A skunk is a nocturnal animal which lives in dark areas. Most commonly its living areas may range from porch or shed to lawn or backyard. It digs deep down in the ground where it can easily live. It mostly digs its den in those areas which are quite closer to water and food.
The skunk’s den may attract other animals, if the den is created within a shed. If the porch or the shed is empty, the female pregnant skunk may stay there and there is a possibility of it producing babies. It will tend to stay there till the time there is no human. The female skunk with babies will live there along with its other babies known as kits. It might stay there till the time its babies are big enough and independent to go out. If the babies are able to defend themselves then the female skunk will leave its den or it can happen the other way.
Ways to identify the nest of skunk babies
There are multiple ways which you can use to identify whether there are babies of skunk within the shed/porch or not.
One such way to detect the skunk babies is to look in the debris or other items placed in the porch such as the wooden sticks, leaves, branches of trees or items which can be used for this purpose. There is a possibility that the skunk may create its nest of babies for a longer time period. So this situation should be avoided and the best way is to use professional ways of getting rid of this situation.
You can only get rid of the skunk when the adult skunk is not within the den. If it is there, then the possibility is quite low because the newly skunk mother becomes quite aggressive when such an act is performed. So, the skunk may use its nails, claws or teeth to attack the opponent who so ever tries to get closer to the skunk and its babies.
On the other hand, the skunk along with its babies will be under a porch or shed if readily available food is accessible to it. The skunks will not at all create nests of babies around the humans. Skunks tend to create nests near the grassy or woody areas only.
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