Its not just skunks we hsve to worry about.... I forgot to mention that we had a close call of the slithery kind Sunday at my folks ranch: we were packing up getting ready to leave, from the back door's window I saw Josefina barking & circling something under my truck, at my folks we have probs with tarantulas, scorpions & various lizards so I thought it was one of those ( couldn't see it, whatever it was was behind the tire of my truck facing the axle). When I walked out to out something in the back seat I heard a rattling sound, the cicada's are deafening right now so it mixed in with their sounds but when they lulled I looked down to see about a two foot rattler!!! I got all the dogs inside, located our gun & fiancée shot its head off