What is the encounter rate of Skitty if using a LV.8 Repel Trick?

So, Skitty and Delcatty are my favorite Pokémon (couldn’t you tell from my avatar? Haha)! On my Pokémon Ruby game, I really want to get a shiny Skitty, and I found that the easiest way to do so is by Repel Trick.

According to Bulbapedia, Skitty can be encountered at Route 116 at a highest level of 8, along with Poocheyena, Zigzagoon, and Tailow. If I use a level 8 repel trick, the other Pokémon in this route, Abra, Nincada and Whismur are removed from the encounters due to them only being encountered at a highest level of 7.

If I do a repel trick using a Pokémon at level 8, what are the new encounter rates for the Pokémon I can find, most importantly Skitty?

The regular encounter rates can be found here:http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hoenn_Route_116

Please note that I am talking about the original Ruby version, not the 3ds remake, so there is no easier way to obtain a shiny Skitty in this generation!

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You will have a 4% chance for Skitty, a 40% chance for Taillow, and a 56% chance for Zigzagoon.

I highly recommend that you wait for a swarm. It will give you a 50% chance of finding Skitty. You can check the in game TVs to see what swarm is appearing. They change every 24 hours, but the only thing other than Skitty that can be in a swarm in ruby is Surskit (according to Bulbapedia), so it should be really easy to get one.