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"Noon Cat Nick" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:32:15 AM |
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My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard Time). I let him
in...and was instantly astonished as to how he could stand the stench he
was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did a quick Web
search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first few sites I skimmed all
agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had
those ingredients in the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if it can clean
oil spills offa wildlife, it can only help with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's lives. He's
a strong cat--I know from experience--so I was surprised I was able to
keep a grip on him long enough to work that stuff into his fur, let it
sit and work for a few minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then
haul him off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer
woulda been the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing himself,
trying to get the rest of the rinse water off. He hates me now. I'm sure
he won't let me near him for a few hours; I've had to bathe him before,
so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs, even though
it's 43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I was wearing in the garbage
out doors. I feel like taking a stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
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| User: "Scott" |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
04 Nov 2007 05:58:03 PM |
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My cat died today.
"Noon Cat Nick" <chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jsfXi.185018$Fc.155957@attbi_s21...
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard Time). I let him
in...and was instantly astonished as to how he could stand the stench he
was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did a quick Web
search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first few sites I skimmed all
agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had
those ingredients in the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if it can clean oil
spills offa wildlife, it can only help with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's lives. He's a
strong cat--I know from experience--so I was surprised I was able to keep
a grip on him long enough to work that stuff into his fur, let it sit and
work for a few minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then haul him
off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer woulda been
the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing himself, trying
to get the rest of the rinse water off. He hates me now. I'm sure he won't
let me near him for a few hours; I've had to bathe him before, so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs, even though it's
43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I was wearing in the garbage out
doors. I feel like taking a stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
04 Nov 2007 06:17:27 PM |
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Scott wrote:
My cat died today.
When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they
Have to those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy,
The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end.
If I should die,
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy,
The love I leave behind,
'Tis all I have to give.
--Margaret Trowton
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Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you...
I loved you so--
'twas Heaven here with you.
--Isla Paschal Richardson
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Farewell, my humans, yet not farewell,
Where I go you too shall dwell.
I am gone before your face,
A moment's time, a little space.
When you come where I have stepped,
You will wonder why you wept.
--Edwin Arnold
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Warm summer sun shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind blow softly here,
Green sod above lie light, lie light--
Good night, dear heart, good night, good night.
--Robert Richardson, adapted from his poem "Annette" in _Willow and
Wattle_ (1893); used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) as the
epitaph for his daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens
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| User: "Scott" |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
11 Nov 2007 06:30:46 PM |
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those are nice thanks
"Noon Cat Nick" <chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ritXi.168971$Xa3.18954@attbi_s22...
Scott wrote:
My cat died today.
When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they
Have to those they love.
I too would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I'd leave my happy home,
My dish, my cozy bed, my cushioned chair, my toy,
The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end.
If I should die,
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."
Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy,
The love I leave behind,
'Tis all I have to give.
--Margaret Trowton
================================
Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you...
I loved you so--
'twas Heaven here with you.
--Isla Paschal Richardson
================================
Farewell, my humans, yet not farewell,
Where I go you too shall dwell.
I am gone before your face,
A moment's time, a little space.
When you come where I have stepped,
You will wonder why you wept.
--Edwin Arnold
================================
Warm summer sun shine kindly here,
Warm southern wind blow softly here,
Green sod above lie light, lie light--
Good night, dear heart, good night, good night.
--Robert Richardson, adapted from his poem "Annette" in _Willow and
Wattle_ (1893); used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) as the
epitaph for his daughter, Olivia Susan Clemens
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
04 Nov 2007 08:58:48 AM |
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Noon Cat Nick wrote...
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard
Time). I let him in...and was instantly astonished as to
how he could stand the stench he was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did
a quick Web search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first
few sites I skimmed all agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking
soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had those ingredients in
the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if
it can clean oil spills offa wildlife, it can only help
with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's
lives. He's a strong cat--I know from experience--so I was
surprised I was able to keep a grip on him long enough to
work that stuff into his fur, let it sit and work for a few
minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then haul him
off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer
woulda been the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing
himself, trying to get the rest of the rinse water off. He
hates me now. I'm sure he won't let me near him for a few
hours; I've had to bathe him before, so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs,
even though it's 43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I
was wearing in the garbage out doors. I feel like taking a
stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
I had a cat sprayed in the face once. She came home with her
eyes just about swelled shut. Three tomato juice baths and
three with detergent and we could just tolerate her being in
the room, though not on the bed. I hope your concoction worked
better than the old wives' one.
