How to get skunk smell off a pet
Getting skunk spray odor off a pet is notoriously difficult and leaves owners searching for an effective solution to eliminate the horrific scent. Without the right approach, the powerful smell lingers on the animal and makes cleanup a frustrating ordeal.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Giving the pet a bath
- 2Hiding shoes
- 3Using a homemade mixture of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“It's so hard to get that smell off 😞 Poor kitty”source ↗
Witty_Combination_82 · r/cats · 2 upvotes
Where this came up
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