Cat Urine Smell and Pet Urine Removal

Cat Urine Smell and Pet Urine Removal - If we have indoor pets sometimes they will potty inside regardless of how often we clean their sandboxes or let them outside. Cat urine smell is the most difficult to get rid of, lasting weeks and sometimes months if not properly cleaned up. Dog urine is almost as bad, simply because the amount is usually far more than a cat can produce, but it usually does not have the instant recognition that cat urine does.

This website is dedicated to all of the loving and caring "parents" and caretakers of our little friends and is specifically set up to explore the best way, among all those presented on the web and other places, to allow us both to live in harmony. At last count, I had leads to over 50 different products to help with the smell and stains caused by cats and dogs (although there are very few "dog specific" products!) when they mess inside.

It is my intent to examine each of these products as time goes on and report back to you which are actually worth the money and time you spend in using them. Of course, every product says it is "the best" and instantly transforms the area into a virtual garden of delight as soon as you use it, but to be perfectly honest (which I intend to do throughout this site) I think some of them might possibly be "over-hyped". That's what this site is all about. I will also be trying out the home remedies put forth by some people to see if indeed they do the job as well as ones you have to pay for.

Finally, I plan to also find out what I can and post here info on reasons why pets mess indoors in the first place and how to get them to stop.

I know there are other places on the internet where parts of this information may be available, but this is going to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date site on the net.

I should probably mention here that I also do part-time work as a handyman, mostly for personal friends and clients I've had for many years. One of the jobs that I do is help people with their rental properties, either fixing what needs to be fixed or helping clean up and repair their places between renters. It is amazing how many people who rent have so little appreciation for their places that they allow their pets to mess inside without, it seems, any attempt to clean it up.

This is not an argument against renters or even renters with pets, but a plea for those people who do rent where they live and who do have pets to please take care of any mess their pets make. I have heard so many owners of rental properties say that they will never rent to someone who has any pets again, that I would hate to get to the point where no-one who does rent could have a pet. The little guys bring so much to our lives and families and really ask for so little in return.

Recommended Product of the Week

This week's product is the excellent book from Nancy Wigal, 18 Ways To Stop Cat Urine Odor Problems . In it, she tells of the long months and the many interviews and conversations she had to learn why her adopted female cat, Scout (who she later took to calling Princess Piss Pot) was peeing in her house and not in the litter box that she provided for her.

After only 30 days, using the techniques that she teaches in her book, her precious Scout rewarded her investigation and perseverance with using her litter box, and she hasn't had a recurrence of the problem.

The sections devoted to cleaning up and removing the odor are given cursory but adequate coverage, but the most important tip is so important I will share it with you here, and that is to NEVER USE CHLORINE BLEACH TO CLEAN A URINE SPOT! This is because the combination of the ammonia in the urine with the chlorine can cause a chemical reaction that produces chlorine gas, which is so deadly that it is one of the poisonous gasses they used in World War I!!! So whatever you do, don't use chlorine bleach.

Therefore, since stopping a recurrence of a problem is half way to solving it, I am very happy to give Nancy's book my recommendation for this week.