-lisa
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
04 Nov 2007 12:00:38 PM |
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lisa in mass. wrote:
I had a cat sprayed in the face once. She came home with her
eyes just about swelled shut. Three tomato juice baths and
three with detergent and we could just tolerate her being in
the room, though not on the bed. I hope your concoction worked
better than the old wives' one.
Most definitely. Tomato juice removes some of the spray (which is
polecat musk oil, BTW), but only barely masks the smell. Detergent won't
really deodorize, either.
Dawn is excellent for removing oils--it's what environmentalists use to
clean off wildlife after an oil spill--but the stench gets right into
the fur, and no soap or detergent works very well at all on that.
Hydrogen peroxide combined with baking soda neutralizes the smell and
eliminates it in a hurry.
Leo just got up from a long nap after a rough night. Had some grub, and
now he's outside...rolling around in the dirt, so he doesn't smell like
dishwashing liquid. Beats reeking of skunk musk.
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| User: "elegy" |
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| Title: Re: My cat got sprayed by a skunk |
04 Nov 2007 05:57:48 PM |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:00:38 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
lisa in mass. wrote:
I had a cat sprayed in the face once. She came home with her
eyes just about swelled shut. Three tomato juice baths and
three with detergent and we could just tolerate her being in
the room, though not on the bed. I hope your concoction worked
better than the old wives' one.
Most definitely. Tomato juice removes some of the spray (which is
polecat musk oil, BTW), but only barely masks the smell. Detergent won't
really deodorize, either.
Dawn is excellent for removing oils--it's what environmentalists use to
clean off wildlife after an oil spill--but the stench gets right into
the fur, and no soap or detergent works very well at all on that.
Hydrogen peroxide combined with baking soda neutralizes the smell and
eliminates it in a hurry.
Leo just got up from a long nap after a rough night. Had some grub, and
now he's outside...rolling around in the dirt, so he doesn't smell like
dishwashing liquid. Beats reeking of skunk musk.
i tried the peroxide/baking soda/dawn combo a couple summers ago when
luce got it in the face. twice. in a month. it worked *amazingly*
well. of course, having to bathe her in my (very small) shower in my
(very small) bathroom without a functional door was kind of like
greased pig wrestling.
i don't envy you having to bathe a cat.
skunk juice is brutal.
--
http://shattering.org
x-no-archive:yes in headers
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| User: "" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:43:41 AM |
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On Nov 4, 1:32 am, Noon Cat Nick <chatdemidiSPAMBEG...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard Time). I let him
in...and was instantly astonished as to how he could stand the stench he
was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did a quick Web
search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first few sites I skimmed all
agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had
those ingredients in the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if it can clean
oil spills offa wildlife, it can only help with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's lives. He's
a strong cat--I know from experience--so I was surprised I was able to
keep a grip on him long enough to work that stuff into his fur, let it
sit and work for a few minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then
haul him off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer
woulda been the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing himself,
trying to get the rest of the rinse water off. He hates me now. I'm sure
he won't let me near him for a few hours; I've had to bathe him before,
so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs, even though
it's 43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I was wearing in the garbage
out doors. I feel like taking a stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
Oh dear...what an ordeal! Maybe he *couldn't* stand the smell anymore
and it's why he came to your window. Well, perhaps he'll be glad
after he calms down that he isn't so smelly anymore. I've had similar
events with my cat, although not from a skunk. And my cat is declawed
(only front claws, we got him that way) and he still finds a way to
inflict plenty of owies!
~Rose
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| User: "aj suburban dude" |
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04 Nov 2007 08:10:21 PM |
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On Nov 4, 2:32 am, Noon Cat Nick <chatdemidiSPAMBEG...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard Time). I let him
in...and was instantly astonished as to how he could stand the stench he
was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did a quick Web
search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first few sites I skimmed all
agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had
those ingredients in the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if it can clean
oil spills offa wildlife, it can only help with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's lives. He's
a strong cat--I know from experience--so I was surprised I was able to
keep a grip on him long enough to work that stuff into his fur, let it
sit and work for a few minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then
haul him off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer
woulda been the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing himself,
trying to get the rest of the rinse water off. He hates me now. I'm sure
he won't let me near him for a few hours; I've had to bathe him before,
so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs, even though
it's 43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I was wearing in the garbage
out doors. I feel like taking a stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
I remember when our dog (long before Josh) got sprayed by a skunk.
my folks used tomato juice to get it out. I don't remember if it
worked because I pretty much lack a sense of smell.
