refused to name her buttface :rolleyes: , we landed on Bun.

[zoobyshoe]

(and maybe I am soft-headed and sentimental, but I always think that the cat that has just left picks out the cat that comes next and sends the best cat for the job.)
And this "replacement" dynamic is the reason you shouldn't shoot skunks. You get many more back than you eliminate. (It's a kind of "gremlin" principle.)

[holly]

Well, they shouldn't shoot the skunks, but I don't want to hear that I.S. or Tsunami have gotten ill from having them around, either. I have to put their welfare first.

"Stubs" says "Hi" to Bun^3.

[Tsu]

Tsu thought Bun the first - also a stray - had a face that looked like a little butt. Her coloring was a little funny that way. :biggrin: Since I refused to name her buttface :rolleyes: , we landed on Bun.
Actually, I was a little more specific than that. The markings on her face (she was a calico kitty) made her little snout look very much like an anal sphincter :surprise: (being in medicine, I see a LOT of those! :biggrin:). I thought that Shincter Face was just a little bit long and pretentious :tongue2: for such a little kitty, so I shortened it to Butt Face. Well, Ivan had a problem with that name, too. :surprise: So we compromised a bit a came up with the name Bun (Head). :wink: Now we just LIKE the name Bun for a kitty!

Let's see... Our goats were Grunt, Bambi, Spud and Tater... A horse named Wizard, a bunny named One Bunny (from a fairy tale my dad made up for my niece and nephew many years ago - VERY funny :biggrin:). This should go in another thread, shouldn't it? :rolleyes:

[Math Is Hard]

That's quite a menagerie you have going! That's pretty funny about the butt-faced kitty. My cat looks like she was one a perfectly good white cat that some absent-minded artist wiped their dirty watercolor brushes on!

[Ivan Seeking]

Well, they shouldn't shoot the skunks, but I don't want to hear that I.S. or Tsunami have gotten ill from having them around, either. I have to put their welfare first.

"Stubs" says "Hi" to Bun^3.

I saw last night that one of them is nesting under the back porch. Oh boy; that really thrilled Tsu! I do think I can trap instead of shoot so don't worry. No shooting this time. Not only do I hate doing it, there are too many and too close to the house. At this point I am waiting to see where we land. I think most have left the property.

Stubs it is!!! :smile:

I told Bun 3 but she is too busy eating, pooping, and sleeping; still. :biggrin: She was a very hungry and tired little kitty.

[Math Is Hard]

Here's some useless trivia: a group of skunks is called a surfeit of skunks.

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/aug30/os2.asp

"As striking as it is suitable is a glint of goldfish, and cleverly comical is a surfeit of skunks."

[Ivan Seeking]

"a clowder of cats"

Thats great! I have seen things like this before but this one covers a lot of new terms for me.

[plover]

Interesting that "pod" has moved from pelicans to whales.

Also I've heard "parliament of rooks" instead of "clamour".

And I won't even bother resisting making some up:

a drowse of sloths
an attachment of remoras
a camouflage of chameleons
an abscess of lampreys
a whistle of whippoorwills
a snorkel of flamingos (not very euphonious but more dignified than a lawn of flamingos)
a puzzle of platypus
a constipation of tapeworms
a siphon of anteaters
an eccentricity of echidnas
a foliage of leafy sea dragons
an usurpation of cuckoos
a disappearance of dodos

[Ivan Seeking]

a doodle of puppies
a cottonball of kittens
a stink of skunks
a jar of jellyfish
a nerd of physicists :biggrin:

[plover]

'a perplexity of platypus' would actually be better.

a terrorism of tyrranosauruses

[plover]

a composition of mathematicians
a measure of analysts
a permutation of combinatoricists
a pencil of geometers
an atlas of differential topologists
an attractor of chaos theorists
an occultation of astronomers
a superposition of quantum theorists
a glueball of high energy physicists
a crystallization of chemists
a metamorphosis of geologists
a saturation of organic chemists
a mosaic of biochemists
an evolution of biologists
a habitat of ecologists
an ossuary of paleontologists

[Evo]

Here's some useless trivia: a group of skunks is called a surfeit of skunks.I guess some people would consider 1 skunk a surfeit. :wink:

Plover, I love your lists.

[Math Is Hard]

I really liked "a glueball of high energy physicists". I don't know anything about glueballs so I just have a visual of a bunch of people in labcoats all glued together in a big sphere with arms and legs sticking out.

should we be a 'pride of pf'ers' or does that imply that we're full of ourselves?

