A Pet Skunk Gets a Check-up | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER

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A pet skunk is brought into the clinic for a check-up and some vaccinations.
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A Pet Skunk Gets a Check-up | Dr. K's Exotic Animal ER
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@NatGeoWild 3 жыл бұрын

Foraging for food mimics wild behavior while encouraging activity. What did you learn about skunks from this video?

@yesthatsart6847 3 жыл бұрын

Overweight skunks get heart diseases and some other. Is that the striped skunk.

@SparksForces 3 жыл бұрын

Overweight skunks 🦨 are at high rate for heart disease and arthritis cutting down to one meal a day, and good exercise :) 😁

@joshpickles9022 Жыл бұрын

I learnt people modify animals because they want to keep them as pets. Not sure how I feel about that.

@kathyr.8135 11 ай бұрын

So sweet . I love animals . So precious. All our animals eat healthy

@werewolf74 3 ай бұрын

@@joshpickles9022 i get this but its one skunk in many and hes living the best life. cats and dogs have also been domesticated over years.

@davis9502 3 жыл бұрын

Normally when a skunk taps its feet and has its tail up, those are normally warning signs that it's about to spray you. Now since this is a domestic skunk I could see why the body language would be for different things, but seriously never ever go closer to a wild skunk when it's tapping its feet.

@AlilishSuki 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing when I heard that.

@leahcooper5831 3 жыл бұрын

They stomp and fluff while playing, too.

@mad_max21 Жыл бұрын

It's called a joke.

@asdfTheGreat Жыл бұрын

Where in this video does he show any signs of anything? I see no foot stomping. He doesn't even seem unsure let alone frightened

@cartervaradi2979 Жыл бұрын

They’re just getting a lil goofy and perhaps silly. Don’t worry about it

@lindalowe8341 3 жыл бұрын

My best friend had a pet skunk back in the 70's. She taught him to walk on a leash and we would take him everywhere. His name was Thumper because of the activity that they do towards a possible threat before they spray you!! He always stunk and we bathed him with "GEE YOUR HAIR SMELLS TERRIFIC" Shampoo. Lol

@WhileMyGuineaPigGentlyWheeks 2 жыл бұрын

Haha that’s awesome!

@donna3465 2 жыл бұрын

I used that shampoo too!

@TrishMontroy Жыл бұрын

😢

@aves4081 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks are so cute pets! Thanks for the clip

@NatGeoWild 3 жыл бұрын

Aren't they? 😍 Thanks for watching!

@desellis8117 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatGeoWild What vaccines do captive raised Skunks need? I'd like a list of required vaccines.

@tentns 3 жыл бұрын

Rabies virus

@darthtyranus7683 2 жыл бұрын

@Nat Geo WILD I'm baffled. How can people take the risk of being fumed at?

@thewildskunkwhisperer688 2 жыл бұрын

@@darthtyranus7683 Scent glands are removed

@NickSchrader 2 жыл бұрын

I saw a skunk in my neighbor's yard peacefully hunting for insects in the grass early yesterday morning, and now I am binge watching skunk videos on KZfaq. I hope it comes back to the same place in a few hours, because I want to film its adventures.

@jamescarruthers3593 Жыл бұрын

Same here. I saw one earlier this evening on the front lawn and I just watched it slowly and calmly forage around searching for food. Now it’s long gone and I’m reading and watching tons of videos lol

@sekovittol3124 7 ай бұрын

I was sitting in my backyard at 2:00am after some beers years ago and I heard something under the lawn chair, it was a skunk, I didn't move a muscle and my heart was pounding. I was thinking; "I don't need this now, stay calm, it will go away".

@susanroche597 4 ай бұрын

This stunk was so relaxed and didn’t feel threatened ❤

@fburnsDubstepEnderFox 11 ай бұрын

Without a permit, it's illegal to have a skunk as a pet in Delaware. That's ok though... there's an adorable skunk who visits my yard. We keep our distance from each other. 😅

@MrNargleflex 3 жыл бұрын

I want a pet skunk SO badly

@I.Am.RosaMarie 6 ай бұрын

Me too!!

@maxpower1337 2 ай бұрын

I have 5 orphan wild skunks my wife and I are trying to rescue them hopefully we can get them to eat .@@I.Am.RosaMarie

@dynamosaurusimperious6341 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks are too cute when they get a check up

@user-lp3sb3mr6y 5 ай бұрын

Tucker stole my heart away

@berniceconklin5058 3 жыл бұрын

Hes adorable I have 6 skunks in my backyard I feed them when they come around mostly in the summertime they are so adorable their a little skittish too

@no-bozos 3 жыл бұрын

Bernice, not to be a wet blanket, but please don't feed wild animals. I understand how it makes you feel, but that's very bad for the skunks and the environment they inhabit.

