What do you do for a cat that got sprayed by a skunk?

This cat is not easy to handle to begin with so I'd appreciate any suggestions. It must have been a very close encounter in our garage last night!What do you do for a cat that got sprayed by a skunk?
Lucky, lucky you. Well, it is not tomato juice that is suggested anymore. But, if not easy to handle, you have quite a task. A home remedy that can cut down on odor is a mixture made of one teaspoon of dish washing liquid and one cup of baking soda dissolved in one quart of hydrogen peroxide (3 percent strength). After thoroughly soaking your pet in the mixture, rinse him with clean tap water.





You need to do the washing while the mixture is still foaming.





There are also commercial products available.What do you do for a cat that got sprayed by a skunk?
not easy to handle to begin with is not good.





if you are able to handle the cat well enough to give it a bath, I would use skunk off, I live in Canada, so not sure if you are able to get it. Its for dogs, but it works.


Tomato juice I find the skunk odor tends to linger longer and sometime requires more then one bath.





If your cat is like the one I had years ago, your going to have to call the vet and ask them to knock it out or something so you can come out of it in one piece. Near water that cat went ballistic, front and rear claws %26amp; teeth dug into my arms all at the same time.
Taking her to the vet would be the best bet, since she isn't easy to handle. You don't want to lose a limb trying to bath her :)





Is she an inside/outside cat? Or just outside? The reason I am asking - if you keep her inside and didn't know right away what the smell was, it will remain on your furniture for MONTHS. There truly is no way to get the smell out of fabric and clothes IF the cat came inside shortly after being sprayed. There may be something now, but I know years ago, there was nothing.
There's not much you can do for the cat. You could try bathing it in tomato juice but it would be very hard if the cat is not easy to handle. If the cat lives outdoors you don't have to do anything about it. When our cats get sprayed we just leave them alone and the smell will go away within a week.
first off it's tomato paste not juice. the paste absorbs better because it's thicker. this does require the cat to be handled so be care full not to get hurt. make sure you hold all four paws, two in each hand while someone else puts the paste on the cat.
Here is a step by step way to rid your cat of the smell. Very good peice of information. Good luck!





http://www.pets.ca/pettips/tips-51.htm
first that is one sad cat. i would hate to get sprayed!


i think that the best thing to do is bath it in tomoto juice i heard that it works.
Bath in tomato juice :)