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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

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

tomato juice will neutralize skunk

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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.....:LOL::LOL::LOL:

YEP, Country Boy!:eek::rolleyes::LOL::3dSMILE::p

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Originally Posted by 34_40

YEP, Country Boy!:eek::rolleyes::LOL::3dSMILE::p

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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.....:LOL::LOL::LOL:
Aaron Lewis - "Country Boy" (Official Video) - YouTube

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

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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.....:LOL::LOL::LOL:

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

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

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Chook = Chicken.

Have you tried an odor inhibitor like Frebreeze or possibly their commercial counterpart (janitorial supply).

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Originally Posted by 36 sedan

Have you tried an odor inhibitor like Frebreeze or possibly their commercial counterpart (janitorial supply).

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Yep, I forgot about that one but I did spray Fabreeze odor eliminator on the whole collar, concentrating on the sealed joints, and then took a scrub brush to it. Sitting here at the keyboard the collar is on the counter about three feet away and I still get a whiff of "skunk" from it. I've found a product, Skunk Off, that's made in the region, but then I find information saying that commercial products, such as Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover don't work as well as the home made mix of peroxide, soda & soap developed by a chemist in '93. All of the other "home remedies", like vinegar, tomato juice, lemon juice and mixes using them simply mask odor temporarily and don't affect the source. I may buy a bottle of the commercial product to see what it does to plastic, but at this point I'm glad that Innotek put a new collar on the FedEx truck for me.

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Originally Posted by rspears

All of the other "home remedies", like vinegar, tomato juice, lemon juice and mixes using them simply mask odor temporarily and don't affect the source. I may buy a bottle of the commercial product to see what it does to plastic, but at this point I'm glad that Innotek put a new collar on the FedEx truck for me.

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I note that these are all acid (rather than alkaline,) based, implying that the skunk smell itself is alkaline . . . would it be worth a crack to use a stronger acid?
Perhaps nitric?
Nitric acid doesn't have a detrimental effect on plastic, and should be readily available in a fairly strong mix from any hydroponic store.
Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by johnboy

I note that these are all acid (rather than alkaline,) based, implying that the skunk smell itself is alkaline . . . would it be worth a crack to use a stronger acid? Perhaps nitric? Nitric acid doesn't have a detrimental effect on plastic, and should be readily available in a fairly strong mix from any hydroponic store. Just a thought.

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jb, I've read a scientific paper from Johns Hopkins where they actually analyzed the chemistry of the four (I think) different skunk varieties, identifying subtle differences in their spray makeup. The spray is a thick, oily mess that is derived from urine and stored in a pair of glands to be sprayed in a concentrated stream up to sixteen feet. They state that the best home remedy is the peroxide/soda/dishwashing detergent for the pet, and also for inanimate objects, but that common household laundry bleach is also effective for things that can take it. I did try a strong bleach solution, soaking the collar for about 1/2 hour, but no joy. The lab report suggested soaking clothes in vinegar, then Dawn, then laundry soap & water followed by a good rinse and leaving them in the sun until dry and odor free. Sunlight is said to be a key, and I can attest that when I thought Bones' web belting collar was "skunk free" putting it in the sun re-activated the aroma quite strong. Perhaps I need to leave both outside in the sun, were it not that today is cloudy.... Someone mentioned that this whole discussion is only of serious interest to me, and I can see that being true so I won't continue to bore you with more info.

