Would you like a skunk for a pet?

Yeah I would love to have one, if the stink glands were removed of course. My boyfriend really wants one he finds them to be very adorable. I'd like to have all types of wild animals.

Hello Hibiscus_mel, I think skunks can be possible as potential pets. The reason I say this is that, for people who really have and keep skunks in their homes, they have them go through a safe procedure in order to get their stink glands removed, so there is no more stinky sprays in your face. Of course, this leaves them defenseless but if as long as your home is in a safe environment where the skunk will not get hurt by other animals, it's okay.

I wonder if anyone has had one as a pet, I guess they could be good so lond as they didn't keep spraying you, I guess they wouldn't if they weren't frightened of you, I never thought people could have ferrets as my dad used to breed them and they were vicious but people do have them so I guess anything is possible.

Not me. I think wild animals should stay in the wild. That is where they are meant to be. They can spray that smell when they are scared too. ANd it would never come out of your home.

I wouldn't because they are wild animals. But my grandmother had one with the stink glands removed when she was little. They found Stripe when she was a baby and abandoned so they took her in. Later on in life they took in an abandoned raccoon and she has all sorts of stories about that creature that make me laugh so hard tears come! Raccoons dont have saliva so they have to wash everything before they eat it. They would give the raccoon sugar cubes that would dissolve in the water...poor thing! lol