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When Neighbors are a Bunch of Little Skunks! "Good Fences Make..." HA!

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Real Estate Agent with RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA

Well, I guess after the deer stopped by to eat our tomato plants, string bean plants, squash plants, flowers, etc, they must have given our vegeatation a good review when they got back into the woods out back. In Lovettsville, you just never know what animal you're going to run into next. Deer are everyday visitors these days, but now they must be talking with the skunks and other wildlife. A family of skunks has made their home under the neighbors old chicken house, ( which was easy to locate by following the trail of cucumbers, corn shucks, corn cobs, egg shells, and other items that were recently put in our compost pile). Apparently, this little guy didn't get enough to eat last night, so he figured he would sneek out for breakfast before the rest of his family noticed he was gone. Our curious cat Mosby had noticed some black ball moving in the yard early this morning and was headed over to investigate. I grabbed the camera and cut him off before he got an unfriendly welcome from his new neighbor. "Good fences make good neighbors" doesn't always turn out to be true. But maybe when these guys get bigger, they will move a little further away from our house, and find other items to eat out in the woods.

 

Jeff Pearl / REALTOR / Lic in VA

Re/max Distinctive / Reston VA

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Skunk Neighbor

Jeff Ragan
Ming Tree, Realtors Real Living - Eureka, CA
Luxury Agent, Northern California

We have a family of skunks that live right in town!  So cute!  If they didn't smell so bad, I'd adopt one in a minute!

Jul 26, 2012 10:33 AM
Tatyana Makarov
Century 21 All Points Realty - South Windsor, CT
Your Greater Hartford Area Realtor

Oh no!! And I am complaining about bunnies in my backyard...

Jul 26, 2012 10:48 AM
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

#1- Hi Jeff, I have seen people make pets out of skunks and racoons, but I prefer they live in the woods.

#2- Hi Tatyana, I'll take rabbits anyday. It's annoying when our dog comes in in the middle of the night smelling like a skunk!

Jul 26, 2012 09:02 PM
Kathryn Maguire
GreatNorfolkHomes.com (757) 560-0881 - Chesapeake, VA
Serving Chesapeake, Norfolk, VA Beach

So glad we don't get skunks in our yard!  I will stick with the raccoons, rabbits, oppossum and foxes!  Neat story!

Jul 26, 2012 09:19 PM