@berniceconklin5058 3 жыл бұрын

@@no-bozos they eat shelled peanuts so I know it's ok my friend is a wild life rehabilitator

@americangirl6654 3 жыл бұрын

@@no-bozos Why would it be bad?

@no-bozos 3 жыл бұрын

@@americangirl6654 - When you feed wild animals you swell their population and ruin the balance in the ecosystem. It also weakens the gene pool of the animals you're feeding. You are inadvertently keeping the weaker animals in the population alive that otherwise would die. Thus endangering the species and taking a chance of wiping out the local population. I could go on and on, but the take-away is that the best thing we humans can do for wild animals is to leave them alone.

@americangirl6654 3 жыл бұрын

@@no-bozos I see. I guess I’ve never really thought about it.

@creepydude94 20 күн бұрын

Tucker seems to have such a good temper! He's doing so well at his vet visit and saying hi to the cameraman! His fur looks soft and fluffy too. Clearly he's well taken care of ^^

@rosenia5409 3 жыл бұрын

I just found a new favorite show, who wouldn’t want to be surrounded by cute animals all day? ❤️

@davis9502 3 жыл бұрын

Try those textured bowls that they use for cats. You know those bowls that are specialized for cats to slow their pace when they're eating.

@libertymartin5167 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew they had that. Wow. My scarfer cat needs a bowl like that 😂

@bradprice8040 9 ай бұрын

The real issue is that skunks in nature travel a 2 mile area foraging for their food. Eliminating that makes them fat. Plus I am sure they get more food in captivity than in the wild.

@joyceibanez8207 9 ай бұрын

I love the way she bent down and gave him his shot under the table. When I was a kid there was a nurse at my doctor's office that did the same thing if a child acted like Mr. Thumper here and ran under a table. There was no escaping her.😂😂😂 This is so cute. Thumps doesn't know how loved he is. Maybe he does he just has to act tough.😊 Too cute 🥰

@monapindkayani 3 жыл бұрын

Aww soo adorable

@AzlianaLyana 3 жыл бұрын

Such a cute lil bugger 🤗💖

@NatGeoWild 3 жыл бұрын

We just ❤️ Tucker!

@Chance754 2 жыл бұрын

A pet skunk is the best animal to keep the bulgars from stealing anything from your house.

@bradprice8040 9 ай бұрын

I had a UPS failed delivery note left in the mailbox because a skunk was on the porch. That was funny

@GymGirlToks 2 жыл бұрын

skunks are so adorable 🥰

@blackosprey2219 27 күн бұрын

He's like a fat weird cat. I love him...

@alijude9904 21 күн бұрын

I'm in love with this little animal!!!!!!!!

@dmann1209 8 ай бұрын

You are awesome DR. you gave that shot like a Boss. Nice skunk!

@tarrahbarker24 8 ай бұрын

They can live up to 15 years! ❤ my possum only lived to almost 6yrs

@alexandraclarke9349 3 жыл бұрын

Awww. So cute. Especially babies..

@Patrick.Weightman 2 жыл бұрын

Tucker stole my heart away 😭

@ambassador8524 3 жыл бұрын

I walk my dog very early in the AM and pretend we are hunting to make her happy. She saw a black outline in a field by my house (I thought it was a tire.) So I got low, we were hunting, run up on it. Ye, it was skunk. Skunks are not afraid and move slow. I now smell like Pepe.

@user-fm5fw7kk4o 2 жыл бұрын

Loooool

@ambassador8524 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-fm5fw7kk4o true story

@Back_and_Better_Than_You 4 ай бұрын

I miss my last house. It had a big patio, and wild skunks just loved frolicking around on it at night. I loved watching them from the window.

@Sofia-qn6fs 3 жыл бұрын

I love Dr k she is amazing. I love animals and great video nat wild 😺

@MagicBaldMushroom 3 жыл бұрын

@Ali Ajmeri Would you shut up? Can people just not like anything anymore without some idiot saying "oH hA hA tHeY aRe A sImP hU hU iM sO fUnNy!"

@marymedina2675 4 ай бұрын

🦨🐾🦡🎤

@jennifercoleman6218 3 жыл бұрын

He sure loved carrots

@HEMISUPERBEE426 9 ай бұрын

THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME !

@draco2xx Жыл бұрын

i had no idea u could actually have a skunk as a pet 🤣

@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy 3 жыл бұрын

I love skunks.

