Your SPCA Monterey County Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is caring for a baby orphaned skunk. 

The skunk is about four and a half weeks old. She weighs just 256 grams, around the size and weight of a large russet potato. 

She came to the SPCA Wildlife Center after community members saw her alone near a business park for a few days and became concerned. At just four weeks old, she is too young to survive away from her mother. Skunks are normally weaned at two months old and leave their mother in the fall months. 

She is currently in a safe, warm indoor incubator while she grows. She eats a custard made from mixing eggs with a specialized formula for baby skunks. Once she is old enough, we will release her back into the wild near where she was found. 

“Thank you to our community for contacting us when they see a wild animal in need and for supporting all our rescues,” says Ciera Duits-Cavanaugh, SPCA Wildlife Center Supervisor. “Your compassion lets us always be here when animals need our help.”

Skunks provide natural pest control, as they eat grubs, beetles, wasps, mice, and other similar food. 

Your donations make all our rescues possible. To help, please visit www.spcamc.org/donate. You can also help animals during the SPCA’s A Day of Giving on Thursday, March 19, when all donations will be doubled to help animals in need, just like this skunk. Learn more at www.spcamc.org. 

The SPCA Wildlife Center is the only full-service wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center in Monterey County. Last year we rescued 2,863 injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals, many of them tiny babies.

Right now, the SPCA Wildlife Center is caring for 38 rescued wild animals like this baby skunk. As we move into the Spring and Summer months, we expect those numbers to skyrocket. It’s not unusual for our dedicated team of staff and volunteers to care for over 100 baby birds in a single day. All our rescues are made possible by the generous, compassionate support of our donors.