Need help!! How do I clean up cat pee to remove smell?

stobeffisorge · May 29, 2009

Sorry this might be off topic.

My cat is getting old and peeing everywhere. grrrr!

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I'm leaving the post because y'all are being helpful, and others may find the thread useful. Carry on peeps.

fairy86 · May 29, 2009

My friend always uses white vinegar. She swears by it. Hope this helps!

trocadero · May 29, 2009

I'm not sure how you'll go with carpet, because the urine might have seeped down into the underlay, and you'll have to sort that out, but generally, you will get the smell out of fabric/carpet etc if you soak first in vinegar (for several hours or overnight) then wash with an enzyme-based laundry powder. I found this out on my Bengal cat list. If you don't use an enzyme wash and remove all traces of the smell of the urine, the cat will keep going there. This absolutely worked on our rug and (I hate to admit it) our bedding! People on the list also recommended checking for urinary tract infections if the peeing is out of the blue.

wombat · May 29, 2009

Definitely talk to your vet. "Getting old" is not an explanation for peeing all over the house - unless the problem is that the box is hard to climb in and out of and the cat is too weak or has painful joints.

Also, Nature's Miracle cleaner. It smells nicer than the other brands.

Jersey Chick · May 29, 2009

Pine oil. (Not pine scented cleaner, but pine oil itself.) My mom had a cat that used to pee in one corner of the room (carpet), and the pine oil got rid of the smell all the way down to the floor.

CatSlave · May 29, 2009

In addition to an enzyme cleaner, Feliway is a cat pheromone feel-good product that may help your cat relax if it's peeing due to stress.
You can google for product details.

Also, definitely take you cat to the vet.
A urinary tract infection is a miserable thing for both cats and people.

sheadakota · May 29, 2009

Zero odor- you can find it on line- I swear I have used everything listed above and this stuff really works!! I mean REALLY works!

CACTUSWENDY · May 29, 2009

A year or so ago Haggis' daughter had a problem with this and there were tons of ideas....you might want to PM him and see if his daughter had success with any of them. Good luck

ajkjd01 · May 29, 2009

Feliway does not work. Except to make you poorer. At least that's the case with my cat.

No appreciable change whatsoever in alleviating feline stress.

Seriously, though, I've heard of cat pee problems so bad that the extreme measure was necessary...pulling up the carpets and carpet pads, priming the floorboards with Kilz or something similar to seal in the smell, and then laying new carpet/flooring over it.

archerjoe · May 29, 2009

Nature's Miracle - Just for Cats. A very helpful PetCo employee recommended it. It's enzyme based and just plain works.

Ol' Fashioned Girl · May 29, 2009

sheadakota said:
Zero odor- you can find it on line- I swear I have used everything listed above and this stuff really works!! I mean REALLY works!

Another vote here for Zero Odor. I've tried all of the above, too, but I swear by Zero Odor... so much so, I've even re-ordered from the company.

Need help!! How do I clean up cat pee to remove smell?

stobeffisorge

fairy86

Loose on the internet!

trocadero

wombat

wombats galore

Jersey Chick

Up all night to get Loki

CatSlave

Mah tale iz draggin.

sheadakota

part of the human equation

CACTUSWENDY

An old, sappy, and happy one.

ajkjd01

I just have to be faster.

archerjoe

Ol' Fashioned Girl

Hand? What hand?