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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04 Nov 2007 09:24:38 PM |
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aj suburban dude wrote:
I remember when our dog (long before Josh) got sprayed by a skunk.
my folks used tomato juice to get it out. I don't remember if it
worked because I pretty much lack a sense of smell.
Lucky you. Any creature with normal olfactory sense is repulsed by the
stink of polecat musk. It's just such an ugly, even angry, stench...like
burnt sewage. That's the only way I know to describe it.
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| User: "" |
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12 Nov 2007 08:04:31 AM |
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On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, Noon Cat Nick <chatdemidiSPAMBEG...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
aj suburban dude wrote:
I remember when our dog (long before Josh) got sprayed by a skunk.
my folks used tomato juice to get it out. I don't remember if it
worked because I pretty much lack a sense of smell.
Lucky you. Any creature with normal olfactory sense is repulsed by the
stink of polecat musk. It's just such an ugly, even angry, stench...like
burnt sewage. That's the only way I know to describe it.
Yeah, but it costs 500 an ounce for a similar smelling certain weed.
How strange.
frett
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| User: "" |
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13 Nov 2007 07:43:45 PM |
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On Nov 4, 2:32 am, Noon Cat Nick <chatdemidiSPAMBEG...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Leo showed up at my bedroom window at 2 a.m. (Standard Time). I let him
in...and was instantly astonished as to how he could stand the stench he
was carrying on him.
I let him go to the kitchen and eat something, while I did a quick Web
search on "skunk" "spray" "remedy". The first few sites I skimmed all
agreed: hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + liquid soap. (Thank Jah I had
those ingredients in the house at the time.)
As quickly as possible I mixed up a batch, using Dawn (if it can clean
oil spills offa wildlife, it can only help with a skunked-up cat, ISTM).
The next ten minutes were among the most traumatic of Leo's lives. He's
a strong cat--I know from experience--so I was surprised I was able to
keep a grip on him long enough to work that stuff into his fur, let it
sit and work for a few minutes, rinse him off in the kitchen sink, then
haul him off to the bathroom to towel-dry him. (Using the hair dryer
woulda been the last straw for him.)
Right now he's sitting on his favorite throw rug, bathing himself,
trying to get the rest of the rinse water off. He hates me now. I'm sure
he won't let me near him for a few hours; I've had to bathe him before,
so I know.
I've got all the windows open to air out the downstairs, even though
it's 43F (6C) outdoors. I tossed the shirt I was wearing in the garbage
out doors. I feel like taking a stiff drink, a hot meal and a long snooze.
So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
I woke up to the very thick potent smell of skunk once. Turns out the skunk
itself was outside and the smell wafted into our 4 or 5 huge open
windows. not
the best way to kick off the morning. The smell of skunk is very bad,
not anything
you wanna be running around trying to get ahold of.
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| User: "Michael A. Ball" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:32:27 PM |
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On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:32:15 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
...So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
PetsMart, or other pets supply stores, sells Nature's Miracle "Skunk
Odor Remover." I had to use it on a Sheltie once. It did an impressive
job.
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Whatever it takes.
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| User: "Noon Cat Nick" |
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04 Nov 2007 02:51:07 PM |
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Michael A. Ball wrote:
On Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:32:15 GMT, Noon Cat Nick
<chatdemidiSPAMBEGONE@hotmail.com> wrote:
...So ends yet another intriguing feline anecdote. HAND.
PetsMart, or other pets supply stores, sells Nature's Miracle "Skunk
Odor Remover." I had to use it on a Sheltie once. It did an impressive
job.
Thanks. I'll pick some up, since Leo still has some vestigial
odoriferousness. And some Clear the Air Skunk Odor Remover, since the
atmosphere in the house got somewhat tainted by that
less-than-enchanting musk.
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