Skunks as pets?

I had a friend that had one. They act just like cats. They will try to spray you so you have to get that taken out but other than that she was a cat. People will freak out when they come over and see a skunk in your house. It is neat to watch peoples faces. Good luck

I remember seeing on the web photos of a family that has skunks that were baby rescues. In fact, they had about 6 & only 2 were descented. I heard a story - have to share it. There was this guy who lived out on Lake Travis (a lake here in Texas.) He had been feeding the feral cats for a couple of years so that they would come & hang around, out of reach, but not too far when he sat outside. He kept hoping that one day he'd be able to pet one of them. One day he was out there & he had his hand hanging off the chair when he felt something soft & furry against his hand. He flexed his fingers to give it a scratch. Instead of running off, the animal stopped & leaned into the scratch. He wondered which cat had finally gotten brave enough to let him do this so he slowly looked down & saw he was petting a SKUNK!!!! He just kept petting it until it decided to leave - he wasn't going to chance making it unhappy!

In a lot of States it's illegal to own skunks. Check with your city or with the Local DNR office. They may be able to lead you in the right direction. Hope it helps ya. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

skunks can be obtained for pets. however, they have to be descented, and are not legal to have everywhere. also, if your descented skunk gets out, he/she will be pretty much defenceless against preditors. finding a landlord willing to accept a skunk as a pet is gonna be hard too, where i live it's getting really hard to find land lords who will accept the ordinary dog or cat or bird! even the RV parks are no-pets and more are smoke free, so pet lovers and smokers are less and less welcome...

i have never had one but i would love to have one. they are illegal to have in alto of states though sorry yours in one of them. i think they would be relly cool as well. for his birthday though you can give him a good rep of one like a stuffed animal etc. i think some big stores like bass pro shop etc could get you one that would almost look real and tell him it was as close as you can get but you love him. ferrets are really cool pets too. maybe if you talked to him that wuld be a good pet for him. i know here we can get them with all shots, deskunked lol, and everything for like 100.00 not a bad deal . they are different and very playful. you could do like the cartoon and get him a black cat and paint a stripe on it and try to trick him lol. just playing thought i maybe able to get you to laugh. good luck hun and i think it is sweet that you are thinking this hard of a gift for him.

Wow, that's weird, I was just commenting on how I wanted a pet skunk today! I think skunks would make great pets. People would be so surprised on when they saw it, and also you can have the part of the skunk taken out that makes it spray awful smell. I read about one person took in a bunch of baby skunks they found in their yard, and since they don't spray when they were babies, they had that taken out before the skunks grew. I've never owned a skunk and probably never will, so I can't give you much advice on caring for them, but I wish I could have one and they're just so cute. :)

I have heard as these as pets, and also have them taken to a veternarian and have that gland removed.