Cat pee on Carpet
David Combs
soak up as much as I can, with the towells.
THEN, I pour hot water on the spot, the idea
being that that water will mix with and take up
or disolve or whatever lots of the rest of the pee,
let it do its thing for a minute or so, then get
big sponge ("boat sponge"?), get it wet and then
wring dry, and press it on top of now VERY wet spot,
and release pressure gently -- idea being that sponge
will soak up water/pee mixture, and wring into
pan I bring to spot, and keep doing that to get
as much as I can.
Then maybe once more, pour on hot water, do sponge
treatment again.
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We also bought a bottle of cat de-pee stuff (I invented
that name; I forget what it's called) that you're supposed
to squirt onto the cat-pea spot -- but seems to me
that that leaves the pee-chemical IN the rug, WITH
the ADDITIONAL chemical from the bottle, whereas the
soak-it-up method REMOVES it from the rug, which, to
my feeble mind, seems better.
David
PS: note that I added "rec.pets.cats.misc" to the newsgroup-list.
Kath
>soak up as much as I can, with the towells.
You are probably deluding yourself into thinking the entire cat pee is
gone. Not! The odor remains and is detectable by a cat (probably not by
humans). You must neutralize the odor first all the way down through the
padding (and sometimes even through the floor if wood) with odor
neutralizer. Your soaking method will not get all the pee up. In
addition, very hot water can ruin some types of carpet.
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Kath
TheCentral...@abcnopamdef.pobox.com
>>What I do is first get some paper-towells and
>>soak up as much as I can, with the towells.
>
>gone. Not! The odor remains and is detectable by a cat (probably not by
>humans). You must neutralize the odor first all the way down through the
>padding (and sometimes even through the floor if wood) with odor
>neutralizer. Your soaking method will not get all the pee up. In
>addition, very hot water can ruin some types of carpet.
And cat pee from an adult male cat is *nasty*. Many years ago a male
cat I knew pissed on a vinyl chair and nothing we tried would remove it
including dish soap, bleach, ammonia, and even oven cleaner. On a hot
summer day the smell would always return.
pelmark
Kath <kathryn....@lexis-nexis.com> wrote in message
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> >What I do is first get some paper-towells and
> >soak up as much as I can, with the towells.
>
> gone. Not! The odor remains and is detectable by a cat (probably not by
> humans).
>You must neutralize the odor first all the way down through the
> padding (and sometimes even through the floor if wood) with odor
> neutralizer.
Or seal, including concrete subfloors. Regardless of hype, we have never
found a product which completely eliminates cat urine in carpeting, cushion
(pad), or subfloor. Very minor amounts of urine, the rare incident is one
thing...an animal urinating inside a structure consistently and constantly
is another. Most owners also get so used to the smell they no longer notice.
>Your soaking method will not get all the pee up. In
> addition, very hot water can ruin some types of carpet.
I am curious as to what types of carpet can be "ruin[ed]" by hot water? Not
any of the synthetics (nylon, olefin, polyester, acryllic) and not the
normal natural fibers (wool, silk, cotton).
>
> --
> Kath
Roger Shoaf
pelmark <pel...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I am curious as to what types of carpet can be "ruin[ed]" by hot water?
Not
> any of the synthetics (nylon, olefin, polyester, acryllic) and not the
> normal natural fibers (wool, silk, cotton).
It's not jut the hot water that ruins the carpet it is the combination of
cat piss and the hot water that ruins the carpet. Of course the same is
true for cold water and cat piss, or just cat piss by it self.
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Roger Shoaf
If you are not part of the solution, you are not dissolved in the solvent.
Teri Oberg
Miracle (white bottle, red cap). You have to pour it on the peed on
area, making sure you get it completely covered, which is hard to do on
a carpet. You have to leave it for 24-48 hours full strength covered.
If you've managed to reach all of the peed on area, the odor is gone.
It works on all kinds of surfaces and for other odors as well.
This particular pet store also rented out a "black light" that will show
where the stains are located and would assist in using the product
better.
Good luck! Teri
http://community.webtv.net/TeriOberg/MyGirls
Sherry Riddles
Good advice, Teri. Nature's Miracle works for me better than anything I've
tried.
Sherry
Glenn Vatter
No amount of cleaning of the carpet gets it out of the pad. What I did was
to get a large animal syringe, i.e, HUGE hyperdermic needle, from the vet.
I put the odor eliminator in the syringe, push the needle down into the
carpet, and
push the plunger on the syringe to get the odor eliminator down into the
pad. Works pretty good if you catch it when it is fresh, but eventually
we had to remove the carpet and pad. Now wondering what to do with the once
beautiful oak flooring underneath. The spots are terrible. Tried sanding
and bleaching out the spots but the stains go real deep into the wood. Now
planning on pulling up all the oak flooring and starting over, but not
while the dog is still alive. Will never get another pet after this one is
gone. Incidentally, our pet is not a cat, it's a bassett hound, 80 pounds,
bladder much bigger than a cat.
David Combs <dkc...@netcom.com> wrote in article
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Abner Yokum
> This is not a home repair topic. Post in an appropriate place.
I suggest alt.removal.catpiss
na...@sketchgrowl.com
> I am currently having problems with my cat weeing in my house.It weed the
> other day by the door.The smell was terrible.It is a female cat called
> Nora.I was wondering how I could stop her from doing this in the future.Is
> there a type of spray or something?
>
> thank you
>
> Matthew Hough
I'm sorry for bumping this old thread, but I really feel like I have some advice to offer you - and you seemed to really need it at the time
One of my 2 cats (both neutered males) had taken to painting all of my walls, furniture, and anything else he could reach. I was horrified when I got a UV light. He never did that in all of the 9 years I've had him and didn't when I got him a buddy (they love each other and did so right away) but when a strange black cat started showing up outside both of my cats went nuts and the older one (9) started his wall painting, as well as the curtains out in the kitty room. I couldn't keep up with it.
My cats are indoor cats so it's not like the stray is actually going to get in here but they both hate him (and he is weird...my neighbor's cats hate him too). I've tried cleaning with a pet urine enzyme and then spraying some "No More Spraying" but that hasn't worked. He's a sneaky little bugger too; he waits until he thinks I'm not looking and then does it. He's learned that the minute I see him backing his butt up to something he gets yelled at.
It wasn't until I found "Cat Spraying No More" that I was able to finally get rid of this tiresome behavior.
Now my house doesn't smell like a litter box anymore :)
Here's a link the their site if you're interested in checking it out: http://NoMoreCatPee.com
I hope you guys don't mind me sharing this. Cheers!