I need cat help...?

Question

my cat got sprayed by a skunk and he won't lick it off, and he hates tomato juice and any kind of liquid.... he hasn't been pet in 5 days. What should I do?

Answer 1

My dog was sprayed recently, and the whole tomato juice theory did not work. We bathed him several times and tried some over the counter shampoos too. The smell eventually started going away by itself, but not as quickly as you are hoping for. Since you have a cat, naturally you are going to have problems bathing it with anything. I buy cat wipes from Walmart. Its about 2 bucks a pack, and it bathes your pets without having the trouble of a real bath. My cats dont seem to mind when I rub these cloths all over them. It cleans and deodorizes. Not much else will help. You just have to plug your nose an dbe patient.

Answer 2

HI there...To neutralize or deodorize skunk spray, the chemicals in the secretion must be changed to a different type of molecule. Tomato juice does not work (see below for an explanation).

For pets that have been sprayed, bathe the animal in a mixture of 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from drug store), 1/4 cup of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) and a teaspoon of liquid detergent. After 5 minutes rinse the animal with water. Repeat if necessary. The mixture must be used after mixing and will not work if it is stored for any length of time. DO NOT STORE IN A CLOSED CONTAINER - it releases oxygen gas so it could break the container. This mixture may bleach the pet's hair. I have heard of one black Labrador retriever that was chocolate colored after this treatment. (Paul Krebaum's Recipe from Chemical & E ngineering News , October 18, 1993, p. 90).

Some additional tips. Do this outside so the volatile skunk spray does not contaminate your house. To remove residual skunk odor from your clothes and any towels or rags used in this clean up procedure, wash them with one cup of liquid laundry bleach per gallon of water.

Why tomato juice is believed to eliminate skunk odor. Bathing an animal in tomato juice seems to work because at high doses of skunk spray the human nose quits smelling the odor (olfactory fatigue). When this happens, the odor of tomato juice can easily be detected. A person suffering olfactory fatigue to skunk spray will swear that the skunk odor is gone and was neutralized by the tomato juice. Another person coming on the scene at this point will readily confirm that the skunk spray has not been neutralized by the tomato juice.

or...
Outright Skunk Odour Eliminator: http://www.futurepets.com/Skunk_Odor.htm

Answer 3

I know this sounds "gross" by on "mythBusters" they found out that douch liquid is the best home remedy. Never had the reason to try myself, but in your case its an emergencey. For more info go to Discovery.com. The episode was Funny/gross as hell. Trust me it'll work. My Stimpy thinks i need to flush my head again.LUCK...

Answer 4

I would contact your vet for advice, as a rule cats dont like to be dirty/smelly so the fack that he is not cleaning himself may indicate an underlying problem. Good luck and take care xx

Answer 5

fill up one bucket with water, anotehr one with soap and another one with tomatoe juice. just get one person to hold kitty's front paws and you hold the back ones (or vise versa) and just dunk him in the buckets. don't get kitty's head though. he'll be mad and growl and stufff, but it should work. dry him off with a towel then he'll start licking himself again.i would go water, tomato juice, water, soap, water.

Answer 6

Do whatever it takes to clean the smelly little critter up....

Answer 7

Have someone help you and give him a bath.

Answer 8

there is a shampoo you can get for it. contact your local vet for it or at www.jefferspet.com hope this helps....