getting rid of skunk odor
Patricia Wadley
encounter with a skunk know that there is absolutely nothing worse than
getting rid of the odor.
I just this morning, at 3:30 AM had another of those wonderful
encounters happen to one of our pups.
We live out in the country with a creek and a stock tank on our
property, though we have a six foot chain link fence around almost an
acre of it as the back yard for the pups there are times when skunks
come into the yard. This morning was such a happenstance and again the
pups got it in the face because they are curious. And they stick their
faces right in the skunks area of spray.
I am not asking for help in getting rid of the odor. I, after LONG
experience in dealing with this problem, know how to get rid [note I
said GET RID] of the odor. And I thought that some of you might like to
know what I have discovered.
First of all you are not dealing with an odor so much as you are dealing
with an oil based stain. As you know once you get an oil stain wet it
is almost impossible to remove with soap and water. So, there are two
approaches.
If the dog has not gotten wet, DO NOT BATHE HIM/HER. Use a product call
Clear Magic. It is an automotive degreaser and it is NOT hazardous if
you do not spray it in the eyes. If the spray is on the face wet a
cloth with the Clear Magic and rub it into the spray. Keep reapplying
until the skin and fur is soaked. Then wash with shampoo and water.
Rinse thoroughly.
If the smell is still there then use Ryter's Odormute. They have a
formula for Skunk Odor, but the product is a miracle product. I have
used it for years to get rid of urine accidents as well as vomit and
fecal odors. It is incredible.
Anyway, mix up the Odormute according to directions and let it sit for
twenty minutes or so to dissolve. Bathe the dog using SHAMPOO, I use
Suave. It helps to strip the oil, though not the remaining odor, from
the hair. Then I rinse VERY WELL, this is vitally important as any
remaining soap on the hair will interfere with the odormute reaching the
odor. Then towel dry the dog and then pour the odor mute on the dog,
working it into the hair/fur until the skin and hair is drenched. DO
NOT RINSE IT OFF. Towel dry the dog, or blow dry, and if the smell is
still there repeat the Odormute, but do not bathe the dog again. You
can use as much Odormute as you need to, it will not harm the dog. Just
make sure you do not get it in the eyes.
Flush the eyes with a good eye wash product if the dog was sprayed in
the face. If you still smell the odor it is probable that the dog got
some inside his nostrils. Take a Q tip and dip it into the Odormute
solution and swab out the nostrils, carefully. If it is in the nostrils
you will continue [as will the dog] to smell the odor. There isn't
anything you can really do about that.
I do not have a financial stake in either Odormute or Clear Magic. I
do, however, have more than six dogs. And they all stick their noses
where they don't belong.
BTW Odormute is the BEST product for urine. It doesn't clean it up, it
destroys it on contact. If you have not used another product on an old
urine stain, it will immediately destroy the odor and help take up the
stain. It turns urine into carbon dioxide and water. There is no
urine, it is gone. This stuff is incredible. I use it on any organic
based problem.
I gave a package of it to each of the people who bought our last litter
of pups. They all were very impressed with it, when they bothered to
actually read the directions and follow them.
Odormute takes twenty minutes, or so, to dissolve completely in warm
water. It is active for four hours. Once you use it and it dries it
becomes dormant and is reactivated when it gets wet again. So if a dog
pees on the same location the Odormute will take care of it.
Since we live in Texas and it is hot and humid, places where the male
dogs have lifted their legs could become toxic if it weren't for the
odormute. I just mix it up and pour it on the posts on the back porch
and there is NO urine odor. EVER.
Both Clear-Magic and Odormute can be found on the internet.
I couldn't live without these two products.
And yes, they are all indoor dogs.
All except one, are hunting dogs.
We wear out more doggie doors than most people do baggies.
p
James Pullen
heard. This will get rid of all smells.
Matt
Matt
"James Pullen" <jgpul...@YAHOO.COM> wrote in message
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> Soak in lots of tomato juice and bury for at least a week. Or so I've
> heard. This will get rid of all smells.
>
>
>
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:29:49 -0500, Patricia Wadley
> <mj...@sysascend.com> wrote:
>
UK_Rabbiter
> Soak in lots of tomato juice and bury for at least a week. Or so I've
> heard. This will get rid of all smells.
So does the common cold
I can't smell anything when I have one :-)
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Patricia Wadley
> Soak in lots of tomato juice and bury for at least a week. Or so I've
> heard. This will get rid of all smells.
>
What tomato juice does is make the dog smell like rotten tomatoes, which is
why you bury it for a week.
;~)
No, Odormute and Clear-Magic work.
p
Bill Jones
from a skunk is a low grade thiol that can be broken down using an
alkilinated hydrogen peroxide.
You can make it yourself by adding 1/2 cup of baking soda to a quart bottle
of hydrogen peroxide. A squirt of shampoo and you're ready to deskunk your
animal.
Soap the affected area well. Don't get any in their eyes and rinsel.
Sometimes this takes more than one application.
Be advised that some animals get their hair bleached by this solution.
bill jones
"Patricia Wadley" <mj...@sysascend.com> wrote in message
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Bird Hunter
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> Tomato juice is an old wive's tale that doesn't work. Chemically the odor
> from a skunk is a low grade thiol that can be broken down using an
> alkilinated hydrogen peroxide.
>
> You can make it yourself by adding 1/2 cup of baking soda to a quart
bottle
> of hydrogen peroxide. A squirt of shampoo and you're ready to deskunk
your
> animal.
>
> Soap the affected area well. Don't get any in their eyes and rinsel.
> Sometimes this takes more than one application.
>
> Be advised that some animals get their hair bleached by this solution.
>
> bill jones
Regarding the hair bleaching... my sister's black lab had a nasty cut on his
leg a few years back. Her vet told her to liberally apply hydrogen peroxide
around the wound, and to keep a close eye for any sign of infection.
Everything healed up nicely, but after about a week of peroxide
applications, the black fur around the wound had bleached out to an orange
color!
I suggested that we could bleach in some orange, and leave some black
stripes, and he could have been a tiger for Halloween. (she didn't go for
the idea)
