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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

5015.0. "getting rid of smell" by CRUISE::MANNING () Tue Oct 15 1991 17:56

hello, 

i'm new to this notefile.  there may be a topic which addresses this.
please feel free to move it to its appropriate place.

"tucker" started to use a plant in the house as her litterbox.  the
problem is that she missed while urinating and "did it" on the rug.  

any suggestions on products/solutions to getting rid of the odor?

my housemate has a very sensitive nose and claims she still smells it.
i can barely smell it, only sometimes.  we have used a product that we
bought at the vet.

thanks in advance.


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5015.1TENAYA::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Tue Oct 15 1991 18:018
    I generally use a liquid enzyme cleaner, which is probably more or less
    what you
    used.  however, my vet also carries something that comes in a spray
    bottle which is wonderful for removing the last traces of odor from
    carpets.  I foprget its name, but it comes in a small white cylinder
    type bottle....  It smells ozoney for a few minutes until it dries.
    
    
5015.2Familiar problem!GEMVAX::WITTINGWed Oct 16 1991 10:3910
    I've used the liquid enzyme cleaners, too.  They will work, but only
    if you follow the direction to keep the area wet--i.e., keep soaking it
    with the cleaner, so the enzymes can do their work.  Also, you might
    want to consider rearranging things so that a piece of furniture or
    something sits on that spot (once you've taken care of the smell), to
    prevent the cat from using that spot again.  I have a number of large
    plants in pots that sit on the floor, and I had a lot of problems with
    my cats digging in the dirt and trying to use it as a litter box, UNTIL
    I hit on the idea of putting large stones on top of the soil around the
    plant.  It's still easy to water, but discourages the cats.
5015.3White Vineagar and Baking SodaMIVC::MTAGWed Oct 16 1991 15:5810
    This past summer, Barney had a urinary tract infection and at times,
    could not control his bladder.  This happened on our bed.  Before my
    husband found out, I stripped the bed and soaked the laundry in
    detergent and white vineagar.  I then used the white vineagar on the
    bed along with baking soda.  This seemed to work because last time I
    stripped the bed (recently) I could not smell a thing, and my husband
    never knew!  I'm not saying this always works, but this time for me it
    did.
    
    Mary
5015.4TENAYA::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Wed Oct 16 1991 17:202
    The name of the spray I mentioned is Elimin-Odor.
    
5015.5WILLEE::MERRITTFri Oct 18 1991 12:328
    Another suggestion to use in big plant pots to discourage cats
    from trying to use this as a litterbox is to place pine cones
    on top of the soil.
    
    I have used the same pine cones for over a year...and haven't
    had a problem since.  
    
    Sandy