Skunks are very defensive especially is instances where they feel threatened in any way. Although there are various methods of dealing with skunks that may be invading one’s premises, one should be very cautious on how to handle them. The methods used should not pose any threat to the animals in order to prevent them from using their defensive mechanisms to counter any threat.



How to capture Monterey skunks
Skunks that may be invading into ones premises for food or any other need must be captured. There are different ways of capturing skunks. The use traps is one of the well known effective ways of capturing skunks. Once the Monterey skunks are captured, then one must be able to come up with perfect ways of handling the skunks until they get rid of the skunks.

How to deal with captured skunks
Captured California skunks come up with its own challenges which include the following;
• Relocating the skunks to safer areas far away from human premises is one of the most tedious and dangerous activity to undertake as the skunks may end up spraying you during transportation.
• For non-professional animal control personnel, the challenge of keeping the animal safe until further assistance from animal agents arrives.
• Killing the Monterey skunks if it is the only option left may also be a challenge especially to people who are not so conversant with ways of getting rid of skunks especially through killing.

Dangers of handling skunks with bare hands
• Just like most animals, Monterey skunks are one of the common carriers of rabies disease virus. Skunks that are infected by the rabies virus are known to be very fearless as compared to healthy ones which tend to run away from human beings. It is hence advisable that one should not touch skunks using bare hands leave alone going near them to prevent the spread of the virus.
• Most animals usually defend themselves from any form of threat by biting. In cases where a skunk feels threatened it may bite and for this reason, one should not handle any skunk, whether trapped or free using bare hands.
• Rabies is not the only disease that can humans can be infected with when they get into extreme close proximity with sick skunks. Other diseases include Baylisascaris columnaris and leptospirosis.

Finally
The above dangers are a clear warning to human beings not to handle California skunks with bare hands in order to avoid cases of injury or disease contraction.

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