Natural deterrents such as motion-activated lights or sprinklers can help dissuade skunks from entering your property. Additionally, maintaining a clean and tidy yard, securing trash cans, and removing debris can reduce the likelihood of skunks and other wild animals seeing your property as an attractive habitat. Water features such as ponds can attract wild animals. Skunks can enter your yard to feed. Perform insect and grub control to your lawn. Control mice with exterior rodent bait stations or traps. Remove pet food. Animal repellents can be effective short term. In the long run, they need to be reapplied and can become costly.
We recommend deterring animals by securing fencing or installing an inground fencing system. This can be done around porches, decks, sheds, and along fence lines. Lakewood Exterminating installs Dig Defence or trenches hardware fabric into the ground. Call us for an estimate!