ses its smell quickly when in the outside air.
Mothballs
Mothballs to enlighten your knowledge are small white balls. They are put inside clothes to keep moths away. Mothballs are mostly naphthalene which like ammonia is a very smelly substance, although not as much. People also use them to repel animals from their property. It requires the professional application to work. Else it is useless.
Reason for Use
People believe that like the smell of both ammonia and mothballs are strong enough to make their head spin. Like almost all animals, skunks also have a good sense of smell. So it must work a great deal better right? Besides, they are cheaply available, so people think why not give it a try. See we only take in half of the picture. It’s all wasted money.
Effectiveness
They may be available cheap, but in the outside air, you will need to replace them almost every other day. With proper application meaning more than usual. Not so cheap now is it. Another real bummer. Skunks are very adaptive animals. With time they will find a way around your house avoiding all restrictions.
Now this will be total overkill. People seem to overlook the fact that the potency of a skunk’s spray is higher than both mothballs and ammonia. All animals retreat when this weapon is used. If it can easily live in that. How is some petty ammonia or mothball going to affect it in any way?
What works?
Try to make your property less attractive to the skunks by eliminating all possible food sources. Try live trapping methods. They have proven effective for a very long time. Close of any possible openings, it might gain access from.
Go back to the Hawkins County wildlife removal home page.