Best Urine Smell Removers or Cleaners

OrientalSlave said:

Yes, I buy it to use in the washing machine.  It's a laundry detergent with enzymes.  If will make suds in the carpet if you use a strong solution.  It helps to have a wet & dry vacumn that you use to suck the solution out of the carpet after treatment, otherwise you need to soak up as much as you can with towels.  I can't imagine the US doesn't have similar products to the UK.

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I can't imagine going through all that effort every time you find some urine.  

I have a hard time getting my bed made in the morning before I begin my cat chores - and, they last all day! - so having to follow those directions just makes me tired thinking of it. However, thanks for the info - you never know when it might come in handy - btw - here in the USA, I think Borax might fit the description???

OrientalSlave said:

If you use biological washing powder or liquid, a dilute solution with warm water does the trick beautifully and it's far cheaper than buying a special product.  A microfibre cloth helps as well.

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Agree, very effective and cheap. Many washing powders here have enzymes too. Perhaps the US is behind other countries

missymotus said:

Agree, very effective and cheap. Many washing powders here have enzymes too. Perhaps the US is behind other countries

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or ... maybe they've been regulated out for who-knows-why     

but, still - having to get out my shop vac - for each clean-up - in order to rinse out the soap doesn't seem like a very easy way to clean up something that may happen often (?).  

Efficient is also a very important word in my household, so I think I'd pass on this form of enzyme.  

Natures miracle has both laundry products and ones for carpet shampooers. I've used both and they worked. 

GloriaJH said:

but, still - having to get out my shop vac - for each clean-up - in order to rinse out the soap doesn't seem like a very easy way to clean up something that may happen often (?).  

Efficient is also a very important word in my household, so I think I'd pass on this form of enzyme.  

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I don't own a shop vac, and never had any issues. Even the ready made spray on's would require some blotting, just the same as washing powder mix.
If you need to do more than blot you're using far too much.

I make it up in 5 seconds, so not much time taken from my day.  Either way I'd rather spend 5 seconds on something I know will work, and that saves me money.

I love Nature's Miracle, it absolutely works on smells to the human nose.  What I have found helps stop repeat spraying is:

1. Move the cat food, or at least daily treats, to the offended place.  Cats won't pee where they eat.

2. Plug in a feliway diffuser.  

3. That special cat litter--I forgot the name, Cat Attract, that's it!

Our cat had a bladder problem and all three have worked for me. We also have neighbors with dogs that freak out the cat when they get in occasionally whence he pees in a corner of my closet.  The treats really help. Good luck!

BTW I tried anti-icky poo and HATED it.  

1. It stunk.  It has an extremely strong perfumey (gaggy) odor.

2. It did NOT remove the cat urine odor, like Nature's Miracle Urine Destroyer did.

3. The cat peed over it again!

It was the opposite of everything they told me...fortunately they were good for the guarantee and gave me my money back when I returned it.

I found on the Fizzion website that in Indiana they sell it at Kroger grocery stores.  I have tried the Natures Miracle Just for Cats Urine Destroyer and the Pet Block and these dont work for my cats.  I cleaned my kitchen counter where one seems to spray on sprayed it down good with Pet Block and then added a pee pad soaked in the Pet Block.  I left for 5 hours and came home and there was pee on the pad.  I have sprayed the Pet Block on my table by the front door and down the wall because that is one spot that gets hit and it was not 5 mins later my male cat jumped up there and layed down  Is there anything else that will block a cat from getting on things?? 

Preface:  This is the third time I’m writing this (having technical problems using the site).

Well, we are doing just about as bad with 8-cats here.  We have had a single a house cat, but ended up adding approx. five-five month old kittens and their mother.  We decided to call the mother Mona for all her moaning we had to listen to.  The house cat we had seemed to adapt to the kittens pretty well.  Potty problems started with the mother peeing on our bed.  This happened 3-times and even occurred with us sleeping in the bed.  This problem has temporarily been avoided by keeping the bedroom door closed all day & night.  We have a very large litter box that I have to do multi-cleaning on throughout the day.  There may be some mistakes outside the box, but I don’t see them.

About a week ago, the kitten’s father showed up outside (a frequent visitor seeking food) with a severe abbess on his left cheek below his eye.  Although there was no visible evidence of him being in a fight, this might have been caused by a single swipe scratch from another cat.  Anyway, his condition prompted me to take him to the Vet for treatment.

The Vet lanced “Buddys” abbess, neutered him, gave him the full round of shots and prescribed antibiotics that I have to administer for a week.  The Vet recommended that I initially keep Buddy confined.  I decided to bring him inside the house with the other cats.  For a feral cat, Buddy seemed very unusually friendly.  He always allowed me to pick him up, something the mother will not allow even after keeping her inside for 6-weeks now.

