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What a terrific momma cat!

HobbyGuy
One week after being born, six baby skunks were abandoned by their mother. Luckily, we had just weaned five kittens off of our resident farm cat a day before and hoped that perhaps she might take them on as her own. She was reluctant at first, but she let them nurse - a positive sign. Two weeks have gone by and the six little "Stinkers" are thriving and their new mom couldn't be happier. She has become quite devoted to them and even carries them around to show them off to visitors.

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I think this is pretty cool. Of course, some will think this story really stinks. [:D]
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  • Colt Super
    Great Mommy Kitty. I messed around with baby skunks as a little tyke - for a brief time.

    By the way, tomato juice does NOT work.

    D.
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  • bobski
    FABULOUS!
    how long will you nurse them before you set them loose or....? wow, you got yourself a situation on your hands now dont you?
    what will you do?
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  • HobbyGuy
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    FABULOUS!
    how long will you nurse them before you set them loose or....? wow, you got yourself a situation on your hands now dont you?
    what will you do?


    That's a really good question Bob. Fortunately, it's not our cat. My cousin forwarded me the story. [;)]

    Jim
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  • Henry0Reilly
    Cat nursing pole cats - doesn't seem all that odd....
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  • jabronij3
    quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
    Cat nursing pole cats - doesn't seem all that odd....




    right, but what is odd is WHY ANYONE WOULD SAVE A BUNCH OF SKUNKS!
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  • Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by jabronij3
    quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
    Cat nursing pole cats - doesn't seem all that odd....




    right, but what is odd is WHY ANYONE WOULD SAVE A BUNCH OF SKUNKS!

    I would say for the same reason that someone saved you,.........by your sig line!
    Yes,........I remember you like to "push buttons" !![:D][:D]
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  • bamafan
    I've heard that a skunk makes a decent pet. Just have to get the musk gland removed.
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  • dcon12
    But what does snopes say about this? Don
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  • 11b6r
    Local paper just ran story (with pics) of a Rottweiler that has adopted 3 abandoned kittens. they are nursing along with the pups- 80 lb Momma dog washing kitties, carrying them around, etc. Boy, them are gonna be some CONFUSED cats!
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  • acdodd
    I had a pet skunk when I was a kid.
    Meanest little bugger around.
    Dad would take him to the bar and get free beer for himself and free sausage for the skunk. Skunk just disappeared one day. Mom swore she didn't know anything about it.
    This afternoon we heard a shot on the other side of the field and shortly after skunk smell.
    Skunks are beneficial as long as they don't set up house under yours.
    In Washington state I believe it is against the law to keep a wild animal as a pet.
    AC
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  • minitruck83
    quote:Originally posted by acdodd
    I had a pet skunk when I was a kid.
    Meanest little bugger around.
    Dad would take him to the bar and get free beer for himself and free sausage for the skunk. Skunk just disappeared one day. Mom swore she didn't know anything about it.
    This afternoon we heard a shot on the other side of the field and shortly after skunk smell.
    Skunks are beneficial as long as they don't set up house under yours.
    In Washington state I believe it is against the law to keep a wild animal as a pet.
    AC


    Friend of mine had one. It was mean too. It would hide under the couch and try to sever your achilles tendon! It got his wife real good one day and shortly afterward "somehow" got out the door and disappeared! Strange since they also had a chainlink fence that was bedded in a concrete footer. (she never admitted to it either) [:D]


    Allen
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  • jabronij3
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by jabronij3
    quote:Originally posted by Henry0Reilly
    Cat nursing pole cats - doesn't seem all that odd....




    right, but what is odd is WHY ANYONE WOULD SAVE A BUNCH OF SKUNKS!

    I would say for the same reason that someone saved you,.........by your sig line!
    Yes,........I remember you like to "push buttons" !![:D][:D]
    gotta have a little fun sometimes[;)]
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  • Dakota308
    mom and dad used to have a pet skunk with the stink sac removed. it lived in the bathroom and liked to come visit you on the pot. scared the living bejessus out of house guest. parents thought it was the funniest damn thing immaginable[:D]
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  • He Dog
    I work with the wife of the countries formost authority on skunks (Is that really a distinction of honor?), and she hand raises several skunk kits each year. They have adult pets in the house that are unaltered. Pretty interesting. So Hobbyguy, are you going to have a bunch of barn skunks around now?[^][:p]
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  • HobbyGuy
    quote:Originally posted by Dakota308
    mom and dad used to have a pet skunk with the stink sac removed. it lived in the bathroom and liked to come visit you on the pot. scared the living bejessus out of house guest. parents thought it was the funniest damn thing immaginable[:D]


    That's hilarious! A friend of mine had one when I was a kid. Of course his name was "Stinky" (the pet skunk, not my friend). His was pretty friendly and would lay in your lap on it's back and fall asleep if you rubbed it's belly. It also had the scent gland removed. Unusual pet to say the least. [:D]
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  • matwor
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    (Is that really a di stinc tion of honor?)

    I thought STINK was spelled with a "K"?!?
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  • He Dog
    Like Missouri is pronounced Missoura?[8D]
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