Esimweni, ama-skunks abikwa ukuthi aphile cishe eminyakeni emihlanu.
Nokho, ekuthunjweni, i-skunk yesilwane izophila, ngokwesilinganiso, iminyaka eyisithupha kuya kweyishumi. Eminye imibiko yemikhonto eneminyaka engamashumi amabili ubudala yenziwe, kodwa izindawo ezinkulu zokulondoloza (njengeSkunk Haven) zisenamathela eminyakeni eyisithupha kuya kweyishumi yokuphila.
Ukuphila okude ekuthunjweni kuthatha ukunakekelwa okufanele kwe- skunk kanye nokudla okunomsoco futhi kunikezwa ithuba lokuthi izilwane zokudla zihlasele.