... skunks?

[fatlazyless]

Just noticed today that I now have two large looking, very defined black & white colored skunks, probably a male-female pair, that seem to have taken up residence underneath the open-faced firewood storage shed that's close to the property line. Having skunks living close by is not too cool! Hopefully, they can be encouraged to move a few doors along the road, and go settle into some stranger's multi-million dollar mcmansion that get's very little use. It would be moving on up for the skunk in terms of amenitites, so they should probably go for that! Maybe the skunks would be happier to settle into the vast unused wilderness at the unused girl scout camp, Camp Monotomy, and get to nibble on some old Girl Scout cookies, or something!

My plan of attack is to go soak four different 12" square cotton towel remnants in gasoline, and then toss each gasoline soaked rag onto the skunks home territory, and to do it very very fast and then get the heck away from there. Probably use a long handle garden rake for extra safety distance too, when installing the smelly gas-rags.

About ten years ago, there was a very large bright orange snake, colored with a red and yellow plaid style design in the same location, and using gasoline soaked rags seemed to encourage the snake to move on. I never saw it again..... and good-bye!

Most all animals have pretty sensitive noses, and do not appreciate the smell of gasoline.

Any thoughts or suggestions as to how I might evict these two lovey-dovey skunks before they start making little skunks?