How to Repel Skunks with Vinegar - Natural Way to Deter Skunks - Win the Battle

We all love nature and the critters that come with it, but sometimes they cross the boundaries and into our abode, shed, yard or our space!

We don't want to hurt them, but they are not exactly pleasant smelling creatures.   We have one that likes to wander through my hubby's garage tent, and I am pretty sure he has been digging under our shed.  So after much research this works:

How to Deter Skunks with Vinegar

So, apparently they can't stand the smell of plain white vinegar, who knew??.  They smell ten times worse, but vinegar repels them.

What you will need:

Jug of plain white vinegar


Clean cotton rags or old towels that can be dedicated to this process.

Method:

Pour some white vinegar into a bowl and saturate a rag or two or how ever many you may need, especially if you are dealing with a army of them.

Slightly ring the rags out, and then place them where they have been frequenting.  If it is inside a shed the rag will last for a few days, but outside it may get rained on and you will need to repeat the process.

Do this for a week or two and they will be ticked off enough to go and find someone else's yard!

No Rags?

If you only have vinegar, place it in a bowl and place in shed, garage, basement or wherever they are and they simply do not like the acidic smell.

No Vinegar? - Used Cat Litter Will Work too!

Not the most pleasant smell, but they can't stand ammonia either, which cat pee does have a lot of.

Take a couple of chunks out of the used cat litter (make sure it is the pee not the poo) and place in the area they frequent.  Won't make your shed smell too nice, but will put them off enough for you to repair or close up the openings they are coming in through.

Vinegar or Used Cat Litter Makes a Great Skunk Repellent

But you will have to keep it up until they are out of the habit, and you can make some changes to your space.  This will not hurt them, it will just put them off.  To me the vinegar is the best method because at least the shed will smell nice!

Don't Want This Much Labor? - Other Options to Deter Skunks

Lighting - Obviously they are night time critters, and not a fan of lighting.  But not just any lighting...  Beady eye lighting!!

Imitates a Set of Predator Eyes 

This product has over 1800 reviews at the time of this writing. It is solar, so no need to plug in, and it imitates the eyes of a predator.  This will work for many of the night time critters that may roam into your space where you don't want them.

Protect Your Veggie Patch

Skunks love to dig in freshly turned soil to find insects and grubs, but they also like your veggies.  They are opportunists and a bit lazy, so if a meal presents itself, they go for it.  This unit will absorb the sun by day and will work by night.

It can be attached to a fence or shed.  It has a ton of positive reviews check it out.  For under 25 bucks you can repel skunks and raccoons and whatever else wanders in uninvited.

You can get ultrasonic equipment that repels all wild life, but if you own a dog or a cat this is not a good idea.

Humane Ways for Repelling Skunks

I love nature and the wildlife, and I have no desire to poison or hurt any of them, but at the same time we need to protect our space.  Using vinegar works but does require some time commitment, but this set of solar beady eyes, would be the perfect solution if you don't want the labor of vinegar rags, used cat litter, and no electrical install.

So What Repels Skunks?

Vinegar soaked rags, used cat litter, the above set of predator eyes, or you standing out all night screaming at them (yes my neighbor did this!).  I choose vinegar, and maybe the set of beady eyes!

How to Get Cat Pee Smell Out of Carpet with Vinegar

As the proud owner of 3 cats, I can totally understand the cat pee smell.  It is bad enough in the litter box, but when it ends up in your carpet, it just doesn't go away, no matter how many sprays and chemicals you use.

I found this recipe that totally works on cat pee smell in the carpet, check it out:

What you need:

1.  plain white vinegar

2.  hydrogen peroxide

3.  liquid hand soap or dish soap

4.  baking soda

5.  old soft brush such as an old tooth brush

Step 1 - Your nose is best.  Locate the smell the best you can, try and pin it down to a small area.  Maybe you had tried to soak up the pee accident but the smell persists.  This method works for even old dried pee!  As much as we love them, we can do without the smell!

Step 2 - Mix equal parts white vinegar with warm water - Pour on the pee area to get it saturated.  This way it gets down into the fibers instead of sitting on top.  The smell is coming from the base of the carpet where the pee soaked down.  If this is a fresh pee try and soak up as much as you can with a paper towel.

Step 3 - Let this mixture dry

Step 4 - Sprinkle lots of baking soda over this spot or area.

Step 5 - Mix up 4 parts hydrogen peroxide to one part of hand or dish soap

Step 6 - Brush the peroxide and soap mixture into the spot with a soft old toothbrush or any brush dedicated to clean up.

Step 7 - Let Dry

Step 8 - Vacuum



Don't Have all the Supplies to Get Cat Pee Smell out of Carpet?

The above recipe is the best, but in a pinch just using equal parts vinegar and water and pour a small amount right over the stain or smell and get it good and saturated and then let dry.

These supplies are available at the grocery store or online and have them delivered to your door.  Hydrogen peroxide is something I always keep on hand with pets because it is also used to get out skunk smell as well as first aid for humans and pets.

The trick is to pour it exactly over the pee spot.

Test a small bit of carpet behind a couch to make sure the vinegar doesn't react with the color, but I have not found this to be an issue as of yet.

Most chemical cleaners tend to deal with stains and smells on the surface, but with pee being liquid it gets right down into the fibers and that smell can go on forever.  Give this a try, I know in my house it works not only on old cat pee smells in the carpet, but also on stains left behind by my dog barfing.

How to Get Cat Pee Smell Out of Carpet Naturally

If the offender is something liquid it will get down deep into the base of the carpet and that is where you have to attack.  Vinegar totally neutralizes.  If you can gather the above supplies this works even better, so give it a shot.  Nothing chemical here!