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

[@NatGeoAnimals]

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

[@yesthatsart6847]

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

[@SparksForces]

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

[@joshpickles9022]

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

[@kathyr.8135]

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

[@werewolf74]

@@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.

[@aves4081]

Skunks are so cute pets! Thanks for the clip

[@NatGeoAnimals]

Aren't they? 😍 Thanks for watching!

[@dbdgirl-o3i]

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

[@tentns]

Rabies virus

[@darthtyranus7683]

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

[@thewildskunkwhisperer688]

@@darthtyranus7683 Scent glands are removed

[@lindalowe8341]

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

[@GodsArtGallery111]

Haha that’s awesome!

[@donna3465]

I used that shampoo too!

[@TrishMontroy]

😢

[@AtropalArbaal-dk8jv]

The oils in their fur smell. The oils keep their fur healthy.

[@davis9502]

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]

I thought the same thing when I heard that.

[@leahcooper5831]

They stomp and fluff while playing, too.

[@mad_max21]

It's called a joke.

[@Queefstar]

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

[@RedStrikerBeetleborg]

And domestic skunks usually have their glands removed

[@susanroche597]

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

[@NickSchrader]

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 KZbin. I hope it comes back to the same place in a few hours, because I want to film its adventures.

[@jamescarruthers3593]

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]

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".

[@romeopmusic6319]

Same here!

[@joeypilotte5864]

They're just so adorable

[@Big_frogs]

I'm always weary of ppl who keep animals like this as pets but this guy seems to not only care about the skunk but is willing to listen to his vet and figure out what adjustments he can make as an owner to give him the best life possible. More pet owners should be like that!

[@rogerbonneau6470]

I have 2 pets skunks and they are loose in my house they have each they beds , there just like dogs and they could still spray but they don't . there so use to us and the environment , there amazing pets and unique 😎

[@blackosprey2219]

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

[@berniceconklin5058]

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]

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]

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

[@americangirl6654]

@@no-bozos Why would it be bad?

[@no-bozos]

@@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]

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

[@rosenia5409]

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

[@fburnsDubstepEnderFox]

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. 😅

[@creepydude94]

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 ^^

[@MrNargleflex]

I want a pet skunk SO badly

[@I.Am.RosaMarie]

Me too!!

[@maxpower1337]

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]

Skunks are too cute when they get a check up

[@Chance754]

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

[@bradprice8040]

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

[@joyceibanez8207]

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 🥰

[@AzlianaLyana]

Such a cute lil bugger 🤗💖

[@NatGeoAnimals]

We just ❤️ Tucker!

[@davis9502]

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]

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

[@bradprice8040]

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.

[@JaclynSago]

Tucker stole my heart away

[@monapindkayani]

Aww soo adorable

[@GymGirlToks]

skunks are so adorable 🥰

[@alexandraclarke9349]

Awww. So cute. Especially babies..

[@tarrahbarker24]

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

[@EldritchBloop]

For a possum that's really old. As I understand it, they normally only live to around three. They are so adorable; there's one who visits my patio some nights (my Ring camera picks him up). I've watched him start off as a small possum grow into a larger one. I'm so happy to have them around.

[@tree_eats]

@EldritchBloop You're probably confusing possums with opossums. Possums can live up to a good 15 years while opossums are lucky to reach 8 years. If you are from North America, the animal in question is not a possum but an opossum.

[@dmann1209]

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

[@Back_and_Better_Than_You]

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]

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

[@MagicBaldMushroom]

@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]

🦨🐾🦡🎤

[@dennistennyson8856]

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

[@Patrick.Weightman]

Tucker stole my heart away 😭

[@ambassador8524]

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]

Loooool

[@ambassador8524]

@@user-fm5fw7kk4o true story

[@alijude9904]

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

[@HEMISUPERBEE426]

THIS IS TOTALLY AWESOME !

[@jennifercoleman6218]

He sure loved carrots

[@MackCortney]

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

[@phillipayoung10]

He just a kitty kitty😁😁

[@draco2xx]

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

[@JoshuaTheTransitProdigy]

I love skunks.

[@JNL37Dyxce5]

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

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

LOL

[@claudinebernadettejimdar1681]

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

[@danielking5670]

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.

