Unwelcome visitor

Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

you are one lucky person, just burn the broom, if it withstood the skunk
contact, it is probably possed by a demon you do NOT want in your house, Lee
"Mishi" wrote in message
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Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead - and
came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock up
their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I don't
like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw me and
stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to the
window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I pointed
at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and went on
eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before. Huh. I
kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face fulls of
snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her - she
levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get sprayed. At
that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use to clean the
snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him and gave him a
good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped around and looked at
me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him with the broom. He
seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to him, and turned
around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he decided to leave the
area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

On Dec 17, 8:50*pm, Mishi wrote:
Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

You are very lucky. The thing to remember about skunks is that they
are normally very even tempered and fairly docile. They are very
confident in their ability to defend themselves (of course!) and this
is what makes them like that. The get along with cats fairly well--
it's unusual for them to spray one. Dogs usually get sprayed because
they're in the skunks face barking and so they feel threatened.
Still they're not a critter you want hanging around in the yard
because they are notorious carriers for rabies. Maybe if you can take
up the leftover cat food the skunk won't have a reason to come back.
I sure woulnt want to tangle with one, bu a mama skunk with three
babies following her crossed the road in front of me recently, an I
have to admit they were one of the cutest things I've ever seen

Sherry

Mishi wrote:
At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Boy were you ever asking for it! When one of those waddle by,
although they're actually sort of cute, I stay about 20 feet away. I
might shoo one away if I had a 21-foot broom.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:50:48 -0500, Mishi wrote:

Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

Boy, you are really lucky that Pepé Le Pew didn't have better aim. I
wouldn't advise trying this technique on a regular basis.

--
John F. Eldredge --
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly
is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

"Mishi" wrote in message ...

Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

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Holy cow!! You've got balls of steel for doing that!! I would've run the
other direction and FAST!! Mishi, aren't you the one who lives by me?? If
so, I wonder where the skunk came from with all of the snow we have.

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Mishi wrote in -
september.org:

Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

This made for great reading, but boy, were you lucky!

Bobble

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:50:48 -0500, Mishi wrote:

However, I think we will have to burn the [skunk-sprayed] broom.

It might be a good idea to wrap the broom in garbage bags, then put it
out for the garbage collection, rather than trying to burn it. If you do
burn it, do your best to stay out of the smoke, or else you will likely
end up skunk-scented.

--
John F. Eldredge --
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly
is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

Sherry wrote:
On Dec 17, 8:50 pm, Mishi wrote:
Here I was, minding my own business, coming back to the house after
feeding my outside crew. I was walking up the path with my honor guard,
Willa, Penny, Walter and Lola, and as usual, they went running ahead -
and came to a screeching halt. I was wondering what caused them to lock
up their brakes, so to speak, when I saw the cause - a skunk! Now, I
don't like skunks, and the cats know to keep a wide berth. The skunk saw
me and stomped his feet - warning me not to come closer. I went over to
the window and tapped on it; DH was sitting in the kitchen, doing a VERY
important thing - holding the kittens. He put them down and opened the
door, then quickly closed it. He looked through the window, and I
pointed at the skunk, then stomped at it. Skunk was not impressed, and
went on eating Braden's cat food I had put there not 10 minutes before.
Huh. I kicked snow at him - still not impressed. After several face
fulls of snow, he decides to leave. He walked by Willa, and rushed her -
she levitated backwards about 5 feet, but luckily she did not get
sprayed. At that point, I had had it. I grabbed the floor broom we use
to clean the snow off the cars, and went after him. I ran up behind him
and gave him a good shove up the behind with the broom. He whipped
around and looked at me, then brought his weapon to bear. I rolled him
with the broom. He seemed shocked that someone would dare to do that to
him, and turned around again. I rolled him 2 more times before he
decided to leave the area. None of us got sprayed, thank goodness.

However, I think we will have to burn the broom.

Mishi

You are very lucky. The thing to remember about skunks is that they
are normally very even tempered and fairly docile. They are very
confident in their ability to defend themselves (of course!) and this
is what makes them like that. The get along with cats fairly well--
it's unusual for them to spray one. Dogs usually get sprayed because
they're in the skunks face barking and so they feel threatened.
Still they're not a critter you want hanging around in the yard
because they are notorious carriers for rabies. Maybe if you can take
up the leftover cat food the skunk won't have a reason to come back.
I sure woulnt want to tangle with one, bu a mama skunk with three
babies following her crossed the road in front of me recently, an I
have to admit they were one of the cutest things I've ever seen

Sherry


IMHO all baby animals are cute! How are you feeling now? Sending purrs
for your return to normal soon. Best wishes. MLB