one night our one cat, gray, snuck into the house and stayed during the night. she has a terrible habit of peeing in our floor register of our living room. it smells terrible and we can't get the smell out. but now, because gray did this, our house cat, baby, is now peeing in the register.. who knows how much. all we know is that it's getting worse. no matter how much we try to get the smell out.. it just gets worse. please help!! it smells so bad.
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cat peeing in floor register
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The cat that snuck in, was she spayed? Is your house cat spayed?
This is going to be a big cleanup job unless you can replace the register completely.
When you clean it out, use bleach.....cats hate the smell of bleach. I am assuming that you have litter boxes in the house?
This is going to be a big cleanup job unless you can replace the register completely.
When you clean it out, use bleach.....cats hate the smell of bleach. I am assuming that you have litter boxes in the house?
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yes, they are both female, and they are both fixed...
thanks for the thread, we'll try that out
thanks for the thread, we'll try that out
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forgot to mention, yes, baby does have a litter box
Can you put the litterbox over the register? Then when they 'go' in it, you can start gradually moving the box away from the register and back where it should be. It's a little messy but not as bad as having them pee in the register!
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baby does use her litter box though... she knows where it is.. but ever since gray peed in the register the one time.. it's starting a whole mess of things. they sure are territorial
I hope this isn't a repeat post as my previous message seemed to get erased. I'll try again.
Some solution ideas:
Buy a vent shield at the hardware store. The kind that is hard plastic and angles the airflow out to the side (you typically use them if you were to want to put a piece of furniture over a register). This should make it difficult for Baby to squat over the vent.
Their is a compressed air product available at some pet stores (I don't know it's name). A motion detector is attached to the air can. You place the can in an area where you don't want the cat to be. If the cat passes by, the can lets off a strong burst of air. This should act as an association deterent.
One last idea. Buy a rubber welcome mat with bumpy rubber grips on the bottom. Cut a hole in the matt the size of the register. Flip the matt upside down and place it over the register. Just in case soak some cloths in a cat-away solution (or make your own by steeping orange peels in boiling water)and place them on the matt ( but don't cover all of the bumps!). Or just spray cat-away on the matt. Refresh when needed. The citrus odor and the bumps should (I can't promise) keep Baby away from the vent.
Some solution ideas:
Buy a vent shield at the hardware store. The kind that is hard plastic and angles the airflow out to the side (you typically use them if you were to want to put a piece of furniture over a register). This should make it difficult for Baby to squat over the vent.
Their is a compressed air product available at some pet stores (I don't know it's name). A motion detector is attached to the air can. You place the can in an area where you don't want the cat to be. If the cat passes by, the can lets off a strong burst of air. This should act as an association deterent.
One last idea. Buy a rubber welcome mat with bumpy rubber grips on the bottom. Cut a hole in the matt the size of the register. Flip the matt upside down and place it over the register. Just in case soak some cloths in a cat-away solution (or make your own by steeping orange peels in boiling water)and place them on the matt ( but don't cover all of the bumps!). Or just spray cat-away on the matt. Refresh when needed. The citrus odor and the bumps should (I can't promise) keep Baby away from the vent.
