Well....here's a nasty story to tell. I'll shorten it for sanity reasons.
As some of you may know, I have 4 (neutered) boy kitties that live in my home. Also, that I go out of my way to make them happy, hence; we built our boys a giant cat enclosure.
Anyway, I made the mistake of rescuing a female cat and bringing her in my home, for way too long . (approx. 2 months) She was a lovable 5 year old cat who happen to have major litter box issues. On top of having those issues, my 4 boys terrorized her even more by stalking her while she was in the litter box. She eventually was too scared to go in the box, so she went on my carpet. Oh joy. So, I found her a home—a grandmother with a screen room adopted her, issues and all. Thank GOD!
My 4 boys responded to her presence and to her urine on the rug, by marking their territory. I don't know when it started, I just know that the smell of "cat spray" is horrible and I finally located it in my dining room, on my baseboards... their spray not only ran down the wall, but into my carpet. (I'm dieing now!)
I noticed that my wallpaper was peeling up one day while cleaning up the cat spray. I started peeling and peeling and peeling—effortlessly my paper fell off because it was soaked with spray.
In tears, I screamed EUREKA and a few expletives! That was why the smell never went away. The wall paper preserved the spray, sort of like "Saran Wrap." To my disgust, my entire dining room was wrecked. 22 ft. of cat spray was beneath the paper. Check out this pic:
http://www.spearswardco.com/Cat_spray.jpg
HOLD YOUR BREATH!
The cat spray soaked through the sheet rock and baseboards. It soaked through the rug padding and went into the concrete. Trust me, it put the "N" in Nasty… Check out this pic:
http://www.spearswardco.com/Damage2.jpg
So, obviously, I had to have the carpet removed, bleach the floors for 2 days, the walls and baseboards had to be kicked out and replaced. Blah, blah, blah... At this point, you can guess the rest . Here's a picture of the same damaged area, BUT repaired: http://www.spearswardco.com/wallrepaired.jpg
It was a costly lesson for me to disturb all 4 of my cat's environment by bringing home another cat. My job was not over, though. Now I had to work on my cat's behavior problems. Removing the smell, that was a HUGE factor. Then with the aid of Feliway Spray, for the next 3 months I basically did therapy with my cats. They seem to be very happy and I haven't seen CAT SPRAY since!
I still use Feliway to keep peace in my family. That stuff is like GOLD to me..It works!
Ok, that's my story. I feel better now. LOL!
>^,,^<
Kim
As some of you may know, I have 4 (neutered) boy kitties that live in my home. Also, that I go out of my way to make them happy, hence; we built our boys a giant cat enclosure.
Anyway, I made the mistake of rescuing a female cat and bringing her in my home, for way too long . (approx. 2 months) She was a lovable 5 year old cat who happen to have major litter box issues. On top of having those issues, my 4 boys terrorized her even more by stalking her while she was in the litter box. She eventually was too scared to go in the box, so she went on my carpet. Oh joy. So, I found her a home—a grandmother with a screen room adopted her, issues and all. Thank GOD!
My 4 boys responded to her presence and to her urine on the rug, by marking their territory. I don't know when it started, I just know that the smell of "cat spray" is horrible and I finally located it in my dining room, on my baseboards... their spray not only ran down the wall, but into my carpet. (I'm dieing now!)
I noticed that my wallpaper was peeling up one day while cleaning up the cat spray. I started peeling and peeling and peeling—effortlessly my paper fell off because it was soaked with spray.
In tears, I screamed EUREKA and a few expletives! That was why the smell never went away. The wall paper preserved the spray, sort of like "Saran Wrap." To my disgust, my entire dining room was wrecked. 22 ft. of cat spray was beneath the paper. Check out this pic:
http://www.spearswardco.com/Cat_spray.jpg
HOLD YOUR BREATH!
The cat spray soaked through the sheet rock and baseboards. It soaked through the rug padding and went into the concrete. Trust me, it put the "N" in Nasty… Check out this pic:
http://www.spearswardco.com/Damage2.jpg
So, obviously, I had to have the carpet removed, bleach the floors for 2 days, the walls and baseboards had to be kicked out and replaced. Blah, blah, blah... At this point, you can guess the rest . Here's a picture of the same damaged area, BUT repaired: http://www.spearswardco.com/wallrepaired.jpg
It was a costly lesson for me to disturb all 4 of my cat's environment by bringing home another cat. My job was not over, though. Now I had to work on my cat's behavior problems. Removing the smell, that was a HUGE factor. Then with the aid of Feliway Spray, for the next 3 months I basically did therapy with my cats. They seem to be very happy and I haven't seen CAT SPRAY since!
I still use Feliway to keep peace in my family. That stuff is like GOLD to me..It works!
Ok, that's my story. I feel better now. LOL!
>^,,^<
Kim
