You might want to have your vet check the kitty for a kidney (or other) problem. Our old boy cat "sprayed" even tho he was neutered. It was so agrravating! It turned out he had kidney disease. We didn't find out until too late.
Try BioKleen's Bac-Out on the stinky spots. We also used Nature's Miracle with some success.
Regardless of what you use on the spots, you'll need to really saturate the area so the solution gets under the carpet and into the pad underneath.
Hi Kelly,
Before you spend beaucoup dollars on fancy smelling products that may not work, for a few cents, a mixture of vinegar and water will do work great -- it's the least expensive and the cat will not repeat. You only need 1/4 C vinegar to 3/4 cup of water for it to work...I have had indoor cats all my life and this simple home remedy works far better and much faster than the expensive Nature's Miracle and Oxiclean, Urine Be Gone, etc...I've tried them all having cats for over 30 years. Wet the area well with the vinegar/water mixture, let it dry; the vinegar smell will go away in a few days. Or when it's dry, apply borax (another cheap home remedy for stains and odors - as mentioned in another response here). A mixture of borax and water (mixed to a watery paste consistency, or 1 Tbsp to 1/4C water) in the soiled area will immediately solve the vinegar odor -- leave it to dry no more than 4-6 hours; make sure you vacuum it up - borax can take the color out of carpet if left too long.
Try Neutroleum Alpha. This stuff gets rid of any smell. I have used it on kid and dog urine, vomit, and cigarette smoke among other things. You get it at the Pocatello Supply Depot. You will have to write or call them and they will mail you some. If you live in the area you can drive by and pick some up too. It may seem a bit expensive, but a jar will last forever.
Kelly, I feel for you. I've had the same trouble with two cats and a dog! Since we've had our son, the pets seem to have forgotten their past good potty habits.
Anyway, your carpet may be too far gone for this to work, but I've had good success using Natures Miracle. It's available at PetsMart. Read the directions and follow them. Sometimes it takes more than one treatment.
We had a similar problem. This is expensive but it is definitely worth it: Urine Contamination/Pet Mess Specialist Tim Faulkner. He works out of Denver and Colorado Springs and even came up to our place in the Golden foothills. 303 668-0730 or 719 442-6436. They come up at night with an ultraviolet light and mark all the areas affected which, surprisingly, can go up your walls, seep past wood and into the area behind etc. They then come back and will keep digging away until the urine is completely gone. If it is bad and you will let them, they will scrape up cement and remove drywall if they have too before refilling and sealing the area back up. That's why it is so expensive, but it is really the only thing that works. They will also clean your carpet and replace the padding if that is all you need, but in most cases the urine has seeped past the padding and they will take care of that to. Tim is the only person I have found who is equipped to go that deep down and I'm very happy with his work.
Heard if you spray the area on top of paper towels, a water & white vinegar mixture, will keep him from marking his spot again. Im not sure if it'll take away the smell, so you'll be smelling the vinegar instead?
I have the same problem with a rug we just got from my grandma. I do not have any solutions to offer, but I would strongly suggest NOT using oxyclean. It does a great job of cleaning the carpet, but it with damage your carpet's color. I have read numerous reviews of people who were very pleased with the results of Oxyclean until they cleaned their carpets again years later when they moved out only to have the color come off the carpet where they had previously cleaned it.
Hi Kelly, this experience is tricky. Your cat is "pissed off" at your daughter. When these behaviors happen with animals they are attempting to communicate what's happenig for them. Your cat deserves to be honored the same way your children are. If you're interested I will give you a free 1/2 hour consultation to support everyone involved here.
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I had a cat that had the urine problem the entire time she was alive. The only thing I found that worked was recommended in that book by "The Queen of Clean." Here's the information from her website:
ODORZOUT®
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It is especially effective on pet urine odors, and because it's used dry, it's simple to apply.
If you have anything in your home that has a smell or a stink, there is no better product made than ODORZOUT®!
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I have used Get Serious, spot/ or just carpet cleaner (it even gets out blood) from the pet store, it removes the enzymes (or the marking scent) so the pet won't repeat the marking... it has worked for us! Good luck!
Hello I used to work as a vet tech and have a cat of my own. 1st off I would get him fixed ASAP and that will help a little and use vinegar on the site it can help with that amonia smell. A tom cat's urine is one of the worst!! try 1/2 vinegar 1/2 water
Good luck with that...the only thing I have found that even remotely works on pet smells is a product from Woolite - choose the one with bio pet stain remover on it. It actually works well with just about all kinds of stains, but cat urine is the worst!
How awful!!! I don't know any miracle product that works on Tomcat urine. My husbands family had to tear up the whole area where their cat had been going and completely redo the pad and carpet. We also had a Tomcat that started doing this. The advice we recieved when calling about it was that once they start doing it, they aren't going to stop. We got rid of him right away and had to get rid of the rugs that he had gone on because nothing worked. Good luck - that is such a hard one.
Cat urine is extremely hard to get rid of. For very bad cases, you may have to remove the carpet and pad, seal the floor, have the carpet cleaned from both the front and the back sides, have NEW pad installed, and then lay the carpet back down. Even then you can still smell it on damp humid days, but I think thats only because you know it is there.
Try the "PURT" treatment from ChemDry...any of the ChemDry businesses will have it. It is their Pet Urine Removal Treatment. My aging doggie was having accidents and that was the only thing that really removed the smell and the bacteria. It can be pricy, but it WELL worth it! Good luck.
The only thing that I have ever found that will get that smell out is A product called Nature's Miracle. I know it ia available at Petsmart, I don't know of anywhere else. White Bottle with red print and picture of cats and dogs in red too.
UrineGone is an "as seen on TV" product available now at target and walmart. It's about $20 for 2 trigger spray bottles that seem to last quite awhile. My mothers house REEKED of cat pee when all three of her cats got too old to make it to the litter box and sprayed the whole house. I got her some UrineGone and it helped immensely. Mom isn't much of a housekeeper so getting the smell out was an accomplishment in itself. Hope this helps.
There's a product out there called Kids and Pets (I got it at Walmart) that does a pretty good job of removing odors. Simply saturate the peed-on areas with the solution and let it dry. It will get rid of cat pee odors in carpet, although if it has soaked through to the pad it may need to be re-treated periodically as the cat urine wicks its way back up through the fibers (I know, eewww!). This same product works wonders if your child pees or vomits on something.