Skunks are exceptional diggers, and like to create their burrows in holes underground. Skunk living under a porch or shed from April until September maybe presumed to be a mother Volusia County skunk with babies. Be cautious, as you don’t opt to orphan these baby skunks. Skunks are outstanding mothers and will transfer their babies to a different den when terrified, but expelling a mother Florida skunk constantly runs the danger that she might become parted from her babies.



Steps to take if Florida skunk is living under the house deck or shed
• Be persistent with a mother skunk
Skunks normally live in burrows for short times. Baby skunks are independent as the summerends, when they vacate the den and separate from their family. If you can delay until the skunk babies are grown or have left the dens, you can then choose to close off the entry point to prevent other creatures from using the Volusia County house deck or shed as a burrow in the future.

• Humane actions
Skunk is living under the deck or shed since it is a quiet, dark, secure place for her and Volusia County skunk babies. If you turn the den bright, not quiet and unsafe using sound, light, and smell, skunks can be persuaded to leave your house and take her baby skunks with her. All techniques should be employed as close as probable to the den access point, so the skunk can’t disregard them when she enters and exits.

• Light – Put bright lamp outside the burrow entrance. Make definite it is fire-safe. Skunks are nighttime animals, and don’t want bright lights in their dens.

• Sound – Turn on a radio and place it nearby the hole entrance. Music and tune doesn’t mean anything to these Florida animals, but the human voice is intimidating to them. Make sure to do these for at least three days and nights and you have to be persistent to persuade the skunk to leave the porch or shed.

• Excluding Volusia County skunks under a porch or shed
To permanently eliminate skunks from under decksorsheds, first dig a 12 inches x 12 inches trench nearby the deckorshed, then place ¼” wire mesh beside the end of the entire structure. Angle the wire mesh straight down for about 8 inches to 12 inches, and then twist it outward or away from the walls at a ninety degree angle to make an “L” shape. Fill-up the trench.Make certain any Florida creatures already living under the deck or shed have evacuated or been evicted first.

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