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09/17/2004 05:41:07 PM · #1 |
My pride and joy bounced up from the bottom of the section dripping in rotton, smelly, disgusting eggyolk! Chickens are free range and they must have laid in the bit of bush down there. Have washed her, put shampoo on her.......and she still stinks!!!
Anyone know what will kill the smell, she really doesn't smell nice (understatement.......she stinks!!!!)
thanks
sue
Message edited by author 2004-09-17 17:42:30. |
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09/17/2004 05:53:04 PM · #2 |
| Urrrk. Nothing worse than rotten egg smell. Try something acidic. The ol' tomato juice trick recommended for skunk smell might help, or try dilute vinegar solution. I think the latter has a better chance, IMO. I'd follow up with a rinse, then a baking soda/water wash, then rinse again. Let us know how you make out. |
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09/17/2004 06:11:52 PM · #3 |
I'd just put in a cup of soap powder and set to dirty wash! lol
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09/17/2004 06:17:14 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Gurilla:
I'd just put in a cup of soap powder and set to dirty wash! lol |
perfumed soap powder and gentle cycle coming up!
Thanks Kirbic.....have just tried the diluted vinegar and that seems to have taken the worst of the smell out of her hair. It's off to the tub next. She's going to be squeaky clean by the time we've done :)
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09/17/2004 06:20:24 PM · #5 |
| You can also add baking soda to the mix... even with the vinegar. She might fizz for a while, but the cleaning and odor-removing power is strengthened and it's safe to use. 1 cup vinegar, 1/2 cup baking soda, let it kind of soak on her coat as long as she'll let you leave it there, then rinse. A fizzy, but not-so-smelly pup is within sight! :o) |
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09/17/2004 06:27:08 PM · #6 |
They use these on pets when sprayed by skunks:
Bathing in tomato juice
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one quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide
1-cup baking soda
one teaspoon liquid soap
After bathing, rinse with tap water.
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09/17/2004 06:45:32 PM · #7 |
Message edited by author 2004-09-17 18:52:51. |
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09/17/2004 08:16:35 PM · #8 |
The best thing for ridding smell, deskunking formula that worked for me is 500 ml Hydrogen peroxide mixed with 1/2 cup of baking soda and two table spoons of dish soap mix this all together and wash the dog with it , works very well!Leave it on for as long as possible and then rinse! Do not store this mixture in an enclosed container, it may explode! This worked great for me a couple of months back when one of my dogs got skunked , good luck!!!This gets right down to the molecular structure!
Neil
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09/17/2004 08:33:24 PM · #9 |
On the serious side you do not want to remove ALL the natural oil that the dogs coat contains. You will end up with a nice smelling dog with scally skin that itches and the dog will start to scratch and could cause even more problems.
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09/18/2004 01:36:05 AM · #10 |
Thankyou all for your helpful ideas. Used the vinegar with baking soda, fizzed Bailey for a bit and rinsed. She smells a lot better.......tiny bit wiffy still (might be my imagination now) Tomorrow I'll go on a rotten egg hunt!!
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09/18/2004 09:13:45 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Gurilla:
On the serious side you do not want to remove ALL the natural oil that the dogs coat contains. You will end up with a nice smelling dog with scally skin that itches and the dog will start to scratch and could cause even more problems. |
It had no side effects on my dog, except removing the smell but then again he is part husky and has a very oily coat to start with his coat pretty much repells water!! |
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09/18/2004 09:38:48 PM · #12 |
Off hand I can't think of anything more pungent than a well ripened egg exploding under foot.
Our chickens have the run of our backyard (about 2 acres) and once in a while one of us will encounter a bad egg.
Vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda are all useful, one after the other, not all at once. |
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09/18/2004 09:52:00 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by ElGordo:
Off hand I can't think of anything more pungent than a well ripened egg exploding under foot.
Our chickens have the run of our backyard (about 2 acres) and once in a while one of us will encounter a bad egg.
Vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda are all useful, one after the other, not all at once. |
Yeh, I scratched my head over the "vinegar + baking soda combined" which apparently is widely recommended. The acidity in the vinegar is what makes it effective, and when the vinegar (acetic acid) and baking soda (sidium bicarbonate) are combined, we get an acid-base reaction, yielding sodium acetate, water, and carbon dioxide, all of which are much less useful. Seems counter productive.
I thought about hydrogen peroxide, but figured the acetic acid would be more effective on sulfur compounds. But of course there's more to it than just sulfur. |
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