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Materials and Items Necessary for the Project:

- Rags soaked in ammonia
- Dog Urine
- Bright Lights
- Lemon or Orange Peels

Illuminating Away The Skunk

To begin driving off the skunks, you will have to first light up your backyard as brightly as you possibly can. You do not want to upset your neighbors, naturally, or to make your electric bill unaffordable, but this is an important first step. Because skunks turn out to be nocturnal, or night time, creatures, their eyes are in fact extremely light sensitive. If you permanently illuminate your back yard, then you can count on the skunks leaving and not coming back willingly. A motion sensor is a smart investment associated with these bright lights, since it will only turn them on when something is lurking back there, saving you a small fortune potentially on your electric bill.

Using Chemicals and Fluids to Drive Away the Skunk

Put the rags which were previously soaked in ammonia all around your backyard. Putting them along the property perimeter turns out to be the most effective means of doing this. It may surprise you to learn that ammonia proves to be a natural repellent for skunks. You will need to reapply the ammonia to the rags frequently so that the ammonia will not evaporate away with time.

The urine from your dog is another potent weapon in the war on skunks. Since dogs are a skunk’s natural predator, the unpleasant smell of either your, or your neighbor’s, dog urine will certainly scare off the skunk. Put the urine inside of a spray bottle and apply it generously all over your back yard. Be sure to hit the perimeter of the property with it, too. When it rains, you will need to re-spray the backyard with the urine bottle.

Utilizing Orange and Lemon Peels to Chase Off Skunks

Slice up a variety of oranges and/or lemons and place the peels throughout your back yard. Although this might cause you to laugh, skunks hate the taste and smell of citrus fruits. Either lemon or oranges will work effectively.

Ridding Your Backyard of Skunk Attracting Features

You really should clear up and remove any pet food, garbage, fruits, bird seeds, or vegetables lying around your backyard. If skunks can get to it, they will eat these types of foods whenever they have the chance. So long as these kinds of readily available food supplies are lining your backyard, then the skunk will keep coming back for more.

Eliminate the shelter the skunk is using, and even his ability to make another one. If you have any open spaces lying beneath your porch, house, or deck, then you must close these up. Should you see a suspicious looking hole, this is probably a skunk hole. Evict the skunk and any babies that are with it carefully so that you do not get sprayed, then fill in the hole using rocks or dirt.

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