Ding Dong the Skunk is Dead

Okay so for those of you who know this, we have had a skunk living underneath our sun room now for the past three weeks. Jim kept trying to catch it but was out of luck until 2 nights ago. He caught it!! We had a tarp over the trap the past three weeks so the skunk wouldn't spray us. Well, 2 nights ago we saw the trap was tripped and heard the skunk inside of it. We were so happy. We called Critter Control to come take the skunk away (I was not going to have that skunk put into my car to be halled off). Anyway, we spoke to the Critter Control people today when they returned the trap. It turned out it wasn't a skunk after all - it was a 'POSSUM!! He apparently had gotten sprayed by a skunk because even the Critter Control guy was surprised when he opened the cage. Anyway, I am just glad the animal is gone. The house is starting to smell normal again.