He owes you one, Dan. On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 6:56 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 18:32:29 -0400 Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Funny story…. > > > > I get a voice mail on my home phone from the inspector: > > > > “Uh, I came out to check the holes for your piers today, and 15 of the > > 16 look good. The last one has an issue because there’s a baby skunk > > in the bottom of it.” > > > > <head slap> > > > > We called a trapper, animal recovery person, you name it, and every one > > gave us a different suggestion on how to get the baby skunk out of the > > hole (these were four foot deep 12” diameter holes in very heavy clay, > > I might add.) We knew a woman who did bird of prey rescues in the > > area, so we called her. > > > > “Put a garden hose down the hole and turn it on. If the little stinker > > doesn’t drown (or even if he does) he’ll float to the top and you can > > get him out or he’ll leave of his own accord.” > > > > And that’s what we did. I dumped a garden hose into the hole, turned > > on the spigot full blast, then retreated into the house to watch from > > inside through the sliding glass doors. In about 2-3 minutes we could > > see the water level getting near the top, and then the baby skunk comes > > splashing out, walks out onto the lawn, shakes off the water and > > waddles off into the brush behind the house. > > Yes, indeed, funny story! > > Did he scent the hole when you put the house down? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
