Gatlinburg Skunk Dropping Removal Services

Gatlinburg Skunk Dropping Removal

It is bad enough to experience a skunk under your home or in your crawlspace, but the aftermath left by the skunks often requires professional assistance by a Animal Pros specialist in Greater Gatlinburg and Middle Tennessee. Skunk droppings can quickly accumulate once skunks are present under your home. Skunk droppings will be seen not only on top of your vapor barrier or moisture barrier, but they will also be present under the vapor barrier, as this is a skunk’s favorite place to create a suitable nesting area to have young. Urine and feces will contaminate the vapor barrier, so there will be no amount of cleaning to restore the plastic. The only way to properly clean up and restore moisture barrier, is to disinfect the crawlspace, remove all droppings, remove the vapor barrier, again removing droppings and nesting, and once everything is out, disinfecting and sanitizing the crawlspace again before anything is reinstalled. Contact Animal Pros skunk dropping removal specialists for all crawlspace questions regarding skunk damage.

Skunk Dropping Identification

Skunks are often identified by their pungent odor, rather than their droppings or scat. Allow this resource to help identify skunk scat, from other wildlife droppings.

Skunk droppings will be black in color, and have a “crystalized appearance”.
Skunk droppings will be tubular 1/2″ to a 1″ around.
Skunk droppings will be 1″-3″ in length.
Skunk droppings can harbor spores and diseases.
Dried skunk scat when touched or disturbed will often fall apart.
Skunk droppings will have a “skunky odor”.

How To Remove Skunk Droppings

Removing skunk droppings under a home needs to be carefully considered if your a homeowner trying to save a dollar. The condition of most crawlspaces left in the aftermath of a skunk is enough to give the title ” worlds most dirtiest jobs”. Skunk feces everywhere in a crawlspace and belly crawling through contaminates is just the start. Skunks present under a crawlspace for even a short period of time will leave a trail of scat or droppings, usually accumulating, creating a hazardous condition under your home. Professional protection equipment is required to remediate skunk droppings under a home. Professional protection equipment will include face respirators, full protection suits with hoods, gloves, eye protection, and boot protection. It is important to understand droppings can be located on top of the moisture barrier, under the moisture barrier, or anywhere the skunks have been. It is recommended to treat or wet skunk droppings before fecal removal to cut down on circulating airborne particulates. Even fully protected, there are still dangers from certain zoonotic diseases or pathogens. Call a Animal Pros specialist today for removal of skunk droppings under your home.

What Danger Is Involved In Removing Skunk Droppings

Aside from the normal dangers of crawling in a tight enclosed space, and maneuvering around duct lines, is understanding the contaminates that are present in your crawlspace. Skunk droppings in a enclosed crawlspace with limited ventilation do not break down over time, as if they were outside exposed to the elements. Skunk droppings under a home will harbor mold, viruses, bacteria, and pathogens. Certain zoonotic diseases can live within skunk droppings for years, as we have had technicians fully protected and suited up, still catch zoonotic diseases from skunk droppings. The dangers are real, and can even become more compounded belly crawling through a crawlspace, only to get to the end and come face to face with a skunk.