This surprise really stinks!! :0

[Rochelle]

At 5am this morning the roommate let our dog Betty Rumble outside to pee-pee...not noticing the SKUNK right outside the door..:wall: She caught a full blast straight in the face, and the roomie for some unknown reason didn't catch on to what that horrible, sulfuric, hellish STENCH was and allowed her to run into the house and rub fresh, raw oil on every fabric surface she could reach. OMGOMGOMG.....
At this point the only thing I can think of to do about the rank after effect is to torch the house and everything in it. :wall: (j/k)
I ran to the local grocery store and picked up quarts of peroxide and baking soda and mixed it with liquid dish soap and hot water...Betty is deodorized and smells skunk-free...but there is no hope for the carpets. She is really suffering the effects of the blast, though. Her poor eyes are so red they look like they're bleeding and I'm pretty sure her nose will never be the same again.
But I'm fairly positive that she will NEVER EVER bother the black and white 'kitties' again, either....:wall:

Aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhh! I swear burning hair would smell better than this....:evil:

 

[redsaw]

Thats pretty gross. lol have you tried calling a professional carpet cleaner & asking what you may be able to do? Thats really all that I can think of besides doing a search.

 

[olablane]

Hate to tell ya this, but I dont think dogs ever learn to avoid skunk!! Ours havent yet anyway!! Good luck.

 

[Snuggles]

Oh, Rochelle, that really does "stink"!!! What an effective method for waking up in the morning, though!!!

Try Nature's Miracle carpet cleaner...good stuff.

 

[Mina]

I am so sorry, Sweetie!!!!!! I hope Betty gets better soon and I hope you can get most of the smell out of the house.
I also hope that Betty leaves the pretty black and white "kitties" alone from now on.
Love you, and big hugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[xchondrox]

Haha I had that same problem last week, four days later the house finally stopped smellin skunky and she was only inside for 30seconds before i thru her in the garage. Cant imagine that oil all over your funtiture, stuff lingers for ever! For the next 6months anytime you have company over they're gonna think youve got a green house in your basement!;P

Good luck! Took 3 baths and two big cans of tomatoe juice to un-stink Bella!

 

[olablane]

I actually love skunks!! Always have, always will. When I was a kid I was always catching them. We live on a creek in the middle of hundreds of acres hay fields. hayfields equal lot of mice and bugs. You get the picture. Lots of skunks. I like playing with them. Sometimes they didnt want played with. Usually when we had friend or family over. I bet I have been sprayed 100 times. Mom still doesnt like me 30 yrs later. I now have a rescued skunk with a broken/set leg. She is intact in all ways and lives in our yard with 6 boxer dogs. Raised her on a bottle in he house with them and the skunk-Gurt- has never sprayed. She even comes in the house on occassion.

 

[Anastasia]

Hate to tell ya this, but I dont think dogs ever learn to avoid skunk!! Ours havent yet anyway!! Good luck.

Hehe, dat is why I have a CAT!

 

[Miss Bianca]

That happened to me once with my chow chow Cedar!!! Horribleeeeeee

just imagine!! A chow chow! With thick bushy Chow Chow fur!!! ugh


That was sure an episode... sorry to hear about this, you have my sympathy...

I hope you find a solution..

 

[olablane]

Hehe, dat is why I have a CAT!

Ive smeeled some purty smelly cats!!;P :razz:

 

[Rochelle]

For the next 6months anytime you have company over they're gonna think youve got a green house in your basement!;P

Aaaahahahahaha! We've already had a friend stop by and make the accusation!! LMFAO!
I told her the smell came for free and we couldn't afford anything that powerful.....

The house is smelling somewhat better today...but poor Betty still seems sheepish and embarrassed about it. She's been moping relentlessly. We got some TSP to wash the house siding where the skunk sprayed, and used a de-greaser/cleaner on the carpets..and the shower curtain...and the towels...and her blanket...
Funny how that smell can permeate every darned thing in the house, though. Hubby's boss even told him that he reeked..and he bathed and wore clothing that wasn't even kept on the same floor as the dog...ROFLOL!

I love skunks and have always wanted one as a pet (de-glanded), and I can't really blame the little sod for blasting Betty. It was likely just checking out the garbage can by the fence when she came barreling out of the back door; exuberant PitBull-Style.... I imagine she simply startled it half to death. There are no plans to destroy or trap it....but we'll be ALOT more careful about letting "The Rumble" outside early in the morning, without first checking the area.
AAAhhhhhh....spring is in the air...and it STINKS!!!

 

[bamato]

EEEEwwwwww....... That sounds gaggy I hope there is some way to get the smell out without the use of matches and accelerants..

 

[IrishPolishman]

I had the exact same thing happen to my old house with some roommies. We left the back door open so the dog could run in and out. Needless to say, without us knowing, the dog got skunked and rubbed all over everything in the house, except for my room. I was smart enough to keep my door closed. But, we threw away couches, rugs, blankets, pillows, you name it. I think it took 3 visits from Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaners for the skunk smell to go away. All I gotta say is either buy a Steam Vac or start making multiple appointments. As far as the dog learning, not gonna happen. Our dog was skunked on a bi-weekly basis. She never learned. Just be sure to keep your bedroom door closed.

