Pesky_Stinker
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Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk? What was it like? Did you bath in tomato juice afterward?
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I volunteered to remove a skunk from an In-Laws garden. I got well sprayed in the process. But I came prepared with this formula:
https://www.thespruce.com/getting-rid-of-skunk-odor-2656337
And it works. No odor afterward.
Sounds like quite the smelly experience. What was it like? I'd love to hear more about it.
It was interesting. My in-law has a large garden and keeps the woodchucks in check with a live animal trap. On this occasion, a skunk got trapped. he called me and said he couldn't bring himself to get close, but didn't want it to die. I went over, thinking I could get a large cloth over the trap, and that should keep it form spraying. Good plan, except...
The trap was wedged in between corn stalks. Couldn't get the cloth to settle over the trap, and by then I had been sprayed. Sigh. Since I was already sprayed, I simply walked over to the trap, picked it up, and walked it to the edge of the woods, then released the critter. I do not find the spray that bad of a smell, myself, and since our nose gets used to a given smell after a bit, it didn't bother me too much.
After releasing the skunk, I walked back to where I had the mixture in a large pail.
Interestingly, as I did that I was stung by several wasps, whose nest was near the path I walked, and, I presume, smelling me thought they were under attack by a skunk.
After that added excitement, I undressed outside, sponged off, put my clothes in the bucket and sloshed them around. Then a shower, and put the clothes in the laundry. At that point, I was back top normal.
Further note: When I was young, and before I knew about this mixture, my dog would get sprayed from time to time. we tried tomato juice, shampoo, etc. Nothing did much, and he was kept in the garage until the odor was gone, usually several days. So I know form experience this formula works a lot better than those ideas.
I volunteered to remove a skunk from an In-Laws garden. I got well sprayed in the process. But I came prepared with this formula:
https://www.thespruce.com/getting-rid-of-skunk-odor-2656337
And it works. No odor afterward.
Many years ago my brother got sprayed while walking on a semi-rural road. He went home, undressed and left his clothes outside and bathed using this formula. The skunk smell wasn't completely gone, but it was knocked back a lot. My brother, being at the time "drunk as a skunk", put on fresh clothes and went back out, heading to a local bar. He got about a thousand feet before he was sprayed again. He again went home, stripped outside and took a long bath in this formula. He fell asleep in the tub and didn't go back out that night. This formula works when used correctly.
Thank you for sharing this! I'm surprised the mixture worked so well and so quickly. How'd your in laws react to you getting skunked?
They were happy to get it resolved. Everyone else stood up on an elevated deck at the house, about 75 yards away. At the first whiff, all raced back in the house.
After I had washed, and laundered my clothes, I was back in the house and no one could smell anything.
I volunteered to remove a skunk from an In-Laws garden. I got well sprayed in the process. But I came prepared with this formula:
https://www.thespruce.com/getting-rid-of-skunk-odor-2656337
And it works. No odor afterward.