The pets that are found in every third family are undoubtedly cats.
With these affectionate pets, you don’t need to walk outside, they are very clean and require a minimum of care.
When a kitten appears in the house, the owners of the animal do not always imagine what difficulties they will encounter.
Even if the kitten was accustomed to the tray by the breeders, this does not mean at all that there will be no problems with toilet training in the new house.
The smell of cat urine is very pungent, and the older the cat - the stronger the smell from it remains. It is especially difficult to remove the smell from the marks of the cat.
If the cat began to spoil, and it doesn’t work to get rid of the cat’s smell in the house, do you have to throw out spoiled things or immediately give the cat away? You can easily find a way out of this situation, while it is not necessary to resort to drastic measures.
How to get rid of the smell of cat urine: is it possible?
Almost all owners of these affectionate pets face the problem of cat urine odor. The most important thing is to eliminate the stain qualitatively so as to prevent the smell from entering furniture / clothes and spreading throughout the apartment. If you do not notice in time that the cat began to crap in the same place, it will be very difficult to remove the smell from there. Accordingly, it will be difficult to wean the pet from going to this place a little, because cats are guided by smell.
There are special products sold at pet stores that help eliminate bad breath. But if you don’t want to spend money or don’t have confidence in store-bought “years of unverified” means, you can try to eliminate the smell of cat urine using folk remedies. It is up to the pet owner to decide which means to use, whether in store or at home. But in order to make the right choice, you need to know about the features of both those and other means to eliminate odor.
How to get rid of cat smell: a review of commercially available products
Pet shops present a wide range of different products designed to eliminate the smell of cat urine or the smell of a cat in a home.
Such funds are conditionally divided into 2 groups:
1) cat litter
2) means for removing odor, marks and stains
Fresheners for cat litter come in the form of a spray and in the form of a dry product, which is added directly to the cat's tray. These funds help get rid of the smell of urine from the tray and prevent the smell from spreading around the apartment. Such means are added, as a rule, to a clean tray on top of the filler.
The cost of fresheners for a cat's toilet starts from 500 rubles. At the shelves of pet stores, you can usually find fresheners of brands such as Unicharm, Pchelodar, Gimpet, Hartz and NoBa. All of them are popular with owners of cats, differ in cost and form of release. Hartz and Pchelodar present fresheners for cat litter in the form of a spray, and Unicharm, NoBa and Gimpet - in the form of dry balls.
Also, to eliminate the smell from the tray, special means for cleaning the cat's toilet will help. In pet stores usually found on sale gel company Pchelodar at a reasonable price - from 150 p.
As for the means for removing odor, marks and stains, in the market of pet products, these funds are represented by a large number of different brands that have proven themselves from the best sides. Most often, these are spray products that do not contain alcohol. They are applied directly to the stain or mark and are easily washed off with water.
The price range of funds for removing the smell of cat urine is quite wide - from 200 to 1000 rubles. The price depends on the manufacturer and the volume of funds. Most often in pet stores there are firms Nature's Miracle, Urine Off, Tropiclean Fresh Breeze, Fizzion, Hartz, Pchelodar and Smart Spray.
How to get rid of the smell of cat urine: folk remedies
Of course, in order to get rid of the smell of a cat it is not necessary to go to a pet store and purchase expensive products. It is a mistake to believe that chlorine-based household products and ammonia are suitable for odor removal. With these means, the smell will not be removed, and the cat will lose its sense of smell, because the smell of chlorine and ammonia is sharp, and the sense of smell in cats is very acute. Chlorine will only increase the smell of urine and attract cat's attention.
Often, stains, marks or the smell of cat urine can be removed with the help of tools that are always at hand.
Such miracles include:
1. Vinegar
2. Hydrogen peroxide and table soda
3. Lemon juice or citric acid
4. Potassium permanganate
5. Iodine
6. Alcohol or vodka
Vinegar diluted with water, in the ratio of one part of vinegar to 2 parts of water. This solution must be treated with a stain and allowed to dry. After drying, rinse the place well with water so that the smell of vinegar is not so sharp. The cat will be frightened off by an unknown smell, and it will cease to spoil, at least, in the processed place. However, if we are talking about soft upholstery, then vinegar is unlikely to help. Vinegar can discolor the upholstery of a sofa and ruin furniture. This, probably, is the main problem of folk remedies for removing the smell of cat urine - all of them, except for diluted lemon juice and iodine, affect the color of the textile.
