Remember last month when I said something smelled like cat piss? Found it. It seems that Puffy Savage (who is yet one more step closer to permanent residence in the garage) has been using the front door mat as a piss pad. She was found out yesterday while being seen scratching the mat like litter. Scott pulled the rug up and put it in the laundry room, but I guess some of the wetness seeped through to the wood floor. I sprayed it with enzyme cleaner yesterday and cleaned it up. When Scott got home in the evening, he commented on how the floor seemed sticky there. I assumed it was residual cleaner there and left it be.
Guess what the front room smelled like again when I woke up this morning. Yep. Cat piss. The smell is gone now (from that specific corner) because I went and sprayed the entire area again. Every time I walk over there, Puffy appears from whichever hole she's been hiding in and watches me from the kitchen. She's lurking so she can go handle her business on my floor as soon as I turn my back.
The last time this happened (in the kitchen), we solved the problem by putting her food bowl on top of the suspect area. I obviously can't do that behind the door.
Don't know what to do. I'm having a real love-hate-hate relationship with this cat right now. The worst part is I still smell a faint piddle smell in the general environs of my desk...I've gotten down on my hands and knees and put my nose to the floor but can't quite find it. I guess when we take her into the vet to get her rabies shot we can question why she's being such a fucking little bitch (so that we can pay to have her piss analyzed again). The last thing I want to have is for my kid to start crawling in the next couple of months and land himself in a dried-up mess of cat yuck.
I'm considering ordering this stink finder from PetSmart, but part of me is afraid of what other stains I might find on my floors and furniture.
Posted by Tiffany at February 17, 2007 08:05 PM | TrackBackI have one of those lights. It comes with "Urine Gone" (about $10 with light included)- I have three little boys - there's piss all over the bathroom. You'd be surprised where you find it. Eeeewww. Needless to say, I never use a bathroom that they use. Gag.
For some reason, the light doesn't seem to pick up the cat pee. I've shined it where I KNOW she peed and still it doesn't glow. Don't know why.
Our cat is 16 and just started to piss all over MY stuff. Not anyone elses. We spent $250 to find out that she's having "behavior issues" as many cats do. We put a new catbox in our bedroom (nasty) and we haven't had a problem since. Having sent out a virtual SOS about the problem, it is not uncommon and no one really knows why cats suddenly start the behavior. Some say that cats don't have emotional issues (like being jealous of the new baby), and some say they do. We only hope that our super healthy old cat decides that life isn't worth living anymore and just go to sleeeeep. I love her, but pissing on my stuff is a deal breaker.
Good luck.
Posted by: momotrips at February 20, 2007 05:31 PM"We only hope that our super healthy old cat decides that life isn't worth living anymore and just go to sleeeeep."
Hee!
Posted by: Tiffany at February 20, 2007 05:33 PM