bloodyrosemccoy: (Simon's Cat)
bloodyrosemccoy ([personal profile] bloodyrosemccoy) wrote2012-06-14 06:32 pm

Nice To Know I Still Have Some Sense Of Smell, I Guess

Good news, everyone! The cat is almost entirely de-skunked. She got another bath* today in the magic H2O2 + baking soda solution and then a shampooing, which she endured with stoic resolve. And she was downright thrilled when, once dry, she got brushed (to get some of the contaminated fur off her) and given head scrumbles.** Given that she's been exiled to The Outsides since Saturday, I think she's missed cuddlings.

She still gets to stay in her spacious garage accommodations for a while longer, since when you get up close she still stinks and that's not the kind of thing you want on the furniture. But she smells almost clean and looks a lot happier. Understandably, since her own nose probably feels a lot clearer now that it doesn't have quite so strong a skunk stink in it.

Skunks, man. Don't mess with those guys.


*Yes, another. The last time she got skunked (there was a last time), one bath was enough to neutralize the stink. I don’t know what the hell she was doing this time to get what appears to have been a point-blank magnum blast right between the eyes, but it was exponentially worse. It was like a goddamn FORCE FIELD of stink. You'd get within fifteen feet of her and your body would be like WHAM into a wall of acrid thiols. Took some real bravery, mostly from Mom, to get close enough to wash her that first time around.

**Though she has clearly hostile feelings toward the blow dryer.

[identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com 2012-06-15 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
*grin* We've been using the term "teenage skunk," too, because not only are they stronger-smelling, but they're more willing to use it. Good to know the theory is not just ours!

[identity profile] biomekanic.livejournal.com 2012-06-15 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
We had pet skunks when I was a kid. You can't get them descented until they reach a certain age, and when startled they release a tiny amount of the smell.

It was usually enough to clear everyone out of the house for an hour or so.

[identity profile] padparadscha.livejournal.com 2012-06-15 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Gives a whole new meaning to "Fire a warning shot across their nose!"

[identity profile] gwalla.livejournal.com 2012-06-17 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know you could even keep pet skunks.