Checked cages today been having the baits taken or traps set off and pulled out of their set locations set off and the baits are missing. The missing baits I figure smaller possums, civets or barn rats most likely. The moved cages the coons are the most like suspect but it must be a hassle getting the fish chunks through that wire. The 1x2 wire not so much but the 1x1 wire must be time consuming but they get it done.

My cages were built to hold civets and barn rats so I doubt it’s an escape thing most likely just setting off the cages then they can't get in the cages or so small they don’t trip the triggers. I set the doors lighter but then they can be set off by the wind easier so it’s give and take. LOL

Do spotted skunks make decent pets like regular skunks do?

Keith

Yes they have nice pelts they tan up nicely.

PETS Law Dog, pets.

LOL

Pets with nice pelts. LOL I’d guess they would probably be very hyper I would get one if the opportunity arrived in heart beat. I think “Jack Russell “ hyper when I see them. I have video footage of them hitting my cat cubbies and later in the spring when they pair up. Interesting critters I leave my cameras out until the spring turkey season just to see what moving through my areas.

I was remembering your Abbey when I asked.

Keith

When I was a kid, we would have civets under the house every year. When I started trapping, I put up fur in the back room. It was a garage with a connected utility room that had a floor about 30" higher than the garage floor and no wall. With the addition of a couple blocks and a piece of plywood that was my beaver skinning table. I would be working away, and civets would come out from under the house to feast on beaver meat. They would tame really quick and I remember them eating on one side of a beaver while I skinned on the other side. Once I had one sitting on my foot for a while. They never sprayed at least around me, and I am betting they would make a great pet but eventually they would end up spraying under the house and they would have to go. Might be a problem with them being active all night and sleeping during the day.

They go back and forth in and out of my cubbies without setting them off I leave them alone I’ve caught my share of them over the years. They are common in the old farm places and remote river break areas. Continuous cover is the key but that are disappearing quickly along with the old farms.

Here’s one doing their famous handstand.