Skunk smell circulating through the vents

My husband and I live on a giant farm in the middle of nowhere.

We have lived here for many years and really love living a simple life.

We are surrounded by plants and animals which is great for our kids to be around. We thought the biggest issue we would have is the occasional deer that eat some of my plants in the garden. However, we woke up in the middle of the night to the most terrible smell two nights ago. I didn’t know what the smell was but I had a feeling it was a skunk. I know that seems very specific, but if you have smelled a skunk once you won’t forget it easily. I had my husband go down into the basement to find the source of the smell. He came back up quickly saying there was a hole in our ductwork that the skunk must have gotten in through. Now the HVAC system was circulating the smell throughout the whole house. I knew that I was going to have to call an HVAC company to come out and clean the ductwork now. The smell of the skunk is going to linger in the HVAC system if we don’t take care of the issue quickly. I called the HVAC company right when I woke up the next day to come out and clean the ductwork. Hopefully, the smell doesn’t linger for too long now because it is one of the worst smells ever!

 

Skunk smell circulating through the vents