{"id":11930,"date":"2023-11-02T09:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11930"},"modified":"2023-10-30T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:30:19","slug":"the-dumpster-diving-striped-skunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/the-dumpster-diving-striped-skunk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dumpster-Diving Striped Skunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11932\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/striped-skunk-atwr-20231102-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"skunk head peering out from hold in dumpster\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/striped-skunk-atwr-20231102-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/striped-skunk-atwr-20231102-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/striped-skunk-atwr-20231102-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/striped-skunk-atwr-20231102.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a striped skunk was submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/allthingswildrehab.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Things Wild Rehabilitation<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>A wild skunk was caught dumpster diving \u2014 well, dumpster diving with a twist. We received a call from a resident at Sun City in Georgetown that a skunk had been lying outside a garbage dumpster for several days. When All Things Wild volunteers went to investigate, they found a young <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Striped_skunk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">striped skunk<\/a> with her head caught in a drainage hole at the base of a dumpster.<\/p>\n<p>With one person on the outside of the dumpster and another on the inside, they slowly worked the skunk\u2019s head out of the hole. Once free, they wrapped her in a blanket and took her to the rehabilitation center with the car windows down because the little skunk, frightened from her experience, sprayed into the blanket.<\/p>\n<p>A thorough examination found that she was dehydrated and thin after being stuck in the dumpster for several days but otherwise healthy. After being treated with electrolyte fluids and easily digestible <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> food, she recuperated in our quarantine unit for a couple of weeks until the frigid weather in December passed.<\/p>\n<p>She was released at Brushy Creek Lake Park, far away from garbage dumpsters. 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