How is it Friday already?

That week went by in a hurry.

Huckleberry is still ailing, and we still don't know for sure why.  Probably needs another trip to the vet to get his sinuses flushed or something, and maybe some further attempt at diagnosis.  There was a suggestion of sending him to a specialist for a biopsy, but we're holding off on that for now.

Looks like we'll be building a small outdoor aviary for the house pigeon, as Joy seems to be allergic to him, maybe.  We can put him out next to the ducks.

Aaaand... that colony of cute li'l bunny rabbits under the back deck?  Seems to have turned into a colony of skunks.  Or maybe one skunk went down there and got into an argument with a rabbit, or a woodchuck, or some other critter-that-lurks-under-decks.  Phew!

(Now, where do I find several thousand gallons of tomato juice for washing under the deck?)

Comments

[Rob]

Peroxide and baking powder? You can look it up, it's used on dogs (& such) that get skunked, the enzymes or such turn off the stink.
(For animals you add a bit of liquid dishwashing soap and water to the mix to shampoo the smell away.)

FWIW my dad told me his dad told him "never ever shoot a skunk in the garage"! I've always figured that was a hard won lesson :-)

[Eric Wilner]

I'm not really certain where Stink Central is, nor even that it's an actual literal skunk. Gotta do more exploring... and make sure it isn't a gas leak. (The smell is kinda weird, and initially it was more green than skunky, though now it seems more skunk than anything else.)

[Rob]

How did the skunk stink go? Just curious.

[Eric Wilner]

Things seem to have settled down; there's still a hint of skunk around the deck, but the smell is pretty much gone from the house, garage, and basement.