@phillipayoung10 3 жыл бұрын

He just a kitty kitty😁😁

@claudinebernadettejimdar1681 Ай бұрын

Uh, oh . . . They are so cute! I’ve seen quite a few of them.

@willowthebunny7 3 жыл бұрын

I have always wanted a skunck!!

@JNL37Dyxce5 3 жыл бұрын

*National Geographic gets you closer to the stories that matter*

@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim Жыл бұрын

LOL

@lyndacarter5090 3 жыл бұрын

Always wanted one as a pet...

@dennistennyson8856 8 ай бұрын

I had a wild "pet" skunk years ago and he/she felt safer when under something(cover). Loved that little guy.

@ashtondillard6906 11 ай бұрын

Not kidding I was outside kinda late and skunk walked right past me. It frightened me but weirdly enough it just kinda peacefully walked passed me. Guessing he/she has been living around humans for a while and knows they aren’t a threat.

@SueK51 9 ай бұрын

Skunks really don't see all that well. Have been in your situation: The skunk walked right by me en route to the food I put out for the neighborhood stray cat. Glad to have them; they keep the yard free of grubs.

@Billie_Marie_ 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks make GREAT pets!

@Billie_Marie_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulelliott682 Obviously

@ApbtThailandKennel 3 жыл бұрын

Great video wish you all a great day best greetings from Thailand

@ApbtThailandKennel 3 жыл бұрын

Great video wish you all a great day best greetings from Thailand

@mscir 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks have some pretty healthy teeth.

@marmalade8915 Жыл бұрын

It's like a weird looking cat

@danielmadera1144 2 жыл бұрын

We had a skunk named febreeze. She smelled like the real thing

@punkfan97 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to have a pet skunk I like the wild ones too I just know to stay far away from them and give them lots of space

@danielking5670 8 ай бұрын

Skunks hibernate in the winter! They get real fat in the fall eating everything in sight. They are supposed to sleep all winter. In a cool place. In the spring they come out skinny as a rail.

@Hidden.Furry. 11 ай бұрын

The amount of incorrect people in this comment section is genuinely hilarious The fact y'all are so confident about being wrong is great LOL

@user-rr1tp5kd5e 5 ай бұрын

They can live up to 15 years! my possum only lived to almost 6yrs

@aburguesiafede3912 3 жыл бұрын

NGW thank you so much ✌😎

@NatGeoWild 3 жыл бұрын

We appreciate the love 😎❤️

@kittybow6828 Жыл бұрын

QUÉ LINDO ESTÁ ESA COSITA BELLA!!!😁😁😘😘✌🏼✌🏼❤️❤️🙏🙏🌸🌸🌸

@richardroad5470 2 жыл бұрын

yes

@doloresclary1149 2 жыл бұрын

Quite interesting

@lilys.2220 Жыл бұрын

Really hoping to eventually get a pet skunk one day 🥺 but I got to figure out what states allow it first

@johndoe7270 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad Alabama allows it. I want one, but my heart truly belongs to the duck.

@gavinlybert7756 5 ай бұрын

I probably won’t get a pet skunk but I’d love to meet a pet skunk

@ksinclair-garcia2092 3 жыл бұрын

I want a lil skunk! I'm gonna have to move to Florida it seems they can have all kinds of pets plus the heat would be good for my RA lol

@janticewilson 3 жыл бұрын

Wait, heat is good for RA? I’m newly diagnosed and no wonder mines been acting up especially the very cold weather.

@ksinclair-garcia2092 3 жыл бұрын

@@janticewilsonHeat is great for RA especially dry heat. I flare horribly with the cold weather

@thewildskunkwhisperer688 2 жыл бұрын

@@ksinclair-garcia2092 Unfortunately Florida is Vwry wet heat. Horrific. Makes my Fibromyalgia off the charts.. humidity is a flare trigger.

@theblackpearlofbraavos 3 жыл бұрын

"Some other stuff" **air quotes**

@seventiesgirl6449 3 жыл бұрын

It's Chunky Skunky!

@goalscorerlajon Жыл бұрын

How is he doing now? 😍 ❤

@marmitch8962 3 жыл бұрын

Cutie

@user-hk2lz9fu4h 8 ай бұрын

Omg I'm love you lol baby! It's Flower Flower!

@user-hk2lz9fu4h 8 ай бұрын

I love you my bad

@marshadow6724 Жыл бұрын

wow exotic pet

@asdfTheGreat Жыл бұрын

Foraging... All I can think of are dogs like my mom's Boston that walk around over and over, looking for any little scrap of food on the floor, licking spots where food might have been. And if they're really crazy for food, it'll be like a crackhead who swears they dropped a piece and is picking through the carpeting in a room they never even smoked in. "Foraging" makes it sound so natural, and fun, but not sure if this is the behavior you want to teach, regardless of animal. In fact, forget animals; if you told a person you've hidden an unknown amount of their most desirable thing, how/when would they know to stop looking?

