Skunks don’t climb into your attic — they dig under your deck, shed, or porch and move in underneath. Eco Haven evicts them humanely with one-way doors, then closes the ground with a below-grade barrier so nothing dens under there again.
Skunk control is below-grade work. Everything about the job — the eviction, the exclusion, the risks — happens at ground level and beneath it.
Skunks are ground animals with powerful digging claws. They excavate dens beneath decks, sheds, porches, and slabs — the dark, protected voids your structure creates at ground level.
A startled skunk sprays — and under a deck, that odor moves into the house and lasts weeks. Skunk work is deliberately low-stress: one-way doors, patient timing, no cornering the animal.
Those small cone-shaped holes across the lawn are skunks digging for grubs. A grub-rich lawn next to an open deck skirt is an invitation — food and lodging on the same property.
A spring den is often a mother with kits that can’t leave through a one-way door yet. Timing and handling follow applicable wildlife rules — the family leaves together, and nothing is sealed underground.
An abandoned skunk burrow becomes the next tenant’s starter home — woodchucks, rats, opossums. The permanent fix is a buried barrier that closes the below-grade void for good: exactly what BurrowBlock™ was engineered for.
We confirm it’s a skunk (tracks, hair, odor, digging pattern), locate every den entrance, and check for kits.
A one-way door lets the skunk leave for its nightly forage and blocks re-entry — calm, unhurried, and spray-free. Dens with kits are timed per applicable wildlife rules.
A below-grade galvanized barrier is installed around the deck, shed, or porch perimeter so re-digging — by this skunk or the next animal — hits steel.
Skirting gaps and above-grade transitions are closed so the whole perimeter works as one system.
We confirm the den is empty, remove the one-way door, complete the barrier, and verify nothing has re-dug.
Low-stress on the animal — which means low-odor for your house.
One-way doors and patient timing — the skunk leaves on its own schedule, never cornered.
BurrowBlock™ closes the den void permanently — steel where the digging happens.
Spring dens are timed per applicable rules so mothers and kits leave together.
Every den entrance and skirting gap — not just the hole you found.
The barrier that stops skunks also stops woodchucks, rats, and opossums from inheriting the den.
Exclusion work is backed by Eco Haven’s workmanship warranty, detailed in your service agreement.
A defined service built around a ground-dwelling animal and the voids it dens in.
Humane removal first, then we seal every way back in so it stays out. Serving Upstate NY & Southwest VT.
Probably. Skunks are nocturnal and quiet — persistent odor near a deck or shed, a 4–6 inch hole at the skirting, and cone-shaped lawn digging are the usual evidence. An inspection confirms it.
Only if it’s startled or cornered — which is exactly what our process avoids. One-way doors let the skunk leave calmly on its own schedule. That’s why professional skunk eviction is deliberately unhurried.
If the skunk is inside, you’ve sealed it (and possibly kits) under your deck — and a trapped skunk is how you get the spray scenario. If it’s outside, it digs back in overnight. Evict first, then close the ground with a barrier.
Spring dens often hold kits that can’t use a one-way door yet. We time and manage the eviction per applicable wildlife rules so the family leaves together — and nothing is sealed underground.
A below-grade galvanized barrier — BurrowBlock™ — installed around the structure perimeter. Skunks dig down, hit steel, and give up. It also blocks the woodchucks, rats, and opossums that would otherwise inherit the den.
Eco Haven provides skunk eviction and below-grade exclusion across Upstate New York and Southwest Vermont.
Still not sure what you’re dealing with? Real local people answer — no call centers. Same-day help on urgent pest or wildlife calls.
The longer a den is active, the deeper it gets — and spring turns one skunk into a family. Tell us what you’re smelling or seeing and we’ll take it from there.
Free inspections. Transparent pricing. Local team.
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Calm, humane eviction and a buried barrier that ends the den for good — without the spray scenario. Call or text for a free inspection.
