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So a couple of nights ago Bones went out just before bedtime and decided to play with a skunk. He got sprayed on the side of the face, neck & ear and his collars took a hit, too. The contain & train collar is a soft, pliable plastic with a radio receiver unit, all water proof. The center is two pieces and has a very tight joint, shown by the blue/gray interface, and the flexible ends are on shouldered screws.

Does anyone know how to get "Eau De Skunk" out of such a unit? It's obvious that the oily spray got into the recesses. Things that don't work are soaking in the H peroxide, baking soda, dishwashing soap, club soda mix that works for the dog; scrubbing with straight dishwashing soap; mineral spirits, brake cleaner, denatured alcohol; soaking in bleach & water; and WD40. The picture's not great, but you can see the construction joint. The blue/gray parts cannot be disassembled without rendering the collar ineffective and voiding the return credit when the batteries are gone. Innotek is actually sending me a new collar as a courtesy under warranty, but I'm sure this could happen again ..... The aroma is diminished, but definitely still present.

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tomato juice will neutralize skunk

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

tomato juice will neutralize skunk

Not on plastic, Jerry, and not very well on pets. A mix of soda, hydrogen peroxide, club soda (optional) with a shot of dishwashing detergent is much better to get a pet de-skunked.

We picked up a product from our vet whenever ours "play" with the wildlife... not cheap but it works great!

Call your vet!

for the tomato juice to work I think you're supposed to mix it with vodka and tobasco then keep drinking it till you no longer smell skunk.....

YEP, Country Boy!

Originally Posted by 34_40

YEP, Country Boy!

Well, I was in search of a smart-a$$ response but found this instead....it probably won't cure the skunk smell but maybe take your mind off it for a few minutes.....
Aaron Lewis - "Country Boy" (Official Video) - YouTube

Ya gotta love it !!!!!!!!!
Perfect response

Originally Posted by randyr

for the tomato juice to work I think you're supposed to mix it with vodka and tobasco then keep drinking it till you no longer smell skunk.....

Yeah, as a follow up I decided to try an experiment with the bright orange web collar that got sprayed, so i put the peroxide, soda & soap solution in a pot and boiled the collar for about 30 minutes. It dried just about odor free, that is until I set it out in the sun for a final airing. The sunlight "reactivated" the skunk smell!!

Hell, we here in New Zealand just don't appreciated how lucky we are with our " Wild Life " . I think the only thing that can stink real bad is a road kill oppossum but then the KFC people gather them up too quick to recycle so they don't even get too smelly.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hell, we here in New Zealand just don't appreciated how lucky we are with our " Wild Life " . I think the only thing that can stink real bad is a road kill oppossum but then the KFC people gather them up too quick to recycle so they don't even get too smelly.

Maybe we need to lobby for a few breeding pairs to be exported, just for educational purposes! Then when someone calls you a "polecat", or you hear someone referred to as "...a dirty polecat" in an old US Western movie you'll have a good point of reference to what is meant.... Want to PM your shipping address?

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hell, we here in New Zealand just don't appreciated how lucky we are with our " Wild Life " . I think the only thing that can stink real bad is a road kill oppossum but then the KFC people gather them up too quick to recycle so they don't even get too smelly.

That might happen in the cities, but out in the rural areas a lot of folk pick the possums up, take them home and pluck them.
Possum fur is worth around $90 / kg, ( a kg is about 2 lbs.,) so that gets sold, and the naked body fed to the chooks.
Chooks love them!
Especially when, after a few days, all those wriggly little whitebait appear!

haha. Sorry, I think this should be in the joke thread :-)

I wouldn't have a clue what stink/smell a skunk makes, guess we're lucky down here.

Originally Posted by Kiwidreamer

haha. Sorry, I think this should be in the joke thread :-)

I wouldn't have a clue what stink/smell a skunk makes, guess we're lucky down here.

Well Kiwi, I guess is kinda is a joke...to everybody but Roger!!! Maybe he can send you a scratch-n-sniff link so you can take a whiff.... I don't think you're olfactory glands will take too kindly to it.....

Ok, I'll bite. What's a chook?