@Colonel2ndus 9 ай бұрын

I hope he doesn't spray them at all someday unless they take the sack out but I think it would be neat to have a pet skunk

@TehRebolt 2 жыл бұрын

Skunks are adorable but I wouldn’t want one as a pet. Wouldn’t want to remove its stink glands so better off not having one lol think it’s kind of messed up to do.

@oblivionpro69 2 жыл бұрын

How is it any more "Messed up" than fixing a dog or a cat?. Totally a logical fallacy

@dontworrybehappy5431 2 жыл бұрын

2:01 I bet low key her anxiety level when up a bit (thinking "it better not spray.."😬😰🥴) I would lol.

@edwardguillen4381 2 жыл бұрын

Did you not listen? They removed its scent glands.

@Fresh-uc9vb Жыл бұрын

she already knew the skunk had been mutilated.

@Hidden.Furry. 11 ай бұрын

@@Fresh-uc9vbWhy must people on the internet be so confidently incorrect

@Fresh-uc9vb 11 ай бұрын

@@Hidden.Furry. what are you on about?

@Hidden.Furry. 11 ай бұрын

@@Fresh-uc9vb you ever notice how people like you seem to talk about stuff they dont know as if they're correct?

@TrishMontroy Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@flskunk2 3 жыл бұрын

Skunky (Skunk) !!!!!!

@lyleschull6516 8 ай бұрын

Do skunks get over weight in the wild

@jesusreallydoesloveyoudotc7384 3 жыл бұрын

He's gorgeous, but do they have that musky smell like ferrrets?

@ZHExotics 3 жыл бұрын

These animals are absolutely amazing, I love to hang out with my pets, especially the exotics, it's a shame the government is always trying to take them away from us

@ZHExotics 3 жыл бұрын

@@2grips not really, many of the laws they pass are outrageous, now don't get me wrong, there are definitely regulations that should be passed like for lions and bears, creatures like that, but they like to pass laws on animals that are not dangerous, and aren't hurtful to the environment (which I think invasives shouldn't be illegal either), here in arizona they just made hedgehogs legal, what is a hedgehog a danger to? They are harmless, and they would die within days of our weather, same goes for many reptiles

@garancebarbier7381 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZHExotics it isn't that much about hurting the environment by invading it and more hurting the environment by depleting the wild populations. Also diseases... AIDS, covid 19, so many were passed from non human animals onto us. These laws exist for a reason

@Pythonaria 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZHExotics We have Hedgehogs here in the UK. If you're a gardener you really want at least one to visit your garden on a nightly basis. They eat slugs, snails and other garden pests. My garden was overrun with slugs and snails. Veg plants and flowers were decimated by the slimy little nasties - until a family of Hedgehogs moved in. Hardly see any slugs now. Hedgehogs are definitely a gardener's friend 🦔

@elithluxe7568 2 жыл бұрын

@@garancebarbier7381 and whose fault is that? Humans. Most if not all are cause of people hunting the disease origin animal for meat as if there isn't enough of that in the world. So it's karma or like those animals way of giving a big f you

@yizhouwoong1626 3 жыл бұрын

"My pets name is tucker " Tucker budynz ????

@MrLuffy9131 8 ай бұрын

I thought she was Ana Kasparian lol

@SternenruferinPatchouli1 Жыл бұрын

my skunk is very tame, he does not spray

@FriendofMineralTown 3 жыл бұрын

non-stinky baby!!!

@Sitchinite420 8 ай бұрын

Well…that means I can’t have a skunk. I have zero willpower. That’s why I have cats. 😁

@DrewPicklesTheDark 2 жыл бұрын

Skunks are illegal to own where I live since too many people were keeping them as pets lol.

@Jabberwockybird Жыл бұрын

Karen lawmakers gotta ruin it for everyone

@heidylescano5816 3 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍😍

@Davez621 3 жыл бұрын

Skunks are illegal in Australia.

@therealshari1 10 ай бұрын

what happens if she sprays u

@therealshari1 10 ай бұрын

@troumou oooh 😯

@Koleyl Жыл бұрын

I never would think that skunks would be pets. From growing up watching Pepe Lapew cartoons I thought skunks would not be good pets from the obvious reasons of their natural defense the skunk smell, and mostly I would not take in a wild animal from its natural habitat but from watching online videos and seeing folks with pet skunks I am thinking I would like one but what do I know about raising skunks? I mean what do they even eat?