[@Billie_Marie_]

Skunks make GREAT pets!

[@Billie_Marie_]

@@paulelliott682 Obviously

[@ApbtThailandKennel]

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

[@ashtondillard6906]

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]

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.

[@lyndacarter5090]

Always wanted one as a pet...

[@willowthebunny7]

I have always wanted a skunck!!

[@gavinlybert7756]

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

[@asher9609]

When I was like 10 I watched over 7 full seasons of this show and ever since then I've wanted to be an exotic vet :3 I'm 15 now

[@MistiBrook]

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

[@MistiBrook]

I love you my bad

[@lilys.2220]

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

[@johndoe7270]

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

[@ZHExotics]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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

[@mscir]

Skunks have some pretty healthy teeth.

[@ksinclair-garcia2092]

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]

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

[@ksinclair-garcia2092]

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

[@thewildskunkwhisperer688]

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

[@kittybow6828]

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

[@ApbtThailandKennel]

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

[@sirjamesfancy]

What a cutie

[@ShaneHalFerty]

Well said doctor… that’s me when mowing season is over… “they can get Real Fat Real Quick.” - Hah!

[@aburguesiafede3912]

NGW thank you so much ✌😎

[@NatGeoAnimals]

We appreciate the love 😎❤️

[@goalscorerlajon]

How is he doing now? 😍 ❤

[@dontworrybehappy5431]

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

[@eltigueraso]

Did you not listen? They removed its scent glands.

[@Fresh-uc9vb]

she already knew the skunk had been mutilated.

[@Hidden.Furry.]

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

[@Fresh-uc9vb]

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

[@Hidden.Furry.]

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

[@Hidden.Furry.]

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

[@punkfan97]

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

[@danielmadera1144]

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

[@marmalade8915]

It's like a weird looking cat

[@AndTecks]

I have seen hundreds, they almost remind me of possums but a bit more cat like

[@pinkfreud62]

He could let him get used to a harness & walk him around the yard for some exercise.

[@seventiesgirl6449]

It's Chunky Skunky!

[@Colonel2ndus]

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

[@theblackpearlofbraavos]

"Some other stuff" **air quotes**

[@lyleschull6516]

Do skunks get over weight in the wild

[@flskunk2]

Skunky (Skunk) !!!!!!

[@doloresclary1149]

Quite interesting

[@johnhoyt9073]

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

[@marshadow6724]

wow exotic pet

[@biancaluedeker]

Our skunks died of respiratory illness, which I guess is pretty common for skunks.

[@TehRebolt]

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]

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

[@richardroad5470]

yes

[@Sitchinite420]

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

[@jesusreallydoesloveyou1513]

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

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

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

[@marymedina2675]

🦨🐾🦡😾😼🙀🙈💢🙉🙊🧸🏴🏳🔳™

[@marmitch8962]

Cutie

[@Koleyl]

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?

[@TrishMontroy]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@FriendofMineralTown]

non-stinky baby!!!

[@badmanno.1650]

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

[@annieho3885]

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

[@Mytube777]

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]

It's legal currently in 17 states

[@thewildskunkwhisperer688]

@@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.

[@MrLuffy9131]

I thought she was Ana Kasparian lol

[@Davez621]

Skunks are illegal in Australia.

[@SternenruferinPatchouli1]

my skunk is very tame, he does not spray

[@therealshari1]

what happens if she sprays u

[@therealshari1]

@troumou oooh 😯

[@yizhouwoong1626]

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

[@wanderer1125]

Skunks are great for roasting, they taste yummy

[@Micheal_The_wolf07]

You disgust me

[@deryadinc7216]

Dr. K 's exotic Pet veterinarian

[@verellreuben5160]

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

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

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

[@Jabberwockybird]

Karen lawmakers gotta ruin it for everyone

[@klaytonpeterson1596]

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

[@jeffreyottinger3165]

Well that stinks

[@heidylescano5816]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@Vulpes_Ailurus]

Himb a chubby chubbers.

[@christophermorin9036]

*S K O O N K*

[@MuhammadEgypt]

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]

ew lol

[@MuhammadEgypt]

@@trevorcook8374 :)

[@ZteveW]

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

[@thulasidharanpillai5574]

Please add malayalam language NG wild