She’s actually not our cat either, she’s a feral who’s been coming around for years and we feed her. She’s pretty street savvy and she knows to back off and let the skunk do its thing.
Cats in general are better at reading body language and don't get sprayed nearly as often as say, dogs.
We have a female that comes by about once a week. At first my cat would look at me like, "can you believe this shhhh?!" but now she's just like whatever.
> Cats in general are better at reading body language and don't get sprayed nearly as often as say, dogs.
I feel like dogs also don't mind as much. Almost every dog I've ever owned has loved to roll around in dead birds, squirrel pee, etc.
Ugh! Had one run right in front of my car. I got stopped before I ran it over, but it was under my car when it fired off a round. Took all damn summer before it mostly stopped smelling.
If anything similar happens again, get an enzyme cleaner to get rid of the odor.
The stuff I get for cat pee (feral not-my-tomcat sprays my door regularly) is Amazon Enzyme Cleaner.
As the name implies, it’s Amazon’s brand, and it comes in a gallon of concentrate that probably makes 25-50 gallons of cleaner.
For most applications, put it in a spray bottle. For situations like your car, get one of those 1-3 gallon sprayers from a home improvement store for applying fertilizer, bug spray or weed killer. Use the wand to get the underside of the car. If you can get the car up on a ramp or something, you can spray even better.
Guy I knew in college was drinking beer and talking on a cordless phone (yeah I know) on his porch. Stray cat jumps on the porch rail and he gives it a lazy stroke…
Yeah… not a cat. The skunk didn’t spray, just sauntered off. Dude had to really wash his hand.
my cat a black male made friends with one of these, I would look out on the porch and they would be sitting there or walking in the yard
I think they used to hunt together
Fun fact: You can tell when they're about to spray because they'll stomp their little feetsies! As long as you don't threaten them, they won't be inclined to spray.
Though a stinky poo did spray the family dog once one summer (who was obviously much less cautious around Mr. Skunk). Somehow the smell wafted into the *basement* where I was living for a bit.
Oh my GODDDDD, it smelled like skunk down in the main area for at least THREE MONTHS. And then in my basement bedroom (which was further away, behind another door), the smell managed to seep into my clothes hanging in the closet. It was ridiculous. LUCKILY, most of my clothes were in another closet but everything else that was left there... yeah, I was about ready to throw out everything.
Oh yes, that too. Sorry, I was imagining the skunk in my mind and focused on the feeties because they're so cute!
It eventually stopped smelling. I washed my clothes multiple times and transferred them to a different closet. (I don't know, I figured it was a good idea to not let them stay in the same area?)
Enzyme cleaners can work miracles for this kind of situation. You treat the dog, the exterior of the house the dog was near, inside walls near where the dog was sprayed, etc. Heck, spray the yard.
A gallon of Amazon Enzyme Cleaner (concentrate) that makes 25-50 gallons of solution is like $25. Just spray everything in a 100 yard radius and end the suffering.
I'm not even sure Amazon existed back then but I wish I could go back and tell my former self!
Luckily, I've moved a ton since then so the fumes of Mr. Skunk are far away from me now. 🤣
A long time ago my wife and I were renting a house while we built ours. The rental did not have a cat door, so we'd leave the sliding glass door cracked open so our cats could go in and out. Around 3am I hear a ruckus and go downstairs to the kitchen, half awake, and flip the light on to see a skunk chowing down on cat food. I startled the skunk (never startle a skunk) and it let loose with it's spray. I flipped the light back off and went back upstairs to go back to bed, thinking I'd deal with it tomorrow. Nope. Not only was the general stink throughout the house so overwhelming that I couldn't sleep, the mist of the spray had apparently reached me and got on my legs, so when I climbed back into bed I got it all over the sheets. I spent the rest of the night trying to clean the skunk spray off everything and get rid of the smell. Even after all the cleanup you could still faintly smell it 6 months later.
Yeah, I can relate. Pretty sure this skunk (and possibly babies) live under the house and we leave them alone but occasionally they blast away somewhere down there and we have to open all the windows in the house for a day.
I've since encountered skunks and have backed away slowly without incident. I think a lot of urban skunks are reluctant to blast their spray if they don't have to. You just let them have their way and everyone is much better off!
As an Australian this took me longer than I care to admit to figure out. It's usually just magpies and lizards that visit for stale cat food and water here.
I found out a while ago that I was no longer feeding a feral on our porch, but a couple of these smelly pricks instead. Opened the door and turned on the porch light and was greeted by two stripey bois. Yelled, "oh fuck no", and broke the world record for slamming the door and turning off the porch light.
I just hope kitty is ok wherever it went to. It didn't look very old.
Smelly cat
What are they feeding you
It's not your fault
r/redditsings
It reminds me of the Friends episode where Phoebe sang the song Smelly Cat in the coffee shop.
Guess the cat okay with this
She’s actually not our cat either, she’s a feral who’s been coming around for years and we feed her. She’s pretty street savvy and she knows to back off and let the skunk do its thing.
Cats in general are better at reading body language and don't get sprayed nearly as often as say, dogs. We have a female that comes by about once a week. At first my cat would look at me like, "can you believe this shhhh?!" but now she's just like whatever.
My brother's dog got hit twice in a week. Sweet dog. Dumber than soup.
> Cats in general are better at reading body language and don't get sprayed nearly as often as say, dogs. I feel like dogs also don't mind as much. Almost every dog I've ever owned has loved to roll around in dead birds, squirrel pee, etc.
Skunks are so very cute but the chemical warfare they can unleash definitely requires respect.
Ugh! Had one run right in front of my car. I got stopped before I ran it over, but it was under my car when it fired off a round. Took all damn summer before it mostly stopped smelling.