@jeffreyottinger3165 3 жыл бұрын

Well that stinks

@johnhoyt9073 2 жыл бұрын

Cute. exotic pets. need to learn allot & even then there's more to do. had chinchilla once. wonderful but impossible...

@Vulpes_Ailurus 2 жыл бұрын

Himb a chubby chubbers.

@deryadinc7216 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. K 's exotic Pet veterinarian

@klaytonpeterson1596 3 жыл бұрын

Yep...just like cats...they gain weight fast...

@annieho3885 3 жыл бұрын

What state is this??? Skunks in most states are illegal to keep as pets..

@Mytube777 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know. But in Ohio and Indiana you can have them. In some states they have to be registered too. In England the whole country is allowed to have them but they must be de-scented. It’s a vast variety of rules all over. I cant have one in my state.

@thewildskunkwhisperer688 2 жыл бұрын

It's legal currently in 17 states

@thewildskunkwhisperer688 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mytube777 Actually it's Illegal to de-scent a skunk in the UK. You are free to own one but the scent glands must be in tact. It's considered animal cruelty so it's forbidden.

@verellreuben5160 2 жыл бұрын

THE LOST OF SKUNK: Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Louisiana Arkansas Missouri Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Alabama

@badmanno.1650 3 жыл бұрын

Being a human being doc is madness... But vets are on another level of mad

@ZteveW 3 жыл бұрын

Would've been nice to know if he was potty trained.

@christophermorin9036 3 жыл бұрын

*S K O O N K*

@thulasidharanpillai5574 3 жыл бұрын

Please add malayalam language NG wild

@wanderer1125 Жыл бұрын

Skunks are great for roasting, they taste yummy

@MichealThewolf2007 Ай бұрын

You disgust me

@theultimatereductionist7592 3 жыл бұрын

2:20 Kinda hard to take animal obesity seriously when you add humorous drum sound when she calls out his weight.

@marymedina2675 4 ай бұрын

🦨🐾🦡😾😼🙀🙈💢🙉🙊🧸🏴🏳🔳™

@Ergot59 3 жыл бұрын

his nails are so long.

@Slow_Hand_Luke 3 жыл бұрын

. Way too Long ! No more difficult to trim than a Cats... .

@fjp9 3 жыл бұрын

i think they need them to forage.

@burritotheraccoon2158 2 жыл бұрын

@chelseacanales8763 3 жыл бұрын

As cute as skunk is, but I would never have it as a pet. The smell is unbearable and hard to get rid off.

@trevorcook8374 3 жыл бұрын

.... skunks*

@stee8345 3 жыл бұрын

He's had his smell glands removed.

@MuhammadEgypt 3 жыл бұрын

Who takes skunks as pets for God's sake?! And you named him Tucker? So, next time he gets a baby, his name will be Chris? :D

@trevorcook8374 3 жыл бұрын

ew lol

@MuhammadEgypt 3 жыл бұрын

@@trevorcook8374 :)

@nneil5621 3 жыл бұрын

When did pets get vaccine What

@daisymay6505 3 жыл бұрын

Are you being serious, pets have always gotten vaccines

@ADreamingTraveler 10 ай бұрын

You ever owned pets before? Certain pets need certain types of vaccines so they don't get sick or die. Otherwise the lift expectancy of some pets would be years shorter. For example theres a vaccine for rabies which has saved plenty of animals after getting bitten from infected animals.

@rustynail3183 3 жыл бұрын

First

@thorgarbinwessel-kjenner7736 2 жыл бұрын

Disturbing to see a skunk in private ownership. It's a wild animal and no pet. Even removing it's ability to defend itself. The glands should be there. Because those shall not be in a house. Tucker is absolutely more than happy. But again, wild animals in private homes on a permanent basis, not good.

@thugpug4392 Жыл бұрын

There are domestic skunks. Skunks are very affectionate and enjoy human interaction. Dogs, cats, horses, chickens, etc. were once only wild animals as well but we domesticated them. Domestication of skunks isn't inherently bad they seem to make a pretty good pet.

@kelseybordeaux9206 Жыл бұрын

Pet Skunks are not Wild,they are specifically Bred for Domestication and come from other Domestic Skunks. These animals are not Wild Caught,therefore they do not have the instincts to survive in the Wild.

@Fresh-uc9vb Жыл бұрын

@@thugpug4392 do they have there scent glands removed for this purpose?

@thugpug4392 Жыл бұрын

@@Fresh-uc9vbYes, usually the pet skunks have their glands removed. That might seem strange to you but removing the scent glands of a skunk doesn't seem stranger to me than neutering a dog or cat.