I'm not sure if this belongs in the behavior forum, but since my problem is a result of behavior, I thought it might.
I have a cat that I'm about to put on medicine for her litter box issues. I posted about her a few days ago, but every single test imaginable has been run on her, different litters have been tried, Feliways are plugged into every room in the house...anything we can try we've tried.
But because of these problems I've been cleaning a ridiculous amount of cat pee. I've been using Urine Off for years and absolutely love it. It works great on carpets, wood, brick (she peed on our brick fireplace hearth)...but I can't seem to make it work on vinyl. At least I think its vinyl. She peed on a suitcase of mine that is made from what I think is sort of a mesh vinyl - its basically just a standard suitcase - and no matter how many applications of Urine Off I pour on it, the smell isn't going away. I'm on my 7th try right now, and I'm not just spraying this stuff on. I'm literally dumping about half a gallon onto it each time. So its beyond saturated. But the smell won't go away! I had this problem one other time with a laptop carrier that was made out of the same material. That time I had used Nature's Miracle, which didn't work, but since I didn't like Nature's Miracle much to begin with, I thought that was the problem. Now I'm wondering if this material is just resistant to any type of enzyme cleaner. I ended up throwing the lap top case away because it was old and ratty anyway, but this suitcase is pretty nice and part of a set so I really don't want to have to throw it away.
So I've heard good things about Nok Out. I've never used it before and I'm not at all opposed to buying it. However, I'm pretty happy with Urine Off so I don't want to buy another product without being completely sure about it. Has anyone ever used Nok Out to get the smell of cat pee off of a suitcase? And if Nok Out doesn't work, any ideas what WILL work to get this smell out? I'm just stumped and frustrated because I would have thought that after dumping 7 half gallons of Urine Off onto it, it would at least be working somewhat...but nope. Any ideas would be appreciated!
I have a cat that I'm about to put on medicine for her litter box issues. I posted about her a few days ago, but every single test imaginable has been run on her, different litters have been tried, Feliways are plugged into every room in the house...anything we can try we've tried.
But because of these problems I've been cleaning a ridiculous amount of cat pee. I've been using Urine Off for years and absolutely love it. It works great on carpets, wood, brick (she peed on our brick fireplace hearth)...but I can't seem to make it work on vinyl. At least I think its vinyl. She peed on a suitcase of mine that is made from what I think is sort of a mesh vinyl - its basically just a standard suitcase - and no matter how many applications of Urine Off I pour on it, the smell isn't going away. I'm on my 7th try right now, and I'm not just spraying this stuff on. I'm literally dumping about half a gallon onto it each time. So its beyond saturated. But the smell won't go away! I had this problem one other time with a laptop carrier that was made out of the same material. That time I had used Nature's Miracle, which didn't work, but since I didn't like Nature's Miracle much to begin with, I thought that was the problem. Now I'm wondering if this material is just resistant to any type of enzyme cleaner. I ended up throwing the lap top case away because it was old and ratty anyway, but this suitcase is pretty nice and part of a set so I really don't want to have to throw it away.
So I've heard good things about Nok Out. I've never used it before and I'm not at all opposed to buying it. However, I'm pretty happy with Urine Off so I don't want to buy another product without being completely sure about it. Has anyone ever used Nok Out to get the smell of cat pee off of a suitcase? And if Nok Out doesn't work, any ideas what WILL work to get this smell out? I'm just stumped and frustrated because I would have thought that after dumping 7 half gallons of Urine Off onto it, it would at least be working somewhat...but nope. Any ideas would be appreciated!
. I also have had superior success with Stink Free (sold at Petsmart). They also sell the black light to help find spots you might be missing. What a shame if you have to toss that suitcase. Much luck 
. I've had cats with litter box issues before, but I've always managed to find the problem (i.e. a UTI) or in one case a cat was getting bullied out of the litter box. He still has problems sometimes, but we've at least figured out what his trigger is, since all of his tests came back negative too. But with Angelina, the one I am having problems with now, I have absolutely no idea. I don't want my cats to be sick, but you have no idea how much i was hoping for a diagnosis of SOMETHING wrong with her, and hopefully something that can be fixed. A behavioral issue is just so hard because its not a quick fix, or even something that can be guaranteed to be fixed. I seriously feel like I'm losing my mind with her right now, and I have never felt like this before when a cat has chosen to not use the litter box.
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