HOUSEHOLD REMEDIES FOR REMOVING CAT URINE ODORS

Cat urine is a strong competitor when it comes to eliminating unpleasant household odors. Once absorbed into the rugs or furnishings, the bacteria continue to grow, leaving a lingering ammonia odor and enticing your cats to return to the same location. While many commercial products are available to remove cat urine odor, a home remedy, such as white vinegar mixed with water, is less pricey and may be more effective.

Make Use of a Black Light

Cats who chose carpeting or soft furnishings to litter boxes almost never urinate in the same place. To locate all the places in which your cat has urinated, use a black light (available at pet supply stores).

Carpet and Upholstered Furniture Cleaning

Create a solution of half white vinegar and half water. The vinegar's acidity will neutralize the ammonia in the pee. Allow all of the places where your cat urinated to dry naturally. Then, generously coat them with baking soda.

To a container of water, add a drop of dish detergent or ¼ cup hydrogen peroxide. Peroxide will help kill responsible for the ammonia odor. Pour either solution over the baking soda, knead it into a paste, and set it aside to dry. Vacuum up the baking soda once it has reverted to powder.

If somehow the urine stains are particularly old and stubborn, you may need to repeat the process several times.

After cleaning and drying the areas, wash them with Feliway or sprinkle catnip on them. Feliway mimics a cat's "friendly" pheromone and discourages urine marking. Catnip is also a pleasant odor.

Clothes, stuffed animals, and bedding

If trying to wash urine-soaked clothing, stuffed animals, and bedding, mix 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar into the laundry detergent. Utilizing laundry soap with a strong, enduring scent may deter the cat from peeing on the bedsheets or stuffed animals in the future.

Catnip sprinkled on beds or Feliway sprayed on beds will also deter your cat from going back to the beds to pee.

Concrete Floors

First, wash the affected areas with a non-ammonia cleaning product. Wipe away the cleaner's residue with fresh water. This procedure should be repeated. Then, spray the area with a bleach-to-water solution of one portion bleach to ten parts water. After around thirty seconds, use a clean, wet cloth to wipe down the area.

Floors made of hardwood

Rinse the area properly with warm water after cleaning it with white vinegar. After blotting the area dry, use an enzyme cleaner to remove stains and odors.

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Subflooring

If the cats have caused so much damage that the rugs and padding must be replaced, the odor has most likely seeped into the subflooring. Before installing new carpet, clean & seal the subflooring.

Concerning your Cat

Since peeing outside the litter box is frequently a behavioral issue, physical issues can also result in inappropriate elimination. Cats suffering from urinary tract infections could associate the litter box with distress and seek out more comfortable places to do their business. Diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and kidney failure can all end up causing older cats to urinate so regularly and in such large quantities that they can't always get to their litter box.