This isn't like Pepe Le Pew's mix up with the female cat, who accidentally slides under a newly painted white fence and has to spend the rest of the day running from El Smello. This is the real deal. Except he doesn't behave the way a skunk should.
He hangs out. During the day. If I'm driving down the street, I'll pass him chilling on a neighbor's lawn. I'm expecting him to bring bean dip to our summer block party. It sounds almost cute. But then I found this on the University of Colorado's Web site:
Skunks are nocturnal and reclusive. Use extra caution if you encounter a skunk during the day or one that is extremely aggressive. This abnormal behavior may indicate that the animal is rabid. The occurrence of rabid skunks appears highest from February to May, when they breed and give birth to their young.
Of course. We don't have a friendly skunk. We have a rabid skunk. And the City won't do anything because they only pick up domestic animals. Which means someone (or some of us) in our neighborhood has to pay to have a company that deals with this sort of thing set traps and capture it. And every time they have to reset the trap? We pay again. Can you see all of my glorious shopping dollars slipping away? I know I can.
P.S. Ten minutes after posting, that stinker showed up in my backyard!
1 comments:
Perhaps he's not rabid, but just trying to get his own reality show.
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