 

[Rochelle]

We've discovered through my Mom's vast experience (Pop has worked animal damage control and been a trapper for 30+ years) that Dawn dish washing liquid and a steam cleaner actually removes the stench. No kiddin'. To combat 'mad foaming disease' of the steam-cleaner; use 1 capful of liquid softener.
Pop has always made his own "scent-lures" by incorporating the musk glands of beavers, skunks, foxes and the like. They also mask his own scent when on his trap-line...so over the decades, Ma has had to clean up a few disasters in the house...ROFLOL!
So far - so good!

I sure hope this thread lives on to help others who run into the same problem.

 

[ballpython2]

Two nights ago when my girlfriend came into the house the wind blew in behind her the spray of skunk...Well the smell is STILL outside of her house. how much acid is involved with this skunk smell because it has been lingering outside for the last two days and still tonight? but there were no signs ( like blood if it got into a fight with another animal, or if the skunk got ran over by a car there was no body or a sign that one was there, etc) of a skunk outside that night we first started smelling it or the next day. I'm glad none of us in the house got sprayed...The original poster said they used some ingredients to get the smell off....but they didnt say they used tomato juice does that not really work? was it a myth?

 

[reptist]

Tomato Juice

I and my dog Mishka (Long Haired Dauschaund) sp., Decided to try and ctach a skunk in Utah when I was 9 or 10 yrs old, all Mishka caught were cockelburs matted througout her long pretty coat, I (unfortunately) almost had him!!! I ran back to my grandmas house to tell her how I had almost caught that "stinky rabbit" I took about a step into the door and my grandma hit me with some kind of nose tackle football move that sent me flying the other direction in a hurry, she made me strip, put my clothes in a garbage bag and they went straight in the trash, hopped on her bike (Bicycle, LOL) and headed to the corner store cussing under her breath, she showed back up w/about 6 of those big tin cans of tomato juice she made me climb in the horse trough and proceded to scrub the shi! out of me with her laundery scrubber while pouring the stinging potion over my 9 yr old cut and scraped body, it hurt like He!! Poor Mishka got it worse as she got shaved (a couple fresh razorburns), and then dunked in the sweet acidic pain juice, we never tried to catch another, EITHER of us!!!!

Oh Yea, The Tomato juice worked great in eliminating the smell but I tasted that skunk in my mouth for a for a week!!!

 

[ballpython2]

I and my dog Mishka (Long Haired Dauschaund) sp., Decided to try and ctach a skunk in Utah when I was 9 or 10 yrs old, all Mishka caught were cockelburs matted througout her long pretty coat, I (unfortunately) almost had him!!! I ran back to my grandmas house to tell her how I had almost caught that "stinky rabbit" I took about a step into the door and my grandma hit me with some kind of nose tackle football move that sent me flying the other direction in a hurry, she made me strip, put my clothes in a garbage bag and they went straight in the trash, hopped on her bike (Bicycle, LOL) and headed to the corner store cussing under her breath, she showed back up w/about 6 of those big tin cans of tomato juice she made me climb in the horse trough and proceded to scrub the shi! out of me with her laundery scrubber while pouring the stinging potion over my 9 yr old cut and scraped body, it hurt like He!! Poor Mishka got it worse as she got shaved (a couple fresh razorburns), and then dunked in the sweet acidic pain juice, we never tried to catch another, EITHER of us!!!!

Oh Yea, The Tomato juice worked great in eliminating the smell but I tasted that skunk in my mouth for a for a week!!!

what exactly did she mix with the T.J. that made it sting? since when does tomato juice sting a cut?? or does my high pain tolerance make me ignore it

 

[reptist]

Salt

I believe its all the salt in TJ that makes it sting cuts, not sure why it doesnt effect you, everyone I know feels it bigtime when they get salt in a cut. B.

 

[Moultmaster]

we used to live in an area where our husky would encounter skunks all the time and we always used tomato juice to eliminate the smell. Peroxide and baking soda? Sure you don't want to add some vinegar in there so you can burn the dog's skin instead of just drying it out?! That's the worst. Stick with Tomato Juice and the dog will thank you.

 

[Rochelle]

we used to live in an area where our husky would encounter skunks all the time and we always used tomato juice to eliminate the smell. Peroxide and baking soda? Sure you don't want to add some vinegar in there so you can burn the dog's skin instead of just drying it out?! That's the worst. Stick with Tomato Juice and the dog will thank you.

After decades of dog rescue (Director E.C.H.S. and sole dog foster for an entire county with no shelter building) and 40 years of living with Pop's escapades...we've found that the peroxide/baking soda/dish liquid/hot water remedy works most thoroughly. The Tomato juice works also; but not quite as effectively. The vet also recommends this concoction; especially after I told him about it when one of his own dogs got blasted right out behind the office. (I was present at the time.) Now he recommends it to all his clients. Betty is not 'burned' and after only one treatment is skunk-odor-free. If you look to your left; you will see the actual Betty Rumble. She is so thin haired and white that she shows pink skin. Believe me - if she were burned...we'd know it.

*For any who may not understand the nature of "skunk stench" - I will point out that it is an oil. The odor is carried on this fatty oil and therefore the oil must be lifted and removed, before the actual odor can disappear. The hot water/dish washing liquid lifts and removes the oil; while the peroxide/baking soda destroys the actual odor.