Help name seven baby skunks, please

zoobyshoe

Is there really a game of tag going on? If so, who's playing? Just this thread? The whole forum?

Tsu

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?)



Nah. Just kiddin', Buddy. 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. It reminded me of Phone Tag.

zoobyshoe

How do you play "Phone Tag"?

jimmy p

How is young JimmyP Spraymaster doing??

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 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!!!"

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. 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!

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.

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

Math Is Hard

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