Close call

[Jstpssng]

I opened the door this AM and the dog went charging out; literally jumping over a small black and white furry thing as it ducked under the step on my deck. (And it wasn't the Easter Bunny.)
It sprayed a little after the fact, but at least I'm not giving the dog a bath first thing this AM. This is only the third skunk that I've seen in the 15 years that I've been here; the first was rabid though, so I will have to be more diligent.

Today's first project is getting that bag of compost off the deck.

 

[Thomas]

Might want to spray your deck and steps with something the skunk doesn't like.

 

[EddieWalker]

This was posted awhile ago. My wife and I printed it out and keep it under the sink, with the listed ingredients. It hasn't happened yet, but we want to be ready for the day that it does happen.

https://wildlife.unl.edu/pdfs/removing-skunk-odor.pdf

 

[Buppies]

Eddie wish we had had that info a couple of years ago thanks for sharing

 

[widefat]

Good thing the pooch didn't hone in!
Last week, we had a bathroom window open to let the cool breeze in as we slept.
Both my wife and I were woken up by the smell of a skunk wafting in through the window. I smell them occasionally when I leave in the early mornings.
Last year I was wandering in our hay field and found one of our dog's toys - it stank of skunk. I guess Pepe had carried it off!

 

[Jstpssng]

This was posted awhile ago. My wife and I printed it out and keep it under the sink, with the listed ingredients. It hasn't happened yet, but we want to be ready for the day that it does happen.

https://wildlife.unl.edu/pdfs/removing-skunk-odor.pdf

I keep those same ingredients on hand. Hopefully I will never need them.

 

[Diggin It]

That's one of the longest lasting odors I can think of. Y'all may remember the one I found in my pool one morning a couple of months backs. I took the carcass out to an open field for the predators to get at. At least two weeks (maybe three) later I could still smell traces of it when I walked by that field area.

I had to drain the pool due to the odor contaminated water. Not a big deal because I planned on doing it this Spring; just had to do it a few weeks early.

 

[oosik]

And to think - some of the very most expensive perfume is made using the oils from skunk scent glands.

 

[jbrumberg]

EW- Thanks for the link. Skunks have not been too plentiful around here the past few years due to mange, distemper, and rabies. Only one skunk road pate' near here this year so far.

 

[EddieWalker]

I was driving home about two months ago and it was just getting dark outside. I thought the car in front of me hit a skunk because it wasn't moving as I drove over it. I was doing 60 and had plenty of time to make sure that I straddled it between my tires, but the rest of the way home, my truck smelled like skunk. The next day when I went outside to my truck, it was almost overwhelming. I don't know if I hit it, or if I just caught what was floating around in the air from the car in front of me. Fortunately the next day was a weekend and I just let it sit until the smell wasn't so bad, but for a week, it was still there, just a little less every day.