How do you get rid of the smell?
By CRSunrise
@CRSunrise (2981)
United States
February 9, 2009 10:49pm CST
We're probably going to be getting rid of our male cat because he's spraying almost everything in the house. We can't really afford to get new carpet for our floors. Is there anything we can do to cut, or remove the smell? For some reason, I was thinking vinegar did it for my sons coat when I washed it a while back.
Any ideas?
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3 responses
@conbill (369)
• United States
10 Feb 09
They sell a product called odo-ban. It is made with euculaptus and leaves a fresh smell. I buy mine at Sam's club. I just add a little to my steam cleaner when I do my carpets and it works for me. I have two dogs and three cats, all of which are indoor animals, and people always remark that there is no animal smell when they come to my house. I also put some in a spray bottle to use as air freshner.
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
10 Feb 09
That may work on the typical cat smell, but does it work if the cat has been spraying your carpets? That smell is everywhere.
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
10 Feb 09
I'll have to figure something out. We did take our cat to the humane society today. He'll get a new home. I'm sure of it.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
12 Mar 09
I really never found anything that would eliminate the smell in our house after our male cat sprayed while we were on vacation. I think that the steam cleaner would be a good idea and you might try using Tide with Febreeze and see if that helps. We have a miniature dauschaund and he has peed on the carpet and I try to clean it with laundry detergent as soon as he does his business and it seems to help some.
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
13 Mar 09
We used baking soda on our carpet. It seems to help, but since we live here, it's possible that we're a little use to the smell. Although, my mom hasn't been complaining about the smell anymore. It was usually when my kids came over, and my mom got a whiff of their coats. I just gave it a good washing with a vinegar mixture. It seemed to cut the smell rather well.
@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
10 Feb 09
i am very sure that the carpet dealers have the fine solution to your problem in their hands. they have full knowledge of all those products that will adequately deal with whatever problems that carpet users will encounter.
you will have to get rid of that male cat right away. it will be of not much use to be cleaning the carpet if the cat will just simply spray all over again what you have laboured to clean so well once more.
for the moment, try the vinegar. i have heard that vinegar really works wonders with housecleaning tasks. that smell is suffocating. it is best that something will be done about it right away.
@CRSunrise (2981)
• United States
10 Feb 09
My mom has a carpet cleaner, and she's offered to let us use it. I'm thinking that we're going to take the cat to the Humane Society tomorrow after we take our daughter to school. As much as I like cats, I don't really mind getting rid of him. I got him mostly for my husband, so there would be an "equal ration" of boys/girls in our house. The cat hasn't really warmed up to us like our other cat has. So we might have to end up doing that.