[Monique]

a mosaic of biochemists? :uhh:

[plover]

a mosaic of biochemists? :uhh:
how about:
a (fluid) mosaic of cell biologists
a synthesis of biochemists
(or slightly more arcane)
a phosphorylation of biochemists or
a camp (cAMP) of biochemists

also:
a plasmid of bacteriologists
a transcript of geneticists
a vector of virologists
a blind of field biologists
a reef of marine biologists
a pressure of meteorologists
an intrusion of vulcanologists
a table of hydrologists
a prominence of stellar astrophysicists
a sheaf of algebraic topologists
a variety of algebraic geometers
an orbit of algebraists
an expectation of probability theorists
a trial of statisticians (or a deviation of statisticians)
an axiomatization of set theorists
a complement of logicians
a dilemma of game theorists

Sorry.
I'll stop now... :redface:

[plover]

I really liked "a glueball of high energy physicists". I don't know anything about glueballs so I just have a visual of a bunch of people in labcoats all glued together in a big sphere with arms and legs sticking out.

Somebody should draw this... :biggrin:

[plover]

Hum apne pairo mein jaane kitne, bhawar lapete huye khade hai
??
I can't even guess the language...
My first choice for a continent would be Africa though.

Note for future readers:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The quote was Monique's signature at the time of this post.

[Math Is Hard]

Felt like having a temporary avatar makeover. Hope you don't mind, Ivan and Tsu.

[Evo]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love it!!

[Evo]

Actually, I was a little more specific than that. The markings on her face (she was a calico kitty) made her little snout look very much like an anal sphincter :surprise: (being in medicine, I see a LOT of those! :biggrin:). I thought that Shincter Face was just a little bit long and pretentious :tongue2: for such a little kitty, so I shortened it to Butt Face. Well, Ivan had a problem with that name, too. :surprise: So we compromised a bit a came up with the name Bun (Head). :wink: Now we just LIKE the name Bun for a kitty!

Let's see... Our goats were Grunt, Bambi, Spud and Tater... A horse named Wizard, a bunny named One Bunny (from a fairy tale my dad made up for my niece and nephew many years ago - VERY funny :biggrin:). This should go in another thread, shouldn't it? :rolleyes:Yes, we are twins. :biggrin:

[Tsu]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I love it!!
ME, TOO!!!!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[zoobyshoe]

TAG!! You're it!!! :rofl: :rofl:
Is there really a game of tag going on? If so, who's playing? Just this thread? The whole forum?

[Tsu]

Is there really a game of tag going on? If so, who's playing? Just this thread? The whole forum?
Well, DUH!!! Yeah, there's been a game of tag goin' on for a long time!! You've been playing, too!! Dontcha remember??? (Short-term memory problems, Zoob?)

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Nah. Just kiddin', Buddy. :wink: I just wrote that cuz it seemed like Evo (is that who I was talking to? Oops. Looks like it's ME who has the short-term memory problems!!!) and I were posting simultaneously. :biggrin: It reminded me of Phone Tag.

[zoobyshoe]

It reminded me of Phone Tag.
How do you play "Phone Tag"?

[jimmy p]

How is young JimmyP Spraymaster doing?? :tongue2:

[Ivan Seeking]

I think JimmyP Spraymaster is frolicking happily in the woods. AFAIK, only three are left on the property; including mom.

[jimmy p]

Dang, I wanted to be him to be of them annoying Cling-on pets. NOT like his namesake after all!

[The Bob]

Who is left then?

The Bob (2004 ©)

[Tsu]

How do you play "Phone Tag"?
How to Play Phone Tag:

If you call a friend, but he/she is not home, leave a message. Your friend calls you back, but YOU are not at home. He/she leaves you a message. You return their call, but they aren't home (AGAIN!) So you leave them the message - "TAG! You're it!!!" :biggrin:

[Ivan Seeking]

I just learned that skunks can have rabies but not exhibit symptoms. Not good.

[Math Is Hard]

Not to worry - I don't think it's that widespread. Take a look at this Ivan:
http://www.ohd.hr.state.or.us/acd/rabies/
check out the rabies maps.

[Ivan Seeking]

Interesting; thanks. Oregon does look good for everything except bats. Bats have consistently tested positive in the 5-10% range [of those tested].

[Ivan Seeking]

When cleaining the cat box I usually dump the old stuff off the side of the hill near the house. First, this completely gets rid of any odor concerns. Also, by the time it hits the ground it has mostly dispersed; though I wouldn't want to be at the bottom of the hill at the time.

It seems that the other night I threw the cat poop on a skunk. :rofl: Right after the toss I was acutely aware of that oh so pleasant odor rising from the ground below. Now that's what I call revenge! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Aside from that I haven't seen or smelled a skunk in weeks. I guess we still have one or two hanging around but they seem to be well clear of the house. The neighbors must have provided homes for the rest. :redface:

I think the babies have all grown up and left home. It goes so fast. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[Math Is Hard]

Next spring will be here before you know it - then this years babies will be bringing you little grand-skunks! :rofl: