Having our carpets cleaned tomorrow -- hoping to get out the odor of cat urine in one corner. The professional cleaners guarantee their pet solution. My question is: once the odor is gone, will Kitty stop going potty in that corner??? Anything I can do to facilitate this?
2007-09-10 05:57:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
well some people use lemon scent to keep cats away from that place... just spray a lemon scent and it'll solve the problem.. you can even keep them from clawing the furnitures.
2007-09-10 06:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by Solo Preguntar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, this all depends on your cat--and YOU. Are you providing a clean litter box for kitty? Are you cleaning it daily? Cats don't like to be dirty, and they will avoid the litter box if it's (a) dirty or (b) in an area they don't like. Now, the carpet cleaner may or may NOT completely eliminate the odor, depending on what they use. One thing YOU can do---and it works very well, is get a bottle of "Nature's Miracle" for cats. This is an enzyme cleaner/deodorizer that you spray directly on the spot. You may have to repeat several times before it's completely gone. BUT, even though the smell may be gone to YOU, your cat may still be able to smell it---their senses are magnified 100 x's that of ours. Now, if it's only that ONE corner---give the "Nature's Miracle" plenty of time to work---I'd re-apply every day for at least 3 days (or more) then, if kitty still continues to use that corner, try spraying FULL STRENGTH Pine-Sol (regular) all over and around the spot. Cats HATE the smell of Pine-Sol and won't go near it. You'll have to keep doing this every few days for a couple of weeks. During this time, make sure that the litter box is clean and well maintained and kitty should start using it properly. Good luck with getting rid of this eye-burning odor, I know how bad this can be.
2007-09-10 06:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by sharon w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say, it is basically up to the kitty. I am sure you have a box so I won't go there. But sometimes the only reason a cat goes someplace else is to mark territory. Females will do this too. So if that is the case, it will be harder to get he/she to stop. I had a female that would do this in front of my sons bedroom door. She only did this when he did not let her into his room. She is HIS cat. I would remove, and remove and spray and spray. She would INSIST on repeating every time I removed the stains and odors. I finally got a product called X-O. to remove the odor and it worked. The only place i know to get it tho is QVC.com. It does work. I cleaned the area again used the X-O and placed her box by his door. She stopped!!!! (lucky for her lol lol).
good luck
2007-09-10 06:13:00 · answer #3 · answered by onedrin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am actually replacing my carpet because of cat urine. I tried everything to get it clean. I didn't get it professionally cleaned because I heard the steam would just make it worse. I hope it works for you!!
If you end up replacing your carpet, rip up the carpet and padding and paint the subfloor with a sealer/primer like Kilz and buy a water proof carpet padding like Eco Foam (available at Home Depot). That is what I'm doing and it should do the trick.
Your cat probably has a UTI. Get your vet to do a urinalysis to check for crystals. Once the cat is treated he/she should stop urinating outside the litter box. Also, buy an additional litter box so it has more than one to choose from (a suggestion my vet gave me, which helped). Scoop at least once a day. Place kitty in the litter box a few times per day to retrain it to go there.
Get the cat checked out before replacing your carpet. It's costing me almost $1500 which is frigging expensive. (We are getting the high-end padding and higher end carpet.) Don't want your cat to ruin new carpet if you end up replacing it. Good luck!!
2007-09-10 06:09:01 · answer #4 · answered by hello 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the cat is in the habit of peeing in that corner, he may continue even after cleaning. Also, the cleaner may eliminate the odor for *you*, but your cat's nose is much stronger.
I would try placing the cat's food in that corner, or the litterbox, or a piece of furniture that blocks off access. You could also try covering the carpet in that spot with double-sided tape or foil for a while. The idea is to prevent him from going there again for a bit, until he forgets about it.
Do also make sure his litterbox is kept very clean.
Good luck!
2007-09-10 06:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by daa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the urine has soaked all the way in, you may have to pull up the carpet. BUT first try this (this is how Stanley Steemer does it) : Mix white vinegar and water 50-50. Saturate the entire area with the mixture. (If you don't know exactly where it is, try getting a black light and holding it up to the area, urine glows under a blacklight.) Let the mixture soak in, but don't let it dry. You can either blot it up with towels and repeat as needed, or rent one of those at-home steamers (it's only like, $20 a day) and after the mixture soaks in, steam it back up again. S.S. did this for us several times and for most of the smaller spots it worked just fine.
2016-05-21 03:59:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter what any carpet cleaner says,it will never get the urine smell out of the carpet,and the cat will continue to pee in that corner, I have a cat who was doing the same,and we had to put a door in to keep him out of the living rm where he keeps tryiny to get to to pee.
2007-09-10 06:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by lonepinesusan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this problem in my flower planters. The cats (mine and other from the neighborhood) used it as a cat box. Killed everything but a guy from my restaurant told me to sprinle crshed red peppers in the area and that will keep them from going in that area. I never did as they killed everything already!! I also heard that there is some kind of spray that you can spray on the area and the cats will not go around that area. I actually need to look into that for my screans as my cats tear all my sceans up!
2007-09-10 06:57:51 · answer #8 · answered by Megz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing i tried with my cat was placing a fresh lemon there, also had 2 put a few under the christmas tree lol worked a treat cats dont like the smell at all.Give it a go worked gr8 4 me!
2007-09-14 05:04:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what products they use, but hopefully it will eradicate the smell so that your cat (and not just humans) can no longer detect her own scent there.
Placing bowls of dry food in areas that cats have previously misused as a toilet should deter them from using that spot again as cats won't spoil their own food.
2007-09-10 06:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by Michele the Louis Wain cat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably not---animals' noses are much more sensitive then ours and can smell orders left behind.
my suggestion is to purchase Natures Miracle -just for cats
spray it in the area after the carpet is dry. you may even want to apply twice.
this product can be purchased at any pet supply store.
good luck :)
2007-09-10 06:06:27 · answer #11 · answered by Blue October 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