Ohthe smell of company

[waterflow]

I woke up last night to smell of skunk and it must have sprayed right under my bedroom window which is on the second floor but stink smell always rises. THEN it must have sprayed again becuase the smell was stronger yet and I felt like throwing up all night. First I thought about closing my window but then thought no the smell is already in there and once in a while a good breeze of fresh clean air comes in. Then I thought put the pillow over my face. Didn't care if I did smother myself to death but that didn't work. The smell went right through the pillow. Thought for sure when I got up this morning, which was early, the smell downstairs would be fine. What was I thinking?? :loco: The whole house stinks even the cats room. Thought about spraying air freshener but then it would smell like skunk drenched in roses. Can't be a good smell either. All I know is I want to run away to where the air is clean..........city folks think country air is fresh and smells like a pine forrest. Oh, how wrong they are. :tsk: :lmao:

[ICNDonna]

I hear you! As another country girl, I know how skunk smell can linger --- and linger --- and linger!!!! One year we had a skunk family move in under our house; we had to get rid of them because skunks will return to their birth place to breed. We ended up building a mesh "tunnel" so they would be away from the house --- then my husband shot them --- 17 skunks! Thankfully no other skunk tribe found our house.

Donna

[vm]

Oh, I have awakened to that lovely smell in the middle of the night, too. Blech. Then the whole house smells like it the next day. It is really hard to sleep once they've sprayed right by or under your house, isn't it?

[waterflow]

About 9 years ago I drove a little geo metro. Great car too by the way. There was a skunk that kept coming around and every night it would get under the car and spray whatever was after it. I would go out in the morning and roll down the windows and I told the Uro a few times if I smell like skunk it came from the car. Would you belive it's almost 1:00pm and the smell is still here? The cats all want to go for a walk but I told them no way. I know what they have in their little minds. ROLL IN IT as if it were perfume and then I would have 5 little stinky furr balls running around in the house.

I was thinking instead of pepper spray they should make skunk spray. Would gag the creep to death.

[ICNDonna]

During our "skunk summer" we had one cut loose under the house --- several weeks later someone asked how long it took to get rid of the smell --- I told them I would let them know! It did take months for it to be totally gone.

Donna

[leelee88]

LMAO Ah yes the sweet smell of the skunk.. NOT.. I miss the country!! I was raised in the booneys..lol Our dogs use to get sprayed often. I remember having to poor tomatoe juice over our little inside dog.. He decided to venture off with the bigs ones one day and got sprayed with them. I guess the tomatoe juice was suppose to help:loco: I was to young to remb if it did..

[ICNDonna]

I have a lot of skunk stories. One time I had two dogs and one husband sprayed. Hubby stripped outside and showered and showered and showered and he was okay. We used all of my canned tomato juice and the dogs still smelled so I figured it must be the acid in the tomato that helped so I washed them again with vinegar water --- then they smelled like pickled skunk for weeks!

Donna

[IC SARAH-CPP]

I LOVE the smell of Skunk! I am one of the only ones who likes it, I know! LOL. When I smell it I am always sniffing and everyone thinks it is SO weird. Ha.

Sorry you had to have a visitor though, since you don't like it! I know how much it lingers. The worst is when they spray your animals, ick! So hard to get rid of that smell.

Sarah

[waterflow]

Pickled skunk. Wonder if grannie on Beverly Hillbillies ever made it? :lmao: We have sensor lights on the porch and garage. One summer my dad and brother went outside. They got half way down the front sidewalk when the light came on and there they were. Face to face to a skunk. The skunk turned sideways and was acting like "Go ahead...make my day". I was in the house looking out the window laughing. They slowly walked backwards on to the porch. Then last year I was chased by one in the afternoon! It was the alll white skunk and he had just sprayed somone out in the woods and I have never seen a skunk walking around during the day. Well let me tell you. Those things can run!! Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I would be chased by a skunk and I had just made it into the porch too. Of course I was standing there ringing the door bell like a maniac and my brother FINALLY came. It was like one of those monster movies where the person is being chased by the monster and they just get in the door before it strikes. Our dogs never got sprayed. They did get the porcupine quills twice in their mouths. you would have htought they had learned the first time. They had escaped and came back both times loaded with quills in their mouths. Had to take them to the vets for that.