Buddy quickly became a real buddy who loved to sit and lay next to me.  I decided to bring him into the bedroom at night with the door closed to keep him separated from the unsprayed female for a few days even though he was neutered (Vets advice).  We kept a separate litter box in the bedroom.  It’s hard to emphasize how loving this cat was.

The problem began this morning when I fed ALL the cats.  After Buddy went #2 in the litter box, which was cleaned out quickly, he started peeing outside the litter box.  This happened 3-times within a short period of time.  Catching Buddy in the act the second time and scolding him, etc. didn’t prevent the third time.  One of the kittens may have peed outside the bedroom door where the 2^nd litter box was located before it was brought into the bedroom for the night.  In reading your blog, this might have been the cause of the chain reaction in Buddy’s behavior.  Nevertheless,  I remember what the Vet said about one of her cats:  “My (her) cat started this bad habit, and outside it went!”  So, unfortunately, I put Buddy outside.

I wish there was a way to break Buddy of this problem.  Maybe Buddy needs to be an inside/outside cat.  My friend’s daughter has a single male cat that does his duty outside with no litter box inside.  I think moving the litter box might have been a bad move on my part.  If the kittens don’t see it in its usual spot, they may pee there anyway instead of seeking the other litter box.  Anyway, the spots were cleaned up which may reset the living conditions here.

Since Mona was just spayed this last weekend, we may test her soon to see it she is cured of her desire of peeing on the bed.  By the way, Buddy’s face is doing much better now

Comment & suggestions from anyone are welcome.

GloriaJH said:

Until lately - adding the 9th cat (Callee) - feral born - to our home - cat urine and odors haven't been a problem.

I thought I had Callee litter-box trained - NOT!  Because she was peeing in unauthorized places, the other cats began doing what cats do - and peeing on the pee.  (Yes, we'll probably be pitching out our FR sofa.)

I have NOT had this problem before now, so I can only attribute it to my being just plain naive about the problems I might have adding our 9th inside cat (feral-born kitten). ugh!  Shoot, I probably could even label myself "careless" - simply because the other cats have been "easy" to bring inside (?) and, that's where being naive has its downside. 

So, now for the next chapter of  Life with Cats  - Learning how to Manage Urine Odors. sigh!

I've been using rubbing alcohol on the fur-ball upchucking - along with white vinegar -  soooo, am also trying the alcohol on the urine.  

I did a little surfing research and found this website

- http://cat-chitchat.pictures-of-cats.org/2008/07/eliminate-cat-urine-odor.html -

I hope I'm able to get through the Book of Cat Care real soon, 'cause I'm about exhausted in all the experiences of  the   Hard-Knock Learning   that I've been going through.

This is an excerpt from the page I referenced earlier:

Isopropyl alcohol,  another active ingredient is a widely used solvent (it dissolves things as does water only more effectively) and a cleaning fluid. This fluid assists in washing away the broken down substance that used to smell to one that doesn't. In other words the uric acid and pheromones that are broken down at high speed by the enzymes are then dissolved in the alcohol and water and then blotted up by us, thereby being removed.

I guess I have more research to do - and need to find other ingredients to add to the alcohol, meanwhile will be checking out the author's suggested product ... 
I hope this article is somewhat helpful. 

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Hey Gloria:  I created a blog on this site today in reference to your/this blog by you.  I thought it would reference your blog directly, but it didn't.  I should have hit the "quote" button instead of the "reply" button.  Still learning how to get around here. ~ Paul

Recently we found a stray male cat who is so sweet.  We are pretty sure that he belonged to someone at sometime, but they must have "dumped" him in the nature preserve behind out house.  After asking around, checking for a chip and posting on many lost pet sites, he became ours.

He was great at using the litter box, which is good, because he is not neutered yet and his urine smells soooo bad.  But the past week and a half he has had four accidents making my brand new house stink!

I tried a urine remover with an enzyme component from Walmart, that did not work.  I then went to pet smart and bought the Natures Miracle for cats because I have had luck with Natures Miracle of dog stains.   Well, the natures Miracle did not touch the smell, I was very disappointed.  I started looking on line and found this receipe and decided to try it.  It worked amazingly well.  I cannot smell any urine, it takes the stain and smell right out.

