How to get rid of skunks living under house?

i have skunks living underneath my home, and i would like to know the most humane way to rid the away.How to get rid of skunks living under house?
*When my husband and I first got married and moved into our new home, we had a mommy skunk who was raising her own one baby kitten, and a baby skunk. The neighbors told us that the mommy cat lost all her kittens but one, and the mother skunk got killed so she took in the baby skunk. We let them live under the house till full grown. A farmer told us to place moth balls under the house. They can not smell themselves and leaves. IT did the trick. Now I live out in the country and have one living under my shed. I leave him a bowl of cat food. Every morning the little guy comes out and eats and drinks. He returns every morning. I can always smell him under there. The smell is not bothering me anymore. IT is bad when he gets spooked and sprays outside. That is the one down side, but a down side I can live with.How to get rid of skunks living under house?
As a teen, I used to catch the young ones in the spring and wholesale them to a pet dealer to be descented. Now I accidentally live trap the ones that come in my yard when trying to get rid of the raccoons that come after my koi and turtle ponds. I've never been sprayed, but I don't move them far before opening the cage and releasing them.





I'd definitely consider the valium both inhumane and risky for YOU. Human medications given to animals may have unpredictable effects, and getting the dosage right is problematical. For Example, Travis the chimp who bit the woman's face off recently was agitated, so his owner gave him a cup of tea with Xanax in it. Coincidence? I think not.





Using mice to drive out skunks is like using candy to drive out kids -- except you'd like the candy as well as they would. Somebody's giving you advice that's either ignorant or mean.
They would to be baited and trapped. And relocated far away, you would then have to take measures to ensure they cant get back in. Such as screening the inlets with wire mesh etc. A skunk will return maybe not the same ones but they can smell the oil from the previuos ones, they feel comforting knwoing that others have lived there. I would recommend proffessinally having them removed.
Some may deem this as inhumane, but it really is a safe way to get the skunk out without getting sprayed. Set a live trap and get a can of cat food and crush up a valium and mix it in. Check the trap often until you catch the skunk and it has been sedated. Remove trap and release the skunk, just do it quickly so that the skunk does not wake up before you can release it.
For SKunks you might honestly want to call in professional help because of the smell issues.





We had a few that kept wandering into our yard as they wandered toward a nieghbor's house that left food scraps out.





Our solution was given to us by a HomeDepot employee and I was stunned on how well it worked to KEEP the Skunks off our lawn where the dog might spot it from inside and spook the creature into a not so fragant response.
try using moth balls. you'll have to keep putting down fresh ones, especially after a heavy rain, because thet dissolve. the skunks don't like the smell of moth balls, but the mothballs won't harm them in any way.
all you have to do is pour ammonia where they are at.they hate that smell and will leave and never come back!
Go to a pet store and buy a bunch of this tiny mice that are like a dollar each, buy like twenty of them. Skunks don't like mice, They should leave in a couple days.
call an exterminator and explain you don't want them killed most will do whatever you want with them
Trap 'em and 'eat em. These are tough economic times..
granade