Both my dog AND cat have been skunked this year. (nother rant)

[Maine Mary]

It's become a ritual w/my dog. Two nights ago he came in from his peetime reeking of skunk. He's only 3 and this is his 4rth skunk incident. I'm beginning to wonder if he'll ever learn.

But my 12 year old cat has never had that happen till now. My SO must have let her in this morning when he left for work. How he didn't notice it I'll never know :mad:

Anyway, the skunky cat got in bed w/me this morning and literally woke me up out of a dead sleep with her smell. :puke: I still feel kind of nauseous from it.

:grr:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. Hey, don't complain. Move to Augusta full time if you don't like

it.
Country livin aint for everyone, ayyyyyyuppppp.

Here, have a :donut: and smile, cause you live in Gawd's country.


Or, maybe the skunks are gettin kinda uppity there. I should bring my dog and gun and get some?

[Maine Mary]

3. Thanks for the coffee

And the kind words of encouragement? :shrug:

Anyway it IS God's country here despite the skunks and lack of jobs. The leaves are nearly at peak in the north of my county and getting there in my area too. Gonna go for a drive and hike this weekend. :-)

[Hubert Flottz]

2. What do you expect, Skunks are running the country?

They Probably just don't like Democats!

[Maine Mary]

4. True

Which would explain why my dog keeps getting it. But I don't know what happened w/my cat. She's a Republican... lovey-dovey to me cause I feed her but looks down on everyone else. Especially the barn cats down the street. Very snobby she is.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. She just needs a Catitude ajustment like Boosh is fixin' to get!

Your Yellow Dawg Democrat Doggie is my kind of critter! He knows a skunk when he sees one!

[Don_G]

6. Free Republic Cat?

Sometimes is just best to leave the other individual alone---especially with skunks. It sounds like your cat hasn't learned that particular lesson yet; I don't think a dog ever will.

Just keep a good supply of tomato juice handy and your cat away from "talk" radio lest she pick up another attitude.

[emad]

7. My kitty regularly comes in at 2 in the morning reeking of 'skunk'

but in the UK it means 'hybrid dutch marjuana' of immense strength and intense aroma....so when she crawls through the catflap and heads for the fridge door, I know she's just been hanging out with the kids next door...
Sympathy re your dilemma. Is it legal where you live to cull the bastards or are they protected species?

[Don_G]

9. A Polecat?

Pretty much just another wild critter in the US. They generally won't bother anyone if you leave them alone; when frightened or protecting their young they instinctively spray.

[AWD]

8. Two skunk stories with my kitties...

1) One day, we went out of the house, and relaxing in the driveway was out tabby cat, Groovie, next to a skunk. They were just hanging out together, like lifelong buddies. We saw them together a few more times, but we moved shortly after that.

2) We moved into our new house, and one day I noticed a (different) skunk walking down the street, left feet on the pavement, right feet on the grass. When he hit our driveway, he made a sharp right turn and headed towards the house, left feet on the driveway, right feet on the grass.

At this point, I saw Groovie trotting towards him, from behind. He followed that skunk everywhere.

The skunk had a strange route, but was heading towards the back of the house. I went out the back door and was standing in the patio, when he made a sharp turn and was trotting right for me. I froze, worried about getting sprayed. He ran straight into my ankles, and then bounced backwards, stunned. Then it hit me....he was BLIND, and using his memory to find his way back home.

He regrouped, and found his way to the large shed in our back yard, where he lived underneath the rafters under the floor. Groovie laid next to that hole for the rest of the day, clearly waiting for his friend. I always wondered if he thought that skunk was the same one as his old friend from the previous house.

[Robb]

10. Our town is famous for skunks...

...So much so that a co-worker in another town once said to me, "You mean that town that always smells like skunks when you drive through?"

Anyhow. We often get a waft of skunk smell moving through town. One night my huskies came up to bed at around 1 a.m., and I gave one a little scritch on the neck, and thought "Hm, smells slightly like skunk." I figured it was just, you know, ambient skunk smell. Neither dog seemed to have gotten sprayed.

Come morning, I take my coffee out onto the patio in the back yard, and find -- a bloody stump of skunk tail. No sign of the skunk. And both dogs looking somewhat proud.

Northern breeds, especially, have a high pain threshold -- it's part of what makes them so suited to extreme cold weather. For this reason, they rarely "learn" anything from skunks, finding the experience more fascinating than anything.

...And for the more predatory variety of animal, they can often come out the "winner". I must say, I haven't seen a skunk here in the two years since the tail incident. Word must've gotten out. :)

[Cheswick2.0]

11. kick

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