Hydrogen peroxide also helps in removing the smell of cat urine. 15 grams of peroxide is diluted with baking soda (2 tablespoons) and a small amount of liquid soap. Mix the resulting composition well, apply to the stain, rub and rinse with warm water. Or you can do it even easier - pour a small amount of soda on the stain and pour vinegar on top ("quench" the soda). Soda will begin to hiss and after this place it is necessary to rinse thoroughly with water.
Smell citric acid scares off a cat, therefore, it helps in removing odor. To do this, squeeze one medium lemon and mix the freshly squeezed juice with a glass of water. With this liquid, treat the stain, you can not even rinse with water. The smell of citrus cats do not like.
Potassium permanganate It has a pronounced pink color, so it will not work if you need to remove the smell from textiles. But if we are not talking about fabrics, but, for example, linoleum, then potassium permanganate will do just fine. It is necessary to make a solution of potassium permanganate in a saturated color and wash the affected area with this composition. The smell will go away forever.
Iodine is in every first-aid kit, therefore it is popular among those who struggle with the smell of a cat in the house. 15 drops of this drug are diluted in one liter of water. The resulting solution should be well washed with a stain. Iodine evaporates well, so they can be cleaned and textiles. If the stain still remains, it is enough to dry the place with a hot hairdryer and there will be no trace of the stain.
Vodka also helps perfectly, but has some negative nuances. With diluted vodka you need to rub the stain and the smell will definitely not appear anymore. But there will remain a strong smell of alcohol, which can hurt the cat's sense of smell. And hardly anyone wants to breathe alcohol in an apartment. Therefore, it is better to find an alternative to this method.
But the above funds will help to remove only existing spots. No one will guarantee that the pet will not begin to mark another place in the apartment and again there will be a need to find a means to eliminate the smell of cat urine. To prevent such problems from recurring, it is necessary to find out the reason for this behavior of the cat.
How to get rid of a cat smell: the causes of failure
If the cat began to go to the toilet in the wrong place, do not rush to give it or punish it. It is important immediately after the "miss" to show the pet exactly where to go to the toilet, and after that - to find the reason for what happened.
And there may be several reasons:
1. The cat tray is rarely washed. Cats are clean and will not go to a dirty toilet, this is contrary to their nature. Some pets refuse to use the tray for its intended purpose even after they just go down to it.
2. The cat tray smells of chemistry. Chemical odors scare cats away, so if you wash the Fairy's tray or other means that are not suitable for cleaning cat litter, you can create a problem for yourself. Therefore, to wash the tray, you must use either a specialized product, which is sold in the pet store, or soap, but after that it must be washed several times with water. Better yet, just wash it with water without using any means.
3. Do not like the filler. If the filler is changed, and the cat refused to use the tray for its intended purpose, then the new filler brings her discomfort. It may stick to the paws or have an unpleasant odor. The way out of the situation is to change the filler.
4. Inconvenient tray. In pet stores a variety of trays are presented - of different shapes, with sides of different heights, different widths. A cat can simply be cramped and uncomfortable, so she may refuse to use the tray because of the inconvenience.
5. The cat is offended. It happens that the pet is not satisfied with food or attention. In this case, you need to watch the pet in order to understand whether its attitude towards the owner has changed. If the cat has become less likely to caress and spend more time alone, then she is offended.
6. The cat is jealous. This happens when a new family member appears in the house. Often new parents face this problem. The appearance of a child in the house is a strong stress for the cat. After all, the main attention is switched to the baby, so the cat, quite justifiably, begins to be jealous. Try to give your pet more attention. Moreover, a cat can spoil not immediately, but only during estrus - mark its territory.
7. The cat is sick. Sometimes diseases of the genitourinary system bring pain to the cat, and she believes that the pain will disappear if the toilet does not go to the litter box, but to another place. In this case, you must consult a veterinarian to identify the disease and cure the pet.