Mix 1 cup vinegar and 1 cup water  pour on stain and rub in with fingers so it soaks through to the pad.  Use a wet vac or Bissell carpet cleaner to remove as much vinegar and urine from the carpet area.  Then sprinkle a bunch of baking soda on the site of where the urine was.  Mix together 1/4 cup Hydrogen Peroxide (It should say 3% on the label) with 1 Teaspoon of liquid dish soap (not dishwasher soap).  Pour this mixture on the baking soda to make a paste on the carpet area, use rubber gloves to get the paste covering the carpet in deep.  Put a fan blowing on the area to dry the paste to the carpet.  Once the area is dry, vacuum all of the powder up.  You will need to use a brush and fingers to loosen the paste stuck to the carpet and then vacuum, repeat this process until white paste and powder is gone.  Your carpet will be stain and smell free  Enjoy!

Good luck!

Get a UV light (sometimes called a black light) to check your carpet. Cat Urine has phosphor so it will show up with a UV light. Make sure that you use the UV light in a completely dark room so that you can see the stains easier.

You may also want to check your kitchen surfaces with the light where you prep food

As for a cleaner I am still looking. Many pet stain removers contain Peroxide and bleaches that will destroy your carpet. Arm & Hammer make a powder that works well but its not perfect. CO2 cleaners are my next step, could just be another gimmick.

Thanks  for giving us that recipe, I'm glad Ralf brought it to our attention again! I had seen this recipe on the internet, but thank goodness my cat had stopped spraying bey then. I'll recopy it and hopefully put it where I can find it! I had heard it really works!

I found My Pet’s Friend Urine Remover at Dollar tree for one dollar, they have it right now, you can order online and pick up in the store or pay shipping, it is enzymatic, it's 16 ounces, but costs a fraction of the 32 oz other cleaners with enzymes, check it out, I'm going to try it with a black light and will let y'all know when I have, right now we are not having a problem.  If it works I'm going to get a case, LOL!

If you are looking for a homemade solution, try mixing baking soda, fabric conditioner and some water it helps with the smell in my experience. I also tried some smell removers on the market which is the Pooch and Puss Pet odor eliminator and it does the trick but ofcourse in-case of emergencies like you run out and having an unexpected guess you can always try that homemade one I suggested it's not so bad

With numerous feral living in the house not all of them are purfect. A product called "Odor Medic" ( available only online) works to purrfection. Not cheap but a little goes a long way. Small price to pay for relief of a huge problem.

I am going to check it out, the thing at dollar tree was a bomb, but I bought Enzyme Plus and love it, it's cheap makes a ton and works as well as anything I have ever found, I highly recommend it, I bought it thru Quill.com

http://www.quill.com/brighton-profe...0600999&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=815023STP

You use one Tablespoon to one 32 ounces of water, I use a black light, so I know it works!

Check it out!

Thanks,

Emily

This stuff works and saves a lot of money, I ordered two big bottles to have enough for a VERY VERY LONG TIME.

This is an old post, but I just wanted to add my two cents. Before one of my cats was neutered, he peed on everything, plastic bags on the floor, clean or dirty laundry, various spots on the carpet, he even got up on the kitchen counter and peed on kitchen towels. Tomcat urine is some potent stinky stuff, and I tried Nature's Miracle, which was ineffective, not to mention expensive, practically every urine cleaner at the pet store, and a couple I ordered online. Most were only borderline effective, if at all, and some had such nasty strong fragrances, it was almost as bad as the urine itself. What finally worked for me is something I found at a chain of natural pet food stores in the Seattle area. It's called Pet Force, and it's an enzyme cleaner that you get in a ready to use bottle, or a concentrate that is diluted with warm water 8:1. When I recently got a puppy and the inevitable accidents during the housebreaking phase, I remembered how well Pet Force worked for me in the past. I moved away from the Seattle area, and it's not a product found in the big name pet stores, so I had to email the company and find out if any stores in my area carried it. Luckily, my local Fred Meyer stocked it. When I have to clean up a puppy accident, I blot up as much of the urine as I can, then I soak it with plain water and suck that up with my carpet cleaning machine. Then I douse the area with the diluted Pet Force and stick a potty pad on top of it, absorbent side down, which draws up some of the excess solution, as well as keeps it damp for the requisite 24 hours before removing it to let it air dry. Great stuff. I believe a bottle of the concentrate was around $12, which makes 2 gallons of solution when mixed with water, which makes it much cheaper than any of the premixed solutions I've found.

Anyone have an opinion on Get Serious?

here's the link for the product at PetSmart:

http://www.petsmart.com/gsi/webstor...001b2166c62d&gclid=CPXn1fPIn8MCFQqDfgody2MAHA

I've been using Nature's Miracle and it's been okay but my Daughter says she likes this product so I thought I'd give it a try.