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SkunksSkunks mainly feed on grasshoppers, beetles, insects, crickets, mice, and rats. Skunks prefer to live next to ponds, fields, abandoned cars, and in burrows underneath structures. They damage properties by digging up the yard and roll back sod as they search for food. Skunks have been known to carry rabies; as a matter of fact they are the 2nd largest rabies carrier. They do not hibernate and they are nocturnal. They can temporarily blind a person for 15 minutes with their spray. Opossum... READ MORE Posted March 11, 2010 at 11:05 AM

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How can you safely rid your house of common household pests? The key to resolving this pest problem is to learn more about these pests and how they get there in the first place. You have to get to the source of the problem to be able to get rid of these creatures once and for all. Learning about the pests you have and your available options will help you get thre results you are looking for. Like humans, pests look for the same basic needs humans look for: food, water, and shelter. Dusting an... READ MORE Posted March 11, 2010 at 11:03 AM

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Transmissible Bird Diseases from Nuisance Birds: More than 60 transmissible bird diseases (some of which are fatal) are associated with geese, pigeons, starlings and house sparrows. For example: Histoplasmosis is a respiratory disease that may be fatal. It results from a fungus growing in dried bird droppings. Cryptococcosis is caused by yeast found in the intestinal tract of pigeons and starlings. The illness often begins as a pulmonary disease and may later affect the central nervous system... READ MORE Posted March 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM