Interesting Facts About Skunks At a very young age skunks are unable to defend themselves with their spray. Around 8 days of age baby skunks would be able to emit musk, which would just be dribble as they are not mature enough to spray. By 3 months of age skunks would be developed enough, both physically and mentally, to start using their spray as an accurate defence mechanism. Adults skunks have little to fear as they would typically only be eaten by their predators such as coyotes and foxes as