I was upstairs in our office completing work when whiffed a smell of a skunk. I decided to head downstairs to turn the corner to find the skunk in my house my two dogs chasing it around my kitchen and causing it to spray everything. I would taken a picture but I was gagging from skunk scent. I tried to call my dogs over to get them to leave it alone but it made them more excited.
I grabbed a bucket and broom and hailed the skunk into the bucket successfully without getting sprayed. But as for kitchen and my dogs, it was going to be a long evening of cleaning up. It was mess without my husband but I got used to doing things alone during his first deployment.
I have become an expert at skunk scent removal from my dad who thought it was always fun to hunt them and came home smelling like a skunk farm. Although I had never had to replace all the kitchen cabinets and figure out how to get a dog to not smell like skunk. The cabinets protected my dishes but the wood just soaked up the skunk scent and it was not worth keeping them so I ran to Home Depot to choose new ones. I ended up with upgraded kitchen cabinets so skunk scent just helped me do a little home remodeling.
As for the dogs, I had new worries. Washing them with tomato paste was my first option but it did not work and left my bathroom looking like a crime scene of tomato blood and my dogs fur red for a few weeks. I finally found a remedy going to a vet store who thankfully said I was not the first to deal with skunked animals. They had a skunk shampoo removing kit that worked miracles.
As for my house, I used a recipe I found online. I soon learned that it was explosive despite no warnings so discard any unused mixture or else the bottle will explode.
1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide
¼ cup baking soda
1 teaspoon of strong liquid soap such as dish washing detergent
The lesson of the night. Animals are sneaking and always have a screen door.
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