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I have a 4 month old skunk, now we went to her 1st vet apt. she was checked & vacanated ect... The vet gave me heartgaurd for puppys & frontline flea drops for kittens... My ???'s are ...are these things safe for a baby skunk? Ifso how much??? She weighed in at a #2 whopping pounds & that was olny a week ago. :eek:

I have never heard of heart guard for skunks let me do some checking around. Both are considered off label (nearly everything is off label for skunks, you don't need to worry) it just means no testing has been done on skunks. I have used frontline on skunks and ferrets. Wait on the heartguard. What vaccinations did she receive?

Her name is Penelope Faith (we dont use the middle name I just give all my animals full names) When I took her to the vet she got her distemper & rabies(not the live virus) was checked for worms & coccida both neg! She gets her booster on 8/12/10 & she gets spayed on 9/10/10 am I doing everything right?? I really need help, Ive been following skunkhaven

Skunkhaven is a good site to follow. The only thing I do different is a diet more natural to skunks. That way you don't have to worry so much about taurine, protein and calcium. I feed insects and veggies primarily. You seem to be doing everything right. Do have another parasite screening done in about two months. I do have a book coming out soon. I just haven't decided if it is going to my publishers or if I am going ebook. Some of the diet details is here Death by Ignorance of Dietary Needs

Off Label Drugs I also have several skunk articles. Look under site map and exotic mammals.

I missed the name the first read through, I had just woken up and I am not a morning person lol.

How is the litter box training going?

The litter box isnt to good! Shes crate trained olny when Im sleeping so we got her a corrner litter pan for this huge crate when shes out of her crate we leave the door open & shell go back on her own to go BUT she moves the litter pan to the side to poop under it & she sleeps in the litter pan wich has never been used!

What kind of litter are you using? She may not like it. Some people just use cut up newspaper. Put some poop in the litter pan, it's worth the try anyway. She sounds like an independent little gal

Well she did it shes totally litter trained & she figured it out all by her self!!!

I knew she'd get it! Skunks are pretty darn smart. All youngsters make mistakes.