Skunk Rehabber - Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge: (361) 881-1888

Free Nueces County Animal Services: (361) 853-4098

Humane Wildlife Trappers of Corpus Christi: 361-356-3717

If you need skunk control in Corpus Christi, you have a few options. First, you can attempt to solve the skunk problem yourself by reading our do-it-yourself guide. If you need outside help, you can also call Nueces County Animal Services to see if they have any free resources or help for you - however, they primarily deal with dog and cat concerns. You can also call a local Corpus Christi wildlife rehabber, as they are typically a great resource for advice that is in the best welfare of the animal. If as a last resort you must hire a professional company, we recommend Humane Wildlife Trappers of Corpus Christi at 361-356-3717. To learn more about them or check their skunk removal prices, visit corpuschristipestanimal.com.



In many cases, preventative measures can solve your Corpus Christi skunk problem - keep garbage secured, pet food indoors, and most of all when it comes to skunks, secure the perimeter of your shed, porch, deck, or house with a barrier - lattice or steel mesh is good, and it keeps Texas skunks from going under the structure. If trapping and removal of the skunk is the only option you have, please do so with the help of a local agency or professional company who knows how to do it humanely and legally. Browse the resources of this site for more educational information.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Prevention: How to Keep Skunks Away
What to do with a skunk after I catch it?
Is it legal for me to trap a skunk?
How to remove skunk odor
Is a skunk active during the daytime rabid?
What does skunk feces look like?

Corpus Christi Skunk Control Information: Where do skunks live? Do more skunks live in urban areas or wild areas?

Where do skunks live?

Although skunks are wild in nature, they willingly shed up in artificial structures irrespective of nearby activity. They can spend some days hiding on your porch without problems of repurposing any dark inclusion around your property. Skunks will eat their long talons to dig a hole, or they will live in a wild hole dug by a different animal, for instance, a fox or a woodchuck. Other on high places a skunk can live is resonating logs, on a pile of wood, or in brushes. Other places that skunk commonly build their homes are under porches, houses, garages, as well as buildings, for they have a high tolerance for a human being. A skunk can use lawn, leaves; also at times they can use hay to line their home while they live in a hole. A skunk's hole often has one to three compartments, or rooms, besides there possibly will be up to five entries, each one around eight inches in diameter.

Do more skunks live in urban areas or wild areas?

Although skunks grow well in urban areas, they are wild animals and adapted for natural environs. They like forested regions with a lot of brush and different places to hibernate. Skunks fortified with dominant claws that let them excavate their holes in the dirt, but they choose to squat in the uninhibited nests of ground squirrels, marmots, and other beings, according to Wildlife department. They similarly make their homes in safe places like cracks in rocks, interiors of thick woods and holes in tree trunks.

Skunks display little discernment when finding a position to live for they can be found equally in rural as well as urban areas, only if a water source is within 2 miles. Skunks typically do not endeavor out farther than 2 miles from their hospices, and habitually stay in an interval of half a mile plus (one and a half miles) from their holes. These creatures similarly need an abundant supply of food along with cover. Skunks with no trouble become accustomed to many dissimilar territories such as grasslands, open prairies, woods, brush and residential areas.

Skunks animate in areas with a combination of forests, scrub and open parks broken by forested valleys and rocky outcrops. They like wooded areas and grasslands with good water sources. Skunks spend most of their day in holes where they live

Remember, for free services you can try (361) 881-1888 or (361) 853-4098, but if you need to pay for professional help, check the prices at the corpuschristipestanimal.com website. Or follow our do-it-yourself guide!