Date:         Fri, 27 Jun 1997 22:55:20 EDT
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: f: dogs vs. skunks

huh.  I was going to make some silly joke about buying your tomato
juice now (since that is the remedy I grew up with--pink dogs, pink
tink a time or two...I like skunks, but they do get excited easy).

Anyway, I thought I would double-check that I had the right juice (I
wouldn't want to confuse anyone's impression of my fallibility,
especially when I'm crossing out cathedrals) and stumbled across some
interesting news:

both these
http://www.pulseplanet.com/Mar96/1205.html
http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extnews/pestqtrly/oct95/sknkrmdy.txt

and others say to try this instead.

Here's the potion:
     1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide (from a pharmacy)
     1/4 cup baking soda
     1 teaspoon liquid soap
     Mix together and wash, keeping the mixture out of the
     animal's eyes, nose and mouth. Follow with a thorough tap
     water rinse.

NOTE:  Mix it fresh and discard any leftovers.  Put away, you risk
an oxygen explosion, which is not a good thing.

[do you want a pink dog or a surfing blonde dog?]

Now I'll have to raid the lab for some Butyl Mercaptan to check this
out...although according to
http://elvis.neep.wisc.edu/~firmiss/mephitis-didelphis.html that may
not be the real eau de skunk chemical at all, I've been exposed to it
and it will do...

Oh, yes.  If you want advice on skunks, start with that page:
http://elvis.neep.wisc.edu/~firmiss/mephitis-didelphis.html

amazing what is out there on the web...
tink