# BackyardCritter


## Posts

- [Identify Skunk Species: Striped, Spotted, Hognosed, and Hooded Skunks](https://backyardcritter.com/identify-skunk-species-striped-spotted-hognosed-and-hooded-skunks/): Skunks are among the most recognizable mammals in North America, but not all skunks look alike.
- [How to Deter Skunks Without Harming Them: Safe and Humane Methods That Work](https://backyardcritter.com/how-to-deter-skunks-without-harming-them-safe-and-humane-methods-that-work/): Skunks are one of the easiest wildlife species to deter humanely once you understand what draws them in.
- [Why Coyotes Thrive in Suburbs and Cities: The Ecology of Urban Adaptation](https://backyardcritter.com/why-coyotes-thrive-in-suburbs-and-cities-the-ecology-of-urban-adaptation/): Coyotes have become one of the most familiar wild animals in suburban and urban America, and their success is no accident.
- [Create Deer-Resistant Spaces Without Harming Wildlife](https://backyardcritter.com/create-deer-resistant-spaces-without-harming-wildlife/): A lot of people enjoy spotting white-tailed deer on the edge of their yard.
- [The Hidden Dangers: Risks to Dogs from Wild Animal Feces and Urine](https://backyardcritter.com/the-hidden-dangers-risks-to-dogs-from-wild-animal-feces-and-urine/): Feces and urine of wild animals are a commonly ignored problem in the natural and urbanized environments where dogs often run about.
- [Raccoons](https://backyardcritter.com/raccoon/): You have likely seen raccoons in your neighborhood or even wandering the Galaxy. We will profile this masked bandit, so you’ll know the facts.
- [How Do Squirrels Survive the Winter](https://backyardcritter.com/how-do-squirrels-survive-the-winter/): As the temperatures start to drop, and the last leaves of fall are gone, you may notice squirrels busy gathering food to prepare the cold months ahead.
- [How to Trap a Skunk](https://backyardcritter.com/3-traps-for-a-skunk/): So you have a skunk or skunks coming to your yard and you are ready to catch them so you can move them away from your property.
- [Skunked!](https://backyardcritter.com/skunked/): Having a pet sprayed by a skunk has happened to a lot of people. Here is what you can do right now to get rid of that smell.
- [Rabies and Critters](https://backyardcritter.com/rabies-and-critters/): A serious concern for pet owners is a possibility that a run-in with a rabid animal such as a skunk, raccoon, fox or possum could end up with your dog or cat contracting rabies.
- [Why is a Skunk Digging up My Lawn?](https://backyardcritter.com/why-is-a-skunk-digging-up-my-lawn/): So you have worked all summer to groom and maintain a lush green lawn, and then fall comes and suddenly you find one morning that there are a large number of small holes dug in your grass.

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