After a very long and exhausting day with dropping Lindsey off at soccer camp, running errands and doing stuff around the house, I was hoping for a nice relaxing night but instead it was complete chaos. I always let Kona out in the backyard before going to bed, well this time it was much later than normal. It was around 11:30pm when I let him out, I went to close the door and walk away and heard him barking. I thought it was our pet backyard frog that came out and was hanging around on the grass as he does that from time to time, but Kona wouldn't stop barking so then I was getting nervous that maybe someone was in our yard. I decided to turn on our spot lights to get a better look at what he was getting so upset over and then I saw what he was barking at...it was a SKUNK.
So me who is suppose to stay calm goes even crazier as I wasn't sure if he had gotten sprayed yet or not. The skunk was moving towards me and was in between Kona and I and all I could do was yell to get Kona in the house. At this point I was waiting for the neighbors to come out or call the police as I was yelling so loud. I was scared out of my mind. I finally got the skunk to move the other way and grabbed Kona to bring him inside. Once he was inside I got a whiff of him and he stunk so bad I thought I was going to vomit, at this point he was definitely sprayed. I finally got him to the bath tub and did some quick reading on home remedies to get him cleaned off before calling an emergency vet. I washed him over three times and the smell would not go away, finally after five times of using dish soap and baking soda the smell went down but still not gone. I then called the emergency vet to find out if I needed to bring him in as he was sprayed in the face and eyes not sure about his mouth. The lady I spoke with put me on hold and spoke with the on call vet and said that he would be fine as long as I bathed him properly, flushed out his eyes and cleaned his mouth as best as I could. I had done all of those things already so that made me feel a little better. She did tell me to keep an eye on him and make sure his eyes don't get red or have any weird discharge and to see how he is eating and drinking.
So tonight I will be monitoring him to make sure he is okay. He just finished eating and drinking and is now passed out next to me but let me tell you, my house smells so bad I can't stand it. If it weren't the middle of the night I would be lighting scented candles around this place. This is a first for me having to deal with a skunk and my dog being sprayed by one. The lesson I have learned is to not let my dog out so late in the night and to use my spot lights to check for weird animals on our grass before letting the dog out. If anyone else has any other advice or suggestions I'm definitely opening to hearing them.
Now that this craziness has been going on for 1 hour and a half I'm officially wiped out and ready to hit the sack. I'm thinking tonight is going to be a rather long night and just hope my furry baby will be okay.
