Thelma and Louise

Fotos made by Bob Reurink

Website: http://bobreurink.nl

"Why a Foundation?" people will probably ask, and "What will it do for us?"

In the first place, we wanted to give a "name" to the things we do for skunks! Sometimes people who have many different questions or need help call or send us E-mails.

We will never claim that we know everything about skunks! For that reason, we try as much as possible to work together with a variety of other people who have extensive knowledge and experience with skunks.

We also try to find answers to our health questions from vets through the Internet and from our friends in America where skunks have been kept as pets for 100 years.

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!