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Mephitis mephitis, the striped skunk, is the most social skunk and the one most commonly kept as a pet. In the US, skunks can legally be kept as pets in 17 states. [41] When a skunk is kept as a pet, its scent glands are often surgically removed. [41] A pet albino skunk on a walk
Mephitids in general are not domesticated, though skunks are sometimes kept as pets. [ 1 ] The twelve species of Mephitidae are split into four genera : the monotypic Conepatus , hog-nosed skunks; Mephitis , skunks; Mydaus , stink badgers; and Spilogale , spotted skunks.
The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is a skunk of the genus Mephitis that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. [3] It is currently listed as least concern by the IUCN on account of its wide range and ability to adapt to human-modified environments.
A lot of people agree that domesticated skunks can make good pets. They're extremely intelligent, curious, and like to be held and snuggled. They've got individual personalities and can provide ...
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Winsted taught her method of de-scenting ferrets to several breeders and farms across the United States, [15] thereby making de-scented ferrets the standard for being sold at pet stores. She also endorsed skunks as pets, though she admitted it "takes a very special kind of person". [5]
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Pet skunk → – as per Frogs as pets, Chickens as pets, Crickets as pets, Wolves as pets and working animals… The current name doesn’t seem encyclopedic, and it seems to imply that a pet skunk is somehow different from a common skunk kept as a pet. Frungi 22:39, 10 May 2013 (UTC) And it’s done. That was easy.