They spend their early days in the den with their mother. They drink their mother's milk. At one week old, its weight is doubled. At three weeks old, they are crawling around the den. They cannot spray musk until 6 or 7 weeks old.
Skunks belongs to the weasel family, including the river otter, mink, fisher, ermine and wolverine.
It's the size of a house cat. But has shorter legs. The scientific name for them is Mepitis mephitis . This is the Latin word for terrible smell terrible smell. You're going over to spend the night at a friend's house.