Frequently Asked Questions: Skunks

Frequently asked questions about skunks

What are Florida Skunks?

Florida skunks might seem to be adorable fluffy stripped little kittens that just roam around kissing cats. This is not the case at all. Skunks are all black with two white stripes going down the back from head to tail. While there are two types of species of skunks found in Florida, The tail of the eastern spotted skunk is mainly black with a series of stripes.

 

What do Florida Skunks Eat?

Florida skunks diet consist of mainly small little critters such as smaller bugs and mammals such as frogs, mice, grasshoppers, ants, beetles, ticks and much more. Skunks are beneficial to our ecosystem by keeping this healthy diet consistent. 

Do Florida Skunks Bite?

It’s no surprise that this question has been asked a lot by our Florida residential customers. With skunks being very curious animals they tend to find their ways into neighborhoods and spook families and pets as they walk along the woods. 

 

 

When do Florida Skunks Have Babies?

Adult skunks are largely solitary animals, usually only coming together to mate. In the late spring, female striped skunks will give birth to a litter of between six and eight young. Eastern spotted skunks may produce one litter in the early summer and another in the fall, giving birth to five or six young each time. Newborn skunks are blind and have fine hair exhibiting the black and white pattern they will have as adults. Young skunks, called kits, will stay with their mothers for several months and will leave their den sites at between six and eight weeks of age to learn to forage with their mothers.

 

Do Florida skunks chase?

 

 

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Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Oviedo, Sanford, Winter Springs, Black Hammock, Chuluota, Fern Park, Forest City, Geneva, Goldenrod, Heathrow, Wekiwa Springs, Bertha,  Indian Mound Village, Lake Monroe, Slavia, Sanlando Springs, Taintsville

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Volusia County | Daytona Beach, DeBary, DeLand, Deltona, Edgewater, Lake Helen, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, South Daytona, Pierson, Ponce Inlet, DeLeon Springs, Ormond-by-the-Sea, Enterprise, Glenwood, Stone Island, Osteen

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Clermont, Eustis, Fruitland Park, Groveland, Leesburg, Mascotte
Minneola, Mount Dora, Tavares, Umatilla, Astatula, Howey-in-the-Hills, Lady Lake, Montverde, Altoona, Astor, Ferndale
Four Corners, Lisbon, Mount Plymouth, Silver Lake,  Sorrento,  Yalaha, Grand Island,  Lanier, Orange Bend, The Villages

Brevard County Florida Affordable Wildlife Removal Experts

Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Mims
Kennedy Space Center, Melbourne Shores, South Cocoa Beach
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Barefoot Bay, Indialantic, Malabar, Merritt Island

Osceola County Florida Affordable Wildlife Removal Specialists

Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Buenaventura Lakes, Campbell
Celebration, Four Corners, Poinciana, Yeehaw Junction
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Narcoossee, Whittier, Reedy Creek Improvement District

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Aventura, Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor Islands, Biscayne Park
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Belle Glade, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Delray Beach
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Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, West Palm Beach

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Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise
Davie, Deerfield Beach, Hallandale Beach, Hollywood 
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Plantation, Tamarac, Weston, Margate, Oakland Park

Polk County Florida Affordable Wildlife Removal Specialists

Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Eagle Lake
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Winter Haven, Dundee, Hillcrest Heights, Lake Hamilton

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Plant City, Tampa, Temple Terrace,Apollo Beach
Balm, Bloomingdale, Boyette, Brandon, Lutz
Carrollwood, Cheval, Citrus Park, Dover
East Lake-Orient Park, Egypt Lake-Leto
Fish Hawk, Gibsonton, Keystone, Lake Magdalene

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Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Clearwater, Dunedin
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Oldsmar, Pinellas Park, Safety Harbor, Seminole
South Pasadena, St. Pete Beach, St. Petersburg
Tarpon Springs, Treasure Island, Belleair 

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