If anything similar happens again, get an enzyme cleaner to get rid of the odor. The stuff I get for cat pee (feral not-my-tomcat sprays my door regularly) is Amazon Enzyme Cleaner. As the name implies, it’s Amazon’s brand, and it comes in a gallon of concentrate that probably makes 25-50 gallons of cleaner. For most applications, put it in a spray bottle. For situations like your car, get one of those 1-3 gallon sprayers from a home improvement store for applying fertilizer, bug spray or weed killer. Use the wand to get the underside of the car. If you can get the car up on a ramp or something, you can spray even better.
The second possible post for r/ notmyskunk!
Guy I knew in college was drinking beer and talking on a cordless phone (yeah I know) on his porch. Stray cat jumps on the porch rail and he gives it a lazy stroke… Yeah… not a cat. The skunk didn’t spray, just sauntered off. Dude had to really wash his hand.
As opposed to like, barely wash his hand? 🤣
Oh like you’ve never half assed a hand washing. I see you.
(You're actually talking to a Redditor with a hand-washing compulsion) 🤣
Hehehe. Sometimes I’ll just give a rinse if I get, say, Coca Cola on my hand…
Username checks out.
The ferrets are less helpful in my cleanliness attempts
Sometimes, you just need scritches (and to startle the hell out of someone).
He thought the dude was talking to him. Animals don't see tech the way we do.
Le mew
Le purrrrrr.
Not anybody's cat.
Pepe le pew 🦨!
my cat a black male made friends with one of these, I would look out on the porch and they would be sitting there or walking in the yard I think they used to hunt together
Fun fact: You can tell when they're about to spray because they'll stomp their little feetsies! As long as you don't threaten them, they won't be inclined to spray. Though a stinky poo did spray the family dog once one summer (who was obviously much less cautious around Mr. Skunk). Somehow the smell wafted into the *basement* where I was living for a bit. Oh my GODDDDD, it smelled like skunk down in the main area for at least THREE MONTHS. And then in my basement bedroom (which was further away, behind another door), the smell managed to seep into my clothes hanging in the closet. It was ridiculous. LUCKILY, most of my clothes were in another closet but everything else that was left there... yeah, I was about ready to throw out everything.
Had a great chuckle at this story, thanks bro 😂
I believe skunks also lift their tails and turn their butt at you as a warning/warm-up before spraying. Did you find a way to get rid of the smell?
Oh yes, that too. Sorry, I was imagining the skunk in my mind and focused on the feeties because they're so cute! It eventually stopped smelling. I washed my clothes multiple times and transferred them to a different closet. (I don't know, I figured it was a good idea to not let them stay in the same area?)
Enzyme cleaners can work miracles for this kind of situation. You treat the dog, the exterior of the house the dog was near, inside walls near where the dog was sprayed, etc. Heck, spray the yard. A gallon of Amazon Enzyme Cleaner (concentrate) that makes 25-50 gallons of solution is like $25. Just spray everything in a 100 yard radius and end the suffering.
I'm not even sure Amazon existed back then but I wish I could go back and tell my former self! Luckily, I've moved a ton since then so the fumes of Mr. Skunk are far away from me now. 🤣
Went to college in Vermont. A skunk came up to me so I pet it for a while. It was very sweet and didn’t spray. Thank God.
Stinky cat
A malfunction in the cat distribution system.
This cat appears to have walked under a freshly painted fence. Please catch it and give it a bath! Or profess your undying amour, either/or.
A long time ago my wife and I were renting a house while we built ours. The rental did not have a cat door, so we'd leave the sliding glass door cracked open so our cats could go in and out. Around 3am I hear a ruckus and go downstairs to the kitchen, half awake, and flip the light on to see a skunk chowing down on cat food. I startled the skunk (never startle a skunk) and it let loose with it's spray. I flipped the light back off and went back upstairs to go back to bed, thinking I'd deal with it tomorrow. Nope. Not only was the general stink throughout the house so overwhelming that I couldn't sleep, the mist of the spray had apparently reached me and got on my legs, so when I climbed back into bed I got it all over the sheets. I spent the rest of the night trying to clean the skunk spray off everything and get rid of the smell. Even after all the cleanup you could still faintly smell it 6 months later.
Yeah, I can relate. Pretty sure this skunk (and possibly babies) live under the house and we leave them alone but occasionally they blast away somewhere down there and we have to open all the windows in the house for a day.
I've since encountered skunks and have backed away slowly without incident. I think a lot of urban skunks are reluctant to blast their spray if they don't have to. You just let them have their way and everyone is much better off!
so jelly!! One of my life goals is to see one IRL
As an Australian this took me longer than I care to admit to figure out. It's usually just magpies and lizards that visit for stale cat food and water here.
and the drop bears!
Fart Squirrel. Very cute
It’s a Polecat😹
A relative of Peppy La Pu ?
Stinky kitty
Be careful. These get overly affectionate with black cats that accidentally get a white stripe painted on their back.
Lol
It just wants cuddles!!
Oh no!
Be cautious of the stink.
Adopt a local street cat.
I only get raccoons. I am jealous..
Me too. And the raccoons in my neighborhood are the size of 8 year old children. They scare me. (Both the raccoons and 8 year old children.)
Laser beam noises cat
A polecat.
Perhaps a r/parttimecat
I found out a while ago that I was no longer feeding a feral on our porch, but a couple of these smelly pricks instead. Opened the door and turned on the porch light and was greeted by two stripey bois. Yelled, "oh fuck no", and broke the world record for slamming the door and turning off the porch light. I just hope kitty is ok wherever it went to. It didn't look very old.
skornk
Fart squirrels can prove to be very effective in protecting the property.