I need something to block the smell of my cat's litter box! Help!?

Question

I have 2 cats, and they share a litter box. Whenever one uses it, a disgusting stench fills the room. We spray oust, use glad plug-ins, air fresheners, everything! But the smell still penetrates through the air fresheners, and it mixes in with the good smells, making it 5 times worse! Is there anyone that knows a way to get rid of that horrid stench?

Answer 1

In a spray bottle, place equal parts of white vinegar and eucalyptus oil. The vinegar helps to neutralize the bad odor, and the oil gives it a fresh smell. My sister used to do this for all her cat litter, because she used to breed her own Russian Blue cats. It certainly used to make a difference. She even used it for her tom cats litter. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

The odor of your cat's litterbox is directly related to what you feed the cat. I've always fed my cats dry food, but not all dry food is created alike. I was out of town and my husband decided he'd save some money and buy a well-advertised brand of food. They have a lot of commercials on TV so he thought it would be good. However, when I got home the entire house just reeked of cat box. I opened all the windows before I could even think about sleeping, and it was the middle of winter. The next day we went back to our original dry food, IAMS, and within 24 hours you couldn't tell we had a cat, much less the 5 we have in residence. We use a scoopable litter and scoop daily, replacing the litter whenever it is necessary. For deodorizing purposes we use "X-O" which is a concentrated cleaner/deodorizer available from cleaning supply stores and some online merchandisers. This may seem expensive, but when you consider it is mixed 7 parts water with 1 part product, it isn't. It isn't flowery or spicy and removes the odor from the air. Whenever I scoop the boxes, I spray them with the X-O. I also wash the boxes monthly. Leaving a window open just a crack at each end of the house also helps with air exchange. Fresh air is always good. The nice thing about X-O is that the cats don't mind it like they would a product that just seems to cover up the smell. I also spray it in the air after I've finished cleaning the boxes. It does have a mild fresh fragrance but it dissipates after a few minutes.

Keep in mind that NO litter product or deodorizer will keep it from smelling right after kitty does a major dump. However, if kitty covers like he should, it won't be so bad. At least the whole house won't smell like it.

Answer 3

What type of litter are you using? Some do nothing to cut odor. Wood stove pellets (made of compressed pine) are by far the best at killing any odor (and incidentally they're also the cheapest!) They also readily absorb all of the moisture and if dumped out once the pellets break down dumps out dry.

As for poop how often do you scoop it out of the box? You should do so daily - even more than once a day. Think of it this way - if you didn't flush the toilet everytime you pooped - how would your house smell? I don't bother with litter scoops that poop can end up sticking to. I either use doggie doo bags or a plastic grocery bag and pick it up just like you would a dog poop. Tie a knot in the bag, toss it out.

How often are you dumping the box entirely? It could be that the litter you have is saturated and hence the odor has nowhere to go but out into the air.

Answer 4

What you feed the cat directly affects the smell of it coming out. Check your cat's food to see if there's fish in the mixture. That's a common smeller in poo. Don't give milk either, that can cause some bad odors.

Scoop the poop right away, and put it into something you can bend the top down on--I save the plastic type cat food bags and put used litter in that, folding the top down. The bag gets emptied out into the dumpster outside every evening, NOT into the kitchen garbage! Putting it into the kitchen garbage only makes smells stay around longer.

Don't wait to scoop, I think that's your main problem. Just get it into the bag quick and the smell will reduce down quickly. You're right in that trying to cover the odor just does not work.

Answer 5

Hi Devon,
Clean it regularly, like every time one urinates go in there and scoop it out. Filter in fresh litter as often as needed. Completely change the litter once a week. Once every other month scrub the box with dish detergent and a scrub brush (of course as you know - the scrub brush is only for the box).


Gimmicks are just money wasters. You could try a little STRAIGHT baking soda every time you scoop.

I am intrigued by Animallover's answer and might give it a try myself.

Finally, are the spayed? That changes things a lot too.

Answer 6

We have 5 cats and ton of litter boxes. I am also a pet sitter. After going to many homes to take care of other people's cats I found that Fresh Step with odor eliminating carbon works the best. It just can't be beat!

You will still get a smell right after they go but once the odor dispurses the litter does a great job of covering it up.

Answer 7

hi! i exploit the Arm and Hammer kitty clutter powder stuff. i like the way it smells on it rather is very own, despite the fact that it rather helps the clutter. I positioned a medium layer on the backside and then combination some into the clutter (great fan of sparkling Step). i attempt to crack a window too. I do a similar cleansing regiment (clumps as quickly as an afternoon, clutter 3-5). additionally, in case you have extra suitable than one cat, in case you have room - attempt getting them extra suitable than one container. you could desire to get extra snuggles for the indoors maximum bogs, too. :o) playstation , the powder is in basic terms approximately 2.50 and can be got here across everywhere (Walmart, objective, grocery shops, etc)

Answer 8

Use a litter with baking soda in it, or just put baking soda in the bottom of the little box before you put the litter in. It really helps. I used it for my cat all of the time.

Answer 9

You should have one litter box per cat.

Check the boxes daily. Remove poop daily, flush it down the toilet.

Then the boxes will be less smelly.

Clean both boxes completely once per week.

Your cats will also prefer this.

Answer 10

get scoopable litter and scoop it out when they go or you can add Baking Soda to the litter box and it should help to neutralize the odor.