I will never can pickles the same way ever again. Will always think of skunk....:lmao:

I don't mind skunk smell. Not highly fond of it but it normally doesn't bother me but this time it was waaaaaaaay to up close and personal for me. It was like having a skunk sitting up in my nose. Still can smell it at times with the wind coming in the windows.

[VickiB]

I hope it didn't spray on your house, Mary! EEEEW! That smell has a way of lingering!

FWIW, I've been told that a diluted hydrogen peroxide will also work, though I've not tried it myself. I've certainly used my share of tomato juice over the years.

I bet most have their favorite skunk story, and have to share mine. Hubby & I were just dating and had gone to the park. He had a broken leg with a cast that spanned from his foot to way up on his thigh. We were laying on a blanket watching the river roll by when I see this skunk approaching at a fast trot. Well I was up & out of there like a rocket. Leaving my date to fend for himself- frantically searching for his crutches while struggling to get on his feet with that darn cast.

33 years later he still reminds me of how I abandoned him that day!

Vicki

[waterflow]

Vicki, :lmao: :lmao: Did he carry you over the threshhold or did he toss you through the door after you said "I do?" I know how he felt. You wouldn't think such a small animal could put such a big fear in us huh? :lmao:

The skunk sprayed out in the grass right in front of the house but did spray the patio on the left side of the house which is where the cats room is. Something must have been chasing it.

[JanL]

Ok, Enough. I have laughed so hard over this thread. Not to mention that I have read most of them to my husband. Thanks, I needed a good laugh. Hope your smell goes away soon, Waterflow.

Janice

[VickiB]

Vicki, :lmao: :lmao: Did he carry you over the threshhold or did he toss you through the door after you said "I do?"

No. Actually, I couldn't get my wedding day off of work. So we were married in the morning at the courthouse and afterwards I hurried off to my job! We are finally going to do a real(?) wedding next year for our 30th anniversary, but that's another story!

Funny,... he reminded me of how I left him to that skunk again this morning and I told him about this thread!

Vicki

[ICNDonna]

Skunks are actually very friendly animals and they will follow people around if they can. (I don't want them following ME!) They used to remove the scent glands and they made excellent pets. In most states that's no longer allowed.

Donna

[Claredale]

One of our family vacations we rented a lake house and the first night I noticed a couple of raccoons, so being the animal lover that I am, I decided to give them our leftovers. All the young nephews loved it since our bottom floor had floor to ceiling windows. The next night the news must have gotten around because the raccoons plus more were waiting at the back door while we were eating. Of course, after we cleaned up, I took the food out to them. To my surprise, there were not only raccoons, but skunks, possums and a couple amadillos. After that night we had animals surrounding the basement waiting for their meals. The kids couldn't even go night fishing because of the skunks. But I did get a great picture of a solid white skunk, but my family certainly didn't care!

After that I took the food well away (by car), I noticed there was always a raccoon standing watch for me to deliver the food and we finally had our basement and yard back. I don't remember that the skunks sprayed near the house. My poor nephew in law had a great string of bass going one night and left them to clean the next morning so it would be our dinner the next night. When he went down to the dock to clean them, the raccoons had already done it for them. Nothing but the bones. I am sure if he had a gun, there would have been a shooting spree of animals that day!

I live in a subdivision and of course I am up wandering the house most nights. I happen to look out my front door and there was a skunk just standing outside our door. I ran upstairs (this was years ago) and woke up hubby to tell him that there was a skunk outside. All he said was no I couldn't have another pet and let me know how much he appreciated the info at 3:00 in the morning. By the time I looked back outside he was waddling down the sidewalk.

[VickiB]

They used to remove the scent glands and they made excellent pets.

Yes, they do! Years ago I had a friend who had one and she named him "Oreo". Oreo was very much like a cat in disposition, manner, etc.

Well, there you go Mary,....You could add to your family!

Which makes me wonder, how to they remove the spray gland and who's un-lucky enough to have that job?

Vicki

[SharonA]

T...There is a reason why Forrest Rangers warn against feeding the wild life. :lmao::lmao: