LA Skunk Under My House!
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In Los Angeles(LA) One of the more common calls that the Nuisance Animal removal and Control Companies get is for Skunks under peoples house. Skunks under the house is the Nastiest thing you could ever want to smell. Skunks have a gland near their rear that can spray a fowl smelling oil. This oil is a defense for the skunks, as its one of the only way a skunk can defend its self.
There are several reasons that skunks get under your house. One of the most common reasons is Skunks need shelter as part of needs for survival. Your house is nice and warm, your house provides shelter from the wet weather that LA is known for, your house also gives the female skunk a place to have her babies!
Skunk Under the porch!
One of the most common entrance for a skunk is to enter under your house from beneath the front porch steps. This is a easy area for the skunk to dig under and make a hole. Once the hole is made the skunk will enter the hole and have access to the complete underside of the porch or possibly the whole house. This is the very start of the problem. Once the skunk has made its home in a nice dry spot, the focus is then on mating and raising babies.
Mating Of Skunks and your Home!!
One thing that a lot of people do not understand is that in nature the mating process of animals can be quit brutal. Its not the Love at first site thing us humans think of, its the let me find a mate and breed. if the female is not ready to breed, the male tries to breed anyway, this is where the stink under or around your house comes from. Kind of like this, Male finds a female skunk that is happy under your home, he is ready to mate her, she is NOT ready to mate with him. She tries to get away, he chases her and she sprays him with the oil gland we spoke about earlier. Now he is sprayed, under your house is sprayed and EVERYTHING STINKS!!!!
This is the most common problem in the Los Angeles (LA) Area as far as animal/Human conflicts go. If you are not in LA and need to find a wildlife removal company in your area, you can find one here!