Why does it have to be a skunk?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by BK911

Hopefully all goes well!!

Well?

Sleeping outside wif da dawgs tonight?

Good boy !

[BK911]

The release was pretty uneventful.
I was wearing full body armour.
Couldn't open the door and run away because it was standing on the release plate.
So I held open the door and shook the cage to dump it out.
As soon as it hit the ground it took off one way and me the other.
Bye bye stinky!!

[svandamme]

I feel cheated with this thread and the end result.

Starting to think you've been BS'ing us and all you had was just some stray house cat with racing stripes and a bad attitude.

Basically it was a cry for attention wasn't it?

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by BK911

The release was pretty uneventful.
I was wearing full body armour.
Couldn't open the door and run away because it was standing on the release plate.
So I held open the door and shook the cage to dump it out.
As soon as it hit the ground it took off one way and me the other.
Bye bye stinky!!

Damn. Not the result I was hoping for....

They are pretty much pacifists. It takes quite a bit to scare them enough to spray.

[ckcarr]

Skunks are a minor problem in this town. There is a woman that traps and relocates skunks for $25 each. She has an ad in the local paper. I had to have four removed a few years ago. I was expecting some 6' 2" woman from the back country, but she turned out to be little and quite cute. With interesting perfume...

[GH85Carrera]

Skunk smell is um, well different. Almost anyone living in the USA has smelled the horrible stink of a dead skunk in the road. It reeks and the stink can stay in the car for a few miles.

When our dachshund was sprayed right in his face, Thursday night for the second time in the last few months, I knew I had to grab him to get him to leave the skunk alone so it would leave, but even more important, not let him run inside and rub his face on the carpet to wipe off some skunk spray.

There are few joys greater than holding a freshly sprayed, 15 pound dog close. The funny thing is for sure the skunk stinks, but it is not that horrible overwhelming stink like a dead one in the road. I presume my sense of smell gets overwhelmed and my brain processes it as a woody smell, like rotten wood, or mushrooms. Not really all that bad. In fact the first time we had a skunk encounter we both sniffed the dog trying to figure out if he had been smelled, and had to think about it. He smelled bad for sure.

The recipe is the at the top of a Google search for Skunk smell off of a dog.
¼ cup of baking soda.
1-2 teaspoons of mild dishwashing detergent like Ivory Snow.
1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide solution.
Mix in a bucket and use immediately.
Work the foaming mixture well into the coat.
Leave on for five minutes.
Rinse with warm water.
Follow with dog shampoo if desired.

We keep a fresh bottle of H2O2 on hand, and baking soda and soap are always around. The good news is all the ingredients are CHEAP, and it works.

We washed our clothes that night, light a scented candle and just live with the slight stink of skunk overnight in your sinus. In the morning, another shower, and maybe some scented hand lotion, and by afternoon, the house smells skunk free.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by svandamme

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]I feel cheated with this thread and the end result.

...

I figured we'd smell it over the Internet too....I want my $ back!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Skunk smell is um, well different. Almost anyone living in the USA has smelled the horrible stink of a dead skunk in the road. It reeks and the stink can stay in the car for a few miles.

When our dachshund was sprayed right in his face, Thursday night for the second time in the last few months, I knew I had to grab him to get him to leave the skunk alone so it would leave, but even more important, not let him run inside and rub his face on the carpet to wipe off some skunk spray.

There are few joys greater than holding a freshly sprayed, 15 pound dog close. The funny thing is for sure the skunk stinks, but it is not that horrible overwhelming stink like a dead one in the road. I presume my sense of smell gets overwhelmed and my brain processes it as a woody smell, like rotten wood, or mushrooms. Not really all that bad. In fact the first time we had a skunk encounter we both sniffed the dog trying to figure out if he had been smelled, and had to think about it. He smelled bad for sure.

The recipe is the at the top of a Google search for Skunk smell off of a dog.
¼ cup of baking soda.
1-2 teaspoons of mild dishwashing detergent like Ivory Snow.
1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide solution.
Mix in a bucket and use immediately.
Work the foaming mixture well into the coat.
Leave on for five minutes.
Rinse with warm water.
Follow with dog shampoo if desired.

We keep a fresh bottle of H2O2 on hand, and baking soda and soap are always around. The good news is all the ingredients are CHEAP, and it works.

We washed our clothes that night, light a scented candle and just live with the slight stink of skunk overnight in your sinus. In the morning, another shower, and maybe some scented hand lotion, and by afternoon, the house smells skunk free.

Driving down a country road and smelling skunk, 999 times out of 1000, it's almost a sweet smell, and not really that unpleasant. I assume it was either far off the road or something, and I've always wondered what the big deal was. Once I drove past (didn't see it) what must have been something fresh and very close to the road. In that sort of high concentration, I get it, it's really horrible.

[mocha07]

Growing up around here,they were called"Polecats" They left their scent on the roads a lot!!

[flatbutt]

OK this a good time for a tangent? I have groundhogs moving in. I don't want to shoot them but I will if I must. Any advice other than ammonia trays?

[Por_sha911]

Get some skunks - they will run off the groundhogs. If no skunks are available, look for NJ Devils players. They stink almost as badly.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by mocha07

Growing up around here,they were called"Polecats" They left their scent on the roads a lot!!

Yep...polecats....just haven't smelt one....or been in Jersey lately

[cabmandone]

Call in the Turtle Man! Live Action!!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

OK this a good time for a tangent? I have groundhogs moving in. I don't want to shoot them but I will if I must. Any advice other than ammonia trays?

Juicy Fruit gum. Don't touch it, just unwrap using the wrapper to place it in the entrance to the hole. My dad has been doing this and finding dead ground piggies.

[speeder]

There seem to be a lot of skunks in one particular area of Los Angeles, the Los Feliz/Silverlake neighborhood. It’s a very frequent smell and maybe it’s an acquired thing but I really don’t mind it. As someone else said, though, it’s probably because it’s muted...in the distance.

[KFC911]

Must be a city thing...when the pleasant aroma of a stinkin' polecat seem rather benign...you got any paper mills nearby ?

[drkshdw]

I'm one of the lucky ones. Ever since I was a kid I haven't been able to smell skunk. On road trips everyone holding their nose complaining about a skunk and I would breathe in as big of a breath as I could take and nothing. To this day I have never smelled what a skunk smells like.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by KC911

Must be a city thing...when the pleasant aroma of a stinkin' polecat seem rather benign...you got any paper mills nearby ?

Or feed lots. I lived in Hereford, TX for a couple of years. Over a half million cattle within 10 miles.

"Smell that Hereford money!"

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

OK this a good time for a tangent? I have groundhogs moving in. I don't want to shoot them but I will if I must. Any advice other than ammonia trays?

Jack Russel Terrier maybe

Bubble gum works too, or so my sister tells me. If you have a cougar, I think you can call the county or game wardens.

[A930Rocket]

I don’t remember the name of the campground near lake Fontana in N.C., but sitting around the fire each night, a family of skunks would sneak up to you and wander around. If you had bare feet, they’d lick your toes.

The ranger had told us about them and said they’d only be a problem if you *****ed with them.