OT - Annie really stunk last night.

I went to bed early, leaving DH to play his XBox until he was all played
out. After a bit I started smelling a burned-popcorn smell...

I finally got up, and DH had all the lights on in the house, was trying
to find the source of the smell.

It was Annie (the d-pet)! She smelled like burned electrical wiring!

Seems last time DH let her out, something 'sprayed' her. We went out
looking (in the dark w/ flashlights), and we could smell skunk in the
air (they just have to walk through the yard in order to smell them),
but Annie did NOT smell like a skunk!

She got a bath at 11pm, and even her collar got washed as it reeked too.
Smell came right out.

We still don't know what made her smell like that - do possums &
raccoons have the ability to 'spray' when frightened/threatened, like
skunks do?
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On Aug 21, 8:16*am, Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
I went to bed early, leaving DH to play his XBox until he was all played
out. *After a bit I started smelling a burned-popcorn smell...

I finally got up, and DH had all the lights on in the house, was trying
to find the source of the smell.

It was Annie (the d-pet)!

Thanks for clarifying that grin

I've been known to smell, but not like burned popcorn or electrical
wiring.


She smelled like burned electrical wiring!


We still don't know what made her smell like that - do possums &
raccoons have the ability to 'spray' when frightened/threatened, like
skunks do?

I'm not swearing on this... Raccons do have a peculiar odor. I'm
hard pressed to put a name on it. It's very distinctive though. A
friend had a wild racoon in their guest bathroom (until it completely
gutted anything that was remotely 'chewable', like floor tiles,
wallpaper,etc.). She never could get the smell out.

It could have been that, she could have rolled in something as well
(my Shelby does that in our yard).

Smokie Darling (Annie) - *not* the d-pet

"Magic Mood Jeep ©" wrote in message
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I went to bed early, leaving DH to play his XBox until he was all played
out. After a bit I started smelling a burned-popcorn smell...

I finally got up, and DH had all the lights on in the house, was trying to
find the source of the smell.

It was Annie (the d-pet)! She smelled like burned electrical wiring!

Seems last time DH let her out, something 'sprayed' her. We went out
looking (in the dark w/ flashlights), and we could smell skunk in the air
(they just have to walk through the yard in order to smell them), but
Annie did NOT smell like a skunk!

She got a bath at 11pm, and even her collar got washed as it reeked too.
Smell came right out.

We still don't know what made her smell like that - do possums & raccoons
have the ability to 'spray' when frightened/threatened, like skunks do?
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Possums reek - they smell like they're dead (part of their "playing dead"
repertoire), but I don't think it would smell like burned wiring - though I
could be wrong. They don't spray it, however, Annie would have had to rub
against it (possible since they "play dead" and won't move if a dog sniffs
at the or rubs on them).

Chin Skritches,

CatNipped

On Aug 21, 7:16*am, Magic Mood Jeep © wrote:
I went to bed early, leaving DH to play his XBox until he was all played
out. *After a bit I started smelling a burned-popcorn smell...

I finally got up, and DH had all the lights on in the house, was trying
to find the source of the smell.

It was Annie (the d-pet)! She smelled like burned electrical wiring!

Seems last time DH let her out, something 'sprayed' her. *We went out
looking (in the dark w/ flashlights), and we could smell skunk in the
air (they just have to walk through the yard in order to smell them),
but Annie did NOT smell like a skunk!

She got a bath at 11pm, and even her collar got washed as it reeked too.
* Smell came right out.

We still don't know what made her smell like that - do possums &
raccoons have the ability to 'spray' when frightened/threatened, like
skunks do?
--
*^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help
her wipe out Bunny's world domination.
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former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
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Skunk does smell a lot like burned wiring. (Pippin got sprayed a few
years ago.) It's weird that it came right out though. Maybe it was
only a little bit.

-Caroline S.