We love our cat and he has been a member of our family for almost 10 years. But, we were considering packing up the cat supplies and moving him and his supplies outside. We had THE funniest smell in our house for a few days, and Ethan kept saying “I think its Sandy (aka SandyClause). At first David thought Ethan was delusional, but then he walked passed the cat, and decided that maybe Ethan was on track to his line of thinking. We are thinking he has gotten into a tangle with a skunk. He smells awful. And, even though our beloved cat loves us, I just don’t think he is going to allow us to give him a bubble bath, or a tomato juice bath. I keep thinking with time, the smell will go away. This was several weeks ago. He smells just as bad now as he did a couple weeks ago. He’s been an inside/outside cat all along anyway — coming and going as he pleased. So, for the time being, we are trying to make him stay outside, and we keep a bowl of water and food out there for him (and probably all of his neighborhood friends). But until he can not longer answer to the name “Stinky”, he’s staying outside.