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Upon
invitation, we visit many Animal Events and Animal Shows where we
try to familiarize people to skunks as pets. To existing skunk owners,
we provide them with information for improving upon the care of
their skunks.
  
(These
feet are walking with permission of Skunkhaven Inc.)
We
are not there to recommend nor to promote skunk ownership, but rather
to warn people of the disadvantages of keeping skunks as pets! It
often happens that people who have a skunk as a pet can soon become
very disappointed when it does not turn out as well as they had
expected.
At
the Breeder, in a Pet Shop, or indeed, in our skunk pen when we
are at an Animal Event, a skunk looks so sweet and lovely that it
is very tempting to buy one!
This
is what we try to discourage, but we do encourage people to learn
more about skunks! Are they then willing to look after a skunk even
when it is very time-consuming and hard work to clean up the messes
they can make? To go to a vet regularly? To spend a great deal of
time with the new baby so that it may bond with its new owner? To
put great effort into making it tame when it may have different
ideas?
A
skunk is not a practical pet for everyone!
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