Skunk living under my deck

[a social dsease]

There is a skunk living under my deck. I think its been there for a few days, but I just saw it walking around my yard today, and as soon as I went outside it scampered under the deck....

What should I do?

[forkdork]

The answer is obvioous. Murder it.

[AndyL]

Borrow a badger :)

[barmanjay]

311?

[HondaKid]

Take action, call a company to place caged traps. And hope to hell the skunk does not spray the area.

Not much will drive a skunk from where he wishes to be, so a cage is about the only way... even then they can spray when caged as it is a nervous situation.

[SJW]

1 cage + 1 sardine + one blanket

Place blanket over cage when skunk is caught. Let it go in the wild. Seal up his hole.

Best bet is to call pest control.

[futurecivic]

we had the same problem at our house. the skunks will leave during the day and since they are creatures of habit they will always return . so what we did was during the day we dung the down in the dirt in front on the deck and layed a metal mesh in front and covered it back up
so far skunk free for over 6 months

[a social dsease]

I was hoping there might be an easy way to get rid of it, but I kind of figured I would have to call someone to come trap it.

Any recomendations on a company to call?

[SJW]

Abell. Tell em LARGE MARGE sent ya.

[dsr7723]

Catch it, take it to the vet and have it fixed up and made healthy and clean, and keep it as a pet. Skunks are cool!

[craigcd]

Call Vexcon and ask for Billy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exterminators_(TV_series)

[spikerS]

I would think 311 would be a good place to start. I would think they would come and remove it with animal services and i don't think there is a charge...

[Anomaly]

Step 1: Capture skunk
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit

[AndyL]

Hrm... if ya trap it - I may have a place to release it :) :D