"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheryl wrote:
>>
>> On 7/28/2016 2:42 PM, Gary wrote:
>> > nancy young wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I've been amazed at how self possessed skunks are. I opened the
>> >> front door to find a skunk righthere and he was all Heey. Eatin'
>> >> here. Not nervous or looking to spray at all. Did not care about
>> >> us or the cat.
>> >>
>> >> No, I didn't try to shoo it away or anything. I know that polecat
>> >> smell. Don't need it by my front door.
>> >
>> > Funny. In my old house, that happened to me once. Early evening and I
>> > was sitting in my living room. I had the front door open because the
>> > cat
>> > was out somewhere. In walked a skunk. eh oh. It wandered in the door.
>> > I
>> > talked soothingly to it....you don't want to scare a skunk in your
>> > house. Anyway...it just walked all around investigating everything.
>> > Found the cat bowls of food and water and had dinner. maybe 20-30
>> > minutes later, it walked back outside and left. I closed the door until
>> > later when I heard the cat meowing to get in. heheh
>> >
>> Brave soul. I hate to ask what you would have done if he wanted to
>> explore the house more? lol
>
> I had no choice but to sit there very still and calmly talk to the
> skunk. I let it explore all it wanted to. Thank goodness I didn't have
> to even cough or sneeze. The skunk was in my house so it was totally in
> charge. No way did I want it to feel threatened and spray inside the
> house. Can you imagine that?
>
> Thankfully my cat didn't come home either while it was inside. As soon
> as it finally wandered back outside, I closed the door. WHEW! 
I had a squirrel come in when I was moving out. I had moved as much as I
could, myself, every day after work. Now I was down to just the large pieces
that wouldn't fit in my car. Mover had the door open. I was sitting in a
rocking chair and saw the squirrel run in. I just spoke calmly to it,
telling it that it didn't live there and needed to go back outside. Although
inside I was freaking, envisioning the damage it might cause. It just looked
at me and ran back out.