Sunday, July 19, 2009

Back to nature

Friday evening the kids were outside playing in the back yard. They came in all excited, and told us there was a skunk stuck in our window well.

A what????



Indeed....there it was. We called animal control, who told us they didn't deal with skunks, but that we could call ODF&W (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife). They would be open first thing Monday morning.
Monday morning? Thanks so much!!! That's sooo helpful. Meanwhile, my laundry room window is chuck full of wildlife smell. Whooo Whee!!! We plan to lower a board down there tonight to see if he can climb out on his own. Hopefully he hasn't gotten too addicted to the cat food the kids have been throwing down there to him, and he will go back to the wild.
I love living in the country, but sometimes it seems we are REALLY close to nature!!!


5 comments:

  1. Leave it to a skunk to find the window well next to the laundry room window...

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  2. man you guys keep adding to your little farm there. I never thought you would add a skunk. I guess the boys socks don't smell enough for you.

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  3. your laundry softener must have smelled just like the flowers that he likes and that is what attracted it.

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  4. The kids wanted to have him de-scented and keep him as a pet. He was cute.....but not that cute!! He was really muddy when we found him, and the sprinklers had been on the night before. I'm guessing he was eating cat food, the sprinklers came on, he jumped down there to stay dry, and then got stuck. The boys lowered a board on Sunday night, and by Monday morning he had crawled out.

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  5. Karen, I just found your blog! Its so great to hear how your family is doing. If you are up our way make sure you stop by, at least for a potty break!!! you need to figure out how to do pictures so we can see how much the kids have grown.

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