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myLot reputation of 93/100. CRSunrise (1732)   ranked 94 out of 311 in home10 months ago

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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tags:  carpet, cleaning, smell, get rid of, cat
 
1. myLot reputation of 97/100. trinidadvelasco (9100)   10 months ago

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.


myLot reputation of 93/100. CRSunrise (1732)   ranked 94 out of 311 in home  10 months ago

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.

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2. myLot reputation of 90/100. conbill (254)   10 months ago

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.


myLot reputation of 93/100. CRSunrise (1732)   ranked 94 out of 311 in home  10 months ago

That may work on the typical cat smell, but does it work if the cat has been spraying your carpets? That smell is everywhere.


myLot reputation of 90/100. conbill (254)  10 months ago

Yes it will work for that. My daughter used it when she had a problem with her male cat. She had gotten a male kitten and her older cat decided to mark his territory. She added it to her steam cleaner and it got rid of the smell completely.


myLot reputation of 93/100. CRSunrise (1732)   ranked 94 out of 311 in home  10 months ago

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.

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3. myLot reputation of 83/100. carolscash (4884)   9 months ago

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.


myLot reputation of 93/100. CRSunrise (1732)   ranked 94 out of 311 in home  9 months ago

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.

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4. myLot reputation of 82/100. kent_help2smile (1622)   ranked 274 out of 311 in home   8 months ago

Get rid of your cat. Washed your carpet with vinegard and then later on soak the carpet in your favorite detergent soap for at least 2-3 hours to get rid the bad smell.

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