{"id":296778,"date":"2025-11-21T03:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296778\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T03:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T03:45:10","slug":"naked-skunk-shows-up-at-rescue-center-all-on-his-own-asking-for-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/296778\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Skunk Shows Up At Rescue Center All On His Own Asking For Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff members at All Things Wild Rehabilitation<\/a> in Georgetown, Texas, were feeding the animals in their outdoor enclosures when they noticed someone sniffing around nearby, searching for scraps. They glanced his way \u2014 and immediately did a double take.<\/p>\n

The wild visitor was a curious skunk, and he was almost completely naked.<\/p>\n

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The poor skunk had a bad case of mange and was bald over most of his body. He was hungry and exhausted, and the staff members instantly wanted to help him. First, they would need to catch him somehow, which they thought would be tricky. As it turned out, the skunk seemed to know that the rehabilitation center was exactly where he needed to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of a sudden, he just started showing up every day,\u201d April, director of the rehabilitation center, told The Dodo. \u201cIt was almost like he knew where to go for help. We rescue dozens of skunks a year, but this was the first time one came to us for help on his own.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Staff members set up a humane trap with some food and waited for the skunk to go inside. Finally, they found him there one morning, munching on snacks and waiting for his rescuers. He was ready to be helped.<\/p>\n

The first order of business was to get the new patient checked out and treated for his mange. He received the medication he needed to both heal and soothe his skin, but it will take a while for his fur to grow back. The skunk will remain in the center\u2019s care for the winter months, and once he\u2019s fluffy and healed, he can head back into the wild in the spring.<\/p>\n

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Everyone at the center has already fallen head over heels for their new skunk friend, even though he\u2019s still pretty stressed out from both his condition and his change in environment. The staff members are working on helping him feel relaxed, though. He just needs a little time.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s actually kinda sweet now that he\u2019s calmed down,\u201d Lauren, a wildlife care tech at All Things Wild, told The Dodo.<\/p>\n

Somehow, the skunk knew where he needed to go for help, and now he\u2019s getting exactly that.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to help care for the skunk, you can donate to All Things Wild Rehabilitation<\/a>.\"Brave<\/a>Brave Baby Skunk Goes On Mission To Find His Lost Mom \u2014 Then His Heart Is HealedIt was the best surprise \u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff members at All Things Wild Rehabilitation in Georgetown, Texas, were feeding the animals in their outdoor enclosures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,19360,48,6586,66,133569,133568,2225,6584,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-296778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-caitlin-jill-anders","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-daily-dodo","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-skunk-rescue","14":"tag-skunks","15":"tag-standard","16":"tag-the-dodo","17":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}