Is the smell of a Male Cats Spray harmful to babies?

Question

My friend just had a baby, but before that she had a male cat and 3 female cats. The male cat had a habit of Spraying and my friends is not the greatest house keeper, so her house smells really bad. I thought maybe she would get around to cleaning up the mess after the baby got here but baby has been here 2 months now and the Male cat has been gone 3 months - but the house still smells - like bad. And I was just wondering if that smell was harmful to babies in any way? I mean you would think she would notice the smell but maybe she doesn't care or she has just gotten used to it?

Plus any one got any tips on a nice way to tell her that her house smells like Cat pee?

Answer 1

Sounds like the carpet is soaked to the wood. That will not come out. I've seen where even the wood flooring had to be removed/replaced to get rid of the smell.

Is it (the smell) harmful to babies? Only if you stick the kid down on the carpet. Then you're not really dealing with the smell as much as you're dealing with what creates the smell. Ammonia, proteins, germs, biological contaminates are creating the smell.

Unless the child is allergic to the chemicals/bio-contaminates there should be no real problem. It just smells bad!

Kev

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Any smell is because there are molecules of matter in the air. When you smell a flower, you are drawing in tiny bits of pollen and the same principle applies to cat pee. However, I recently read that children who are around animals when they are young do not develope an allergic reaction to them later. I still wouldn't want my baby's lungs full of cat pee on an ongoing basis. Continued exposure to some things like cigarette smoke cause children to have asthema and I'd sooner think the cat pee would do that, wouldn't you? I won't own a boy cat because of them spraying but some say females do it too. I've only ever had spayed females and have never been without a couple of cats in my house and they didn't do this. Let's put it like this. If a man walked around her house peeing on everything, the health department would declare it unfit for human occupancy. Why would cat urine be better? There are very good products on the market to neutralize the urine and as a good friend I would be honest with her and offer to help her clean it up but then, you know how often they kill the messanger. If she is a true friend and feels that you are too, she should be able to deal with it in a positive way, especially if you tell her you love her baby and are just concerned. Good luck ! You will be in my prayers.

Answer 4

If the smell hurts your nose and is like ammonia, its most likely urine. Male cat's often spray walls or sometimes furniture to mark their area. Especially if there are other male cats in the house. Getting him neutered would most likely fix this. As for the baby, I'd try to keep it away from the smell, I'm not sure if the smell would harm it. Just to be safe, ask a vet if anything.

Answer 5

No, it's just a smell.

Are you sure her sense of smell is normal? She's almost certainly aware of the smell because she'd notice it when coming in after being away. Maybe you can tell her something like ... you are trying to get skunk smell off a jacket you left outside, or cat pee smell out of your car upholstery since you left the window down ... and you're wondering if she tried Febreze (or whatever product) for that cat odor, because you don't want to buy it if it doesn't work? And if she hasn't then you can bring something over to try... Hey! This worked on that jacket ... hehe.

Answer 6

No, it's just a smell.

Are you sure her sense of smell is normal? She's almost certainly aware of the smell because she'd notice it when coming in after being away. Maybe you can tell her something like ... you are trying to get skunk smell off a jacket you left outside, or cat pee smell out of your car upholstery since you left the window down ... and you're wondering if she tried Febreze (or whatever product) for that cat odor, because you don't want to buy it if it doesn't work? And if she hasn't then you can bring something over to try... Hey! This worked on that jacket ... hehe.

Answer 7

I do not know if it is harmful to babies but Cat spray IS PEE!!! It is not a separate chemical.... the cat pees to establish its' domain. There is no polite way... but I would want to know if I were her. I think you should politely tell her.

Answer 8

first you have to throw out the carpet and then-get some special cleaner from the vet to disinfects the walls and floor and then put down new carpet. as for telling her that her house smell you have to come right out and tell her because she has got use to it so she doesn't smell it as for the baby I don't know if it is good for it .I wouldn't want my child laying on that floor or clawing around on that floor

Answer 9

Unfortunately, there's no easy way to tell someone there house stinks. Next time you visit bring some Freebreze or other odor neutralizer. That poor baby.

Answer 10

yes yes yes I could not say yes enough cats carry disease and the male cats urine is the worst now don't get me wrong i love cats but is sound like you need to fix the cat so he will stop doing that. or baby will end up get sick alot.cough stuffy nose and low grade fever.