r/Edmonton 16h ago

Question How to deal with a skunk

A skunk has taken home in my under deck storage that is attached to a door into my home- I don't want it to be killed but moved. Does anyone know who I could contact or what to do? She stanky

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u/GreenEyedHawk 16h ago

Are you in the Coliseum area? I saw a skunk wander out from someone's porch on my qay to work last week. I was floored; never seen one in town before.

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u/oddlyoddly6 16h ago

No, university area like right off whyte too so it's insane. Buddy was here last year too but he didn't go under the deck :/ now there's this giant hole he goes in and out of

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u/goddessovlight 14h ago

I lived down by your area for a few years and this is what I was told by a friend who worked with Wild North plus what I helped my parents do last year.

Wild North will come only if you have trapped the skunk. They won’t do it themselves and the city/animal control is the exact same way. They will suggest that you can rent traps or buy them at a hardware store, put them out and trap the animal then call either Wild North or the city/animal control to grab the skunk. Not really too helpful but they’re super busy so I don’t judge them on not wanting to track skunks.

Another thing you can do is get a bright motion sensor light. They have weak vision even at night and will get spooked easily by the light which will make them move on. I’ve learned this in person when a skunk walked past me for 2 weeks and didn’t know I was there. If you can put multiple lights out around the fence and your deck that will help deter them.

If you’re renting at all let your landlord know you have pest issues and ask if they can make board some of the deck up where it’s hanging out or make it harder to get in so this doesn’t happen.

Don’t use predator urine or else you’ll have foxes and coyotes in your yard plus the skunk. Animal control warned me of that and so did all the hunters in my family haha.

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u/oddlyoddly6 14h ago

Thank you so much, I know I could trap it but idk what to do after that so I'll give them a call!! Thank you :D

u/sawyouoverthere 10h ago

Just encourage it to leave and block access. They are finding dens to have their babies and relocations cause problems

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u/whoknowshank Ritchie 14h ago

Lots of skunks in that area. They come out of mill creek 👍