Camille, Skunk Whisperer
Sep. 2nd, 2010 05:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_lupusQuite a day. Could have been much more exciting than it was! Everything turned out just fine.
I pulled into work this morning, to an empty parking lot. Hrm. Weird, but not all that out of place. What was more slightly worrying was the police car that I noticed a moment later, pulling out of the driveway. Eh? Ok, more than a little weirded out now... Parked Giovanni, went into the office, and found normal. Which was good. But still confusing.
Explanation: we caught a skunk last night, apparently. Oh, goody. My boss had gone home to get his .22, and was going to shoot it, so everybody moved their cars in case the Bad Thing happened and the scent glands let go. Oh, goody. Now we get to smell that all day/week? No, I don't think so. Take it somewhere else if you're gonna shoot it, and if you're gonna take it somewhere else, just let it out! Moved the bike anyway.
The discussion was had upon his return, and I was told, fine, you get to do it then! G wants a day off!! Meh. I'll be fine, I said.
I am fine. Poor little skunk. He was cuuuute. And trapped in a far too-small cage for most of the day. We tried to give him shade and water, at least. Finally got a truck around 2:30, took him for a little ride, and, after covering the rear of the trap with a tarp and preparing to run veryfast in the opposite direction after opening the door, he waddled out, somewhat unsteadily, towards the woods, not giving me a hint of a second look. Poor li'l thing... probably had heatstroke. I hope it found water fairly shortly after wandering off. It was shady, but still had to be 90 degrees in those woods...
Thank goodness, I think, they're nocturnal, and this one was probably worn out and horribly hot, otherwise the whole thing could have been muuuuch more interesting.
EDIT 09/04 - since I apparently forgot, and it's confusing people... the police car was just a coincidence. He was a customer, wanted some gravel delivered. Heh.
I pulled into work this morning, to an empty parking lot. Hrm. Weird, but not all that out of place. What was more slightly worrying was the police car that I noticed a moment later, pulling out of the driveway. Eh? Ok, more than a little weirded out now... Parked Giovanni, went into the office, and found normal. Which was good. But still confusing.
Explanation: we caught a skunk last night, apparently. Oh, goody. My boss had gone home to get his .22, and was going to shoot it, so everybody moved their cars in case the Bad Thing happened and the scent glands let go. Oh, goody. Now we get to smell that all day/week? No, I don't think so. Take it somewhere else if you're gonna shoot it, and if you're gonna take it somewhere else, just let it out! Moved the bike anyway.
The discussion was had upon his return, and I was told, fine, you get to do it then! G wants a day off!! Meh. I'll be fine, I said.
I am fine. Poor little skunk. He was cuuuute. And trapped in a far too-small cage for most of the day. We tried to give him shade and water, at least. Finally got a truck around 2:30, took him for a little ride, and, after covering the rear of the trap with a tarp and preparing to run veryfast in the opposite direction after opening the door, he waddled out, somewhat unsteadily, towards the woods, not giving me a hint of a second look. Poor li'l thing... probably had heatstroke. I hope it found water fairly shortly after wandering off. It was shady, but still had to be 90 degrees in those woods...
Thank goodness, I think, they're nocturnal, and this one was probably worn out and horribly hot, otherwise the whole thing could have been muuuuch more interesting.
EDIT 09/04 - since I apparently forgot, and it's confusing people... the police car was just a coincidence. He was a customer, wanted some gravel delivered. Heh.
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Date: 2010-09-02 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 02:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-02 10:30 pm (UTC)Why was the police car there?
Why didn't animal control just take it?
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Date: 2010-09-03 02:42 am (UTC)And the police car was actually just a weird timing coincidence. The officer was there to order 3/4 gravel, or something. Just a customer. :)