Steps To Take To Remove Cat Urine From Your Carpet
March 9, 2009
Getting cat urine out of the carpet is for some as pleasant as going to the dentist. Not only is it upsetting,but it smells bad too!
Removing cat urine is one of the more challenging cleaning tasks. Not only is it very pungent, the urine actually bonds with fibers in your rug. The biggest mistake when cleaning the cat urine is to not use proper cleaners.
The salts in the urine also bonds with the carpet through an ionic charge. These bonds will get stronger the longer the urine is in contact with the carpet. Homemade cleaners will not release these bonds. Steam cleaning will not release the bonds either, sometimes steam cleaning will make it worse.
Some commercially available “pet odor removers” work by masking the odor by masking the foul smell caused by the bacteria that is using the urine as it’s source for fuel.Other products use compounds in the attempt to absorb the smell.
These products, along with the home made remedies, may have short term results, but in order to completely eliminate the odor, (and to not encourage your cat to soil in the same place) every trace of the urine needs to be removed by cleaners that can undo the strong bonds between the fibers of your rug and the urine.
So, you got cat pