(those of you joining us from DoodleBunz, “HELLO!”)
And by deskunk, I literally mean how to get the skunk smell out if one of your pets (or god forbid, YOU) have tangoed with one of these smelly critters….its actually pretty simple, you just need 4 ingredients. White vinegar, baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and water. If your carpet or couch are affected, I recommend a steam-type cleaner, I used a “Little Green Machine,” made by Bissell.
For carpeting (or upholstery, I’m guessing), sprinkle a liberal coating of baking soda on the affected area….don’t be afraid to use too much…we’ll take care of it in a moment or two. Now, if you don’t have a carpet/upholstery cleaner…you’re going to have to let the next step dry for a bit before you can vacuum it up…but spray some of the white vinegar directly onto the baking soda. It’ll fizz a bit, maybe a lot, depending how much of each ingredient you’re using. My entire house reeked before we did this…and I think if not all the smell, we got most of the smell out in about 10 minutes.
If you’re using a carpet cleaner…spare yourself the spraying and just add as much white vinegar to the resivoir as you would use cleaning solution….fill to where its to be filled with warm water….and apply to the carpet. I recommend spraying it on and letting it do its thing with the baking soda for a few seconds before extracting it all.
For the pet who’s been affected….do this as quickly as possible after the encounter. However, I rinsed our dog w/plain water last night and some shampoo, just to make sure her eyes were ok, and left her sleep on the old couch in the garage….so about 7-8 hours had passed before we tried this….
Mix two quarts of hydrogen peroxide with 1/2 a cup baking soda and rub into the pet’s fur. Let sit for just a moment or two…as long as you can with a wiggly critter. Then, rinse them well, and voila! They’ll be clean and should be stink free. If it doesn’t work, its safe to repeat…hopefully you’ll be lucky like we were and not have to repeat a second time.
If you actually need these tricks….I’m so sorry. 😉 We discovered very quickly that its not a pleasant experience. Hoping you never need to know this stuff….. Diane
Dude, that’s awesome news. I’ll have to procure a skunk just to try it out. They’re pretty cool about it I hope, don’t want a whack skunk going all spray-u-later on me.
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Yuck Leva, I’m glad it helped a little!
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Going to be trying this out, Thankfully I have a spare room that I have the dogs in right now, yes, dogS, both of my pooches got sprayed and the skunk is trapped under my porch in a fenced in yard >.< I can't even go outside to open the gate to let him out with out him spraying, I've tried to, and he got a little angry and started spraying underneath my feet while I was on the porch =[
Our dog got sprayed (for the 2nd time) this last week. Smell came right thru the basement window. OMG, the smell gave my wife nausea and a headache. She practically has a k-9 nose herself.
Anyway, I did the old tomato juice bath first-NO, that does NOT work. Took him to the groomer and had him washed. He didn’t smell too bad after that, but she warned us that any time he gets wet he will probably start smelling again. True enough! Any time after that that my son sprayed him with the hose you could smell the skunk smell again.
So, I’m gonna try this concoction on him in a few minutes. I’ve had a few friends who have sore by it. I’ll let you know.
Nope! According to my wife at least! Washed him with this concoction twice in one day and she claims she can still smell skunk emanating from him.
Any other ideas?
I inadvertently startled a skunk at 4am last night right outside my bedroom and back livingroom. It’s still very stinky in the house even after airing and masking. My problem is that I don’t have any idea where the skunk actually sprayed so I’m having to treat a large area and the stench is still mutant…Like Jerry Seinfeld’s car…LOL
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I just found this website. We have had a problem with a skunk living underneath our house. We’ve smelled him for the past 5 days. Now, the smell is in our house, clothes, and our skin. I will give this a try tonight and let you know.
Thanks for the tip!
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Will this solution also work for cat urine smells