On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:32:29 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Funny story…. > > I get a voice mail on my home phone from the inspector: > > “Uh, I came out to check the holes for your piers today, and 15 of the > 16 look good. The last one has an issue because there’s a baby skunk > in the bottom of it.” > > <head slap> > > We called a trapper, animal recovery person, you name it, and every one > gave us a different suggestion on how to get the baby skunk out of the > hole (these were four foot deep 12” diameter holes in very heavy clay, > I might add.) We knew a woman who did bird of prey rescues in the > area, so we called her. > > “Put a garden hose down the hole and turn it on. If the little stinker > doesn’t drown (or even if he does) he’ll float to the top and you can > get him out or he’ll leave of his own accord.” > > And that’s what we did. I dumped a garden hose into the hole, turned > on the spigot full blast, then retreated into the house to watch from > inside through the sliding glass doors. In about 2-3 minutes we could > see the water level getting near the top, and then the baby skunk comes > splashing out, walks out onto the lawn, shakes off the water and > waddles off into the brush behind the house. Yes, indeed, funny story! Did he scent the hole when you put the house down? Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
