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Cousin's dirt floor basement was sprayed. Need help cleaning.

post #1 of 8
1/27/12 at 10:03am
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My cousin just sent me a message asking for help with her basement.  She just moved into an old house and 2 strays were hiding in the basement.  They apparently sprayed down there.  She said the basement has a dirt floor and lots of little crawl spaces she can't reach to clean and it really stinks down there.

 

Any idea how to clean that up?  I'm thinking something she can spray into the small spaces and onto the dirt even.  I've used Nature's Miracle in the past on carpets with success; but figured it would be good to ask since I've never heard about using it over dirt and what not.  Money is a factor; she's laid off and a single Mom.

 

She's also trying to get it done ASAP because she has a neutered male cat of her own.  ohwell.gif

 

Thanks!

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post #2 of 8
1/27/12 at 10:59am
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Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles View Post

 She just moved into an old house and 2 strays were hiding in the basement. 


Aww, poor kitties! I have no suggestions regarding the smell (except close the basement door! laughing02.gif) but I'm wondering what happened to the 2 strays.

 

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post #3 of 8
1/27/12 at 11:09am
Oh goodness. That sounds like an absolute nightmare frown.gif

The only thing I can suggest is my experience with a good enzyme cleaner. It's Bissell's "ewwww" from their Pawsitively Clean line. I bought a big bottle of it at Petsmart for like $10, and it worked like a charm when Kramer peed on my wallet (long story rolleyes.gif )
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post #4 of 8
1/27/12 at 11:24am
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Originally Posted by Sugarcatmom View Post


Aww, poor kitties! I have no suggestions regarding the smell (except close the basement door! laughing02.gif) but I'm wondering what happened to the 2 strays.

 


She said her landlord is there trying to get them now.  I assume she meant kennel them.  She was thinking of keeping at least the one but she's afraid it'll cause issues with her other cat.  It doesn't sound like they belong to the previous tenants so she's not sure how they even got down there.  She said she didn't expect this as it's a pretty nice area that she moved to.  Older houses; but neat and quiet.
 

 

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post #5 of 8
1/30/12 at 7:21am
I'm inclined to think that the enzymes in the dirt will take care of the odor once the cats are out. She can rake up the obvious poop, but the urine odor should go away if it's only in the dirt. She can spray the walls with an enzyme cleaner if there's any urine on them, but I don't think it would do much on the dirt.

Although now that I think about it, I think there's a product intended for kennels that's supposed to work on natural surfaces. I'll see if I can find it.

OK, something like this: http://www.revivalanimal.com/Kennel-Wash-with-Odor-Neutralizer.html
It doesn't specifically say it's for natural surfaces, but a lot of kennels have pea gravel over dirt, right? I don't know if it's a good idea to get dirt basements wet, or how long it would take it to dry, but it might help with the odor.
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post #6 of 8
1/30/12 at 9:42am

Since it's just a dirt floor, maybe put down a layer of pine animal bedding like equine/feline pine?

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post #7 of 8
1/30/12 at 11:26am
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, and it worked like a charm when Kramer peed on my wallet (long story rolleyes.gif )


ROFL!!! Peed on your wallet??? Enquiring minds want to know how that happened lol

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post #8 of 8
1/30/12 at 12:09pm
Ha! At the risk of derailing the thread...

I had put their litterbox on top of the washing machine/dryer while I was vacuuming and forgot to take it back down.

There was plenty of room for them to jump up there and use it. Boots did it just fine. But Kramer, not being the brightest kitty in the world, had apparently forgotten that he could jump. So I guess he held it for a few hours. He walked around meowing, but he does that normally anyway so I didn't pay any attention.

Finally when he couldn't hold it anymore, he just jumped right onto the couch beside me and peed directly into my purse. laughing02.gif I quickly noticed what he was doing, thankfully, and he just managed to get a bit on my wallet and the inner fabric of my purse. I immediately put my purse into the washing machine and it was fine.
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