My Peanuts
08-27-2004, 02:42 PM
Well it's that time of the year! Last night my cousin took Harley and Sylvia out around 10pm. I was supposed to go to this bar/club but changed my mind at the last minute. I'm so glad I didn't go! My cousin runs in the house and says, "Grab something!" Uh, something? Like what? And then she screams skunk and I ran outside. Sylvia and Harley were boxing it out with a skunk and you guessed it; they already got sprayed! This is what happened... My cousin said Harley was by her and Sylvia went all the way in the back by the garden. Then she heard Sylvia crying and she said Harley ran to check it out. He's such a good big brother :) . My cousin said it was a terrible scream. My cousin said she let Harley go to check it out because she thought something was hurting Sylvia. Then she ran to get me and as she was she smelled the skunk and knew what had happened.
Apparently Syl got sprayed in the mouth and face and Harley got sprayed defending her. I got them in the house and immediately put Harley in the sink. I naturally assumed he got most of the spray because he usually starts these kind of fights and he had what I thought was skunk blood on his nose. It wasn’t skunk blood it was Harley blood but it was just a scratch. Then I saw Sylvia and she was foaming at the mouth and her eyes were blood red. Poor thing looked soooo scared! I yelled to my cousin to get her in the bath tub. Several baths of dish soap, peroxide, baking soda, and mouth wash later they still smell, but it's getting better. We called the ER vet about Harley's scratch and they said to make sure it doesn't get infected, but it was ok to treat him at home.
Yep, so that is that! Now they have to go on leashes when they go out at night! As for the poor little skunk, I thought for sure he was dead, but it was dark and I couldn't see. After the pups were taken care of we went back to see about the skunk, but he was gone. Fun night, huh!?!
Apparently Syl got sprayed in the mouth and face and Harley got sprayed defending her. I got them in the house and immediately put Harley in the sink. I naturally assumed he got most of the spray because he usually starts these kind of fights and he had what I thought was skunk blood on his nose. It wasn’t skunk blood it was Harley blood but it was just a scratch. Then I saw Sylvia and she was foaming at the mouth and her eyes were blood red. Poor thing looked soooo scared! I yelled to my cousin to get her in the bath tub. Several baths of dish soap, peroxide, baking soda, and mouth wash later they still smell, but it's getting better. We called the ER vet about Harley's scratch and they said to make sure it doesn't get infected, but it was ok to treat him at home.
Yep, so that is that! Now they have to go on leashes when they go out at night! As for the poor little skunk, I thought for sure he was dead, but it was dark and I couldn't see. After the pups were taken care of we went back to see about the skunk, but he was gone. Fun night, huh!?!