Poor Saira got skunked this week. I let her out on the back porch Wednesday night, and she came back minutes later, stinking and shaking.
I'd never smelled fresh, potent skunk before, and it didn't smell quite like skunk. It was a really acrid combination of burned garlic and burned rubber, with a hint of celery. Weird.
We chucked her in the bath (the clawfoot tub is good for this, too - the sides are high so she can't hop out, and when she shook off the spray didn't get spread all over the bathroom).
The web was really helpful in figuring out what to do. We checked out wikipedia and learned a couple of cool things about skunks. We washed her in a combination of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap, as recommended, and it did the trick. She still has a bit of an odor if you get right up close, but it's not too bad.
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Poor Saira! At least she has lab blood so hopefully likes water.
ReplyDeletePeter's sister's dog got skunked in Vancouver many years ago, and her remedy of choice was tomato juice. The small dog didn't love being bathed... Apparently a friend came in & saw tomato juice all over the bathroom & thought it was blood :-)
Saira's smell has matured over the week, and now it smells exactly like skunk. It's not terribly strong, but it's not fading fast enough for my liking, either....
ReplyDeleteMaybe there is some tomato juice in her future!