Roger skunk is next to impossible to get out of material. I think it just penetrates at the molecular level. Imagine if a house paint worked so good! Nice of the company to send you a replacement! Some battles just aren't worth it, and skunks top the list! I had a jacka$$ of a neighbor/renter next door who partied outside our bedroom windows on his side of the fence , huge bon fire, can tossing into buckets, every night, some nights passed 3a.m. The Police were so tired of coming out they just started to refuse. He was unemployed and an ex fellow with a deep bass voice that sounded like one of those subwoofers in the gang banger cars. It went everywhere including thru my ear plugs. I tried every thing from diplomacy to making noise at 8a.m. while he tried to sleep, nothing would get him to stop. So then a hunting buddy gave me a bottle of skunk oil. It's amazing how fast people go inside when they think a skunk is outside. And they seem to stay inside for weeks! We seemed to have a skunk problem until he moved! :)

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Originally Posted by stovens

So then a hunting buddy gave me a bottle of skunk oil. It's amazing how fast people go inside when they think a skunk is outside. And they seem to stay inside for weeks! We seemed to have a skunk problem until he moved! :)

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I love it!! A small bottle of "skunk oil" might be a good thing to send off to our friends "down under", just so they understand what we're talking about when we mention "skunk"! Not sure it would make it through Custom's or not, but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be happy if they opened the bottle to "inspect" the contents....

That in itself would be worth the laugh to see a Customs guy whip the lid off the jar to see what it was, place his large nose over the top and inhale strongly, it would have to be caught on camera for sure....

Oh yeah, I could have some fun here with some skunk oil
just a few drops here and there
.... the front doors of city hall
.... on the local cop shop doors
.... the local maccas
my golly just load it inter a water pistol and have fun squirting cars at the lights

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Originally Posted by rspears

Someone mentioned that this whole discussion is only of serious interest to me, and I can see that being true so I won't continue to bore you with more info.

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Roger, obviously, no one is bored with this discussion as we all keep reading and posting on it. I've been a little ornery and having a little fun with your stinky situation but certainly mean no harm or hurt feelings.;) Please accept my apologies if I've offended and please keep us posted on how you get it resolved. Who knows which of us might be next to get sprayed by one of those smelly critters!!:eek:

Use a small syringe to squirt it!












it travels far without anyone seeing it!

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Roger, obviously, no one is bored with this discussion as we all keep reading and posting on it. I've been a little ornery and having a little fun with your stinky situation but certainly mean no harm or hurt feelings.;) Please accept my apologies if I've offended and please keep us posted on how you get it resolved. Who knows which of us might be next to get sprayed by one of those smelly critters!!:eek:

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Randy, I'm not offended by anything that's been said. Absolutely no need to apologize from my standpoint. This is the second time Bones has been sprayed, and we're in a once burned, twice cautious mode at this point where our after dark constitutional walks are on a long leash as opposed to runs in the woods. I thought that the first spraying was bad, but this one has been worse!

Post a pic of Bones for us. The name sounds great! What kind of dog is he?

Bones is a Hungarian Vizsla, or simply a Vizsla. He's an amazing buddy.

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Wow, Bones is an absolutely gorgeous looking dog, just a pity he didn't learn a lesson the first time he encountered a lovely little critter called skunk.

Somewhere we have a pic of Bones, taken when we were following Roger's '33, and Bones was leaning out the r/h side window.
It's not very good; was shot through the car windscreen, and as well I didn't want to get too close to Roger . . . so it's shot from 100 ft. or so back.
But you can still see who it is.

And the noise when following that car is
absolutely
bloody
gorgeous
music!!

Just wish I'd had the recorder there!

Bones is a beauty. Looks like he'd make an excellent bird dog too! I like his natural point stance in the snow!

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Originally Posted by stovens

Bones is a beauty. Looks like he'd make an excellent bird dog too! I like his natural point stance in the snow!

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Yeah, the Vizsla was bred in Hungary as an upland game dog, specifically for bird hunting. A breeding female arrived in the US in early 1950, and the new owner in Kansas City arranged for a male to follow six months later. He established the breed in the US, and they have become very popular with hunters and as family pets through the years.

I would like to track one down,,and check him out,,if I can find one around here.. Nice looking animal..

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

I would like to track one down,,and check him out,,if I can find one around here.. Nice looking animal..

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There's at least one breeder listed in NZ if you google Hungarian Vizsla New Zealand.

Will do,Roger..have seen them advertised in the past..