Aren’t skunks born with rabies/Don’t all skunks have rabies?
Of all the questions I see about skunks, this is the one that just completely perplexes me. Rabies is a disease. In order to have rabies, an animal has to be exposed to it. The same way that dogs and cats aren’t born with or perpetually infected with rabies, neither are skunks. As long as pet skunks are kept inside, away from sources that may infect them—other animals, eating infected carcasses, etc.—they are not a rabies risk.
