The pink house has had a bit of a skunk problem (or “stunk”
as my oldest nephew used to call it).
About a month ago, I was standing in the back yard and saw,
for the first time in my life, a skunk on all fours, not laying on the side of
the road “taking a nap,” as my family likes to call road-kill. I hurried inside and tried to forget
about it, convincing myself it was just passing through.
A couple of weeks later, I was once again in the backyard,
this time with Arthur by my side, and he chased it into the garage. This created much more cause for
concern. The skunk had escaped
into the garage, but if Arthur had been sprayed, it would have been quite the
ordeal. I felt that I had seen my
life flash before my eyes.
So, I arranged for the wildlife control people to come and
take care of the issue for me. It's not exactly free, but I am totally willing to pay whatever fee so that I don't have to deal with it myself.
The traps in the backyard have caused us some upset to our routine; Arthur has to
be on a leash in his own backyard so that I can keep him from setting off a
trap. He’s turned into such a “yard
dog.” He had been leash trained
when we first got him and lived on the 7th floor of a condo building,
and would go potty on command, but now he takes his sweet time going potty
because, well, he can. After 10
days of living this way with no catches in the traps, I was about to call the
people to come and pick up their traps when I woke to a strange smell and
thought that maybe someone had gone ahead and made me coffee already (weird,
right, that I associated skunk smell with coffee? Gross.). I went
downstairs and noticed that the trap looked different than usual. Success! We had caught one!
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| Sorry, Pepe. He was not quite as plesant as you. |
I called the guys to come take care of it, and found out
that it was a male, which is good news, because hopefully that means it was
just him and no momma and babies, but all I have to say is, I’m ready for this “stunk”
issue to be over and get back to normal, sweet-smelling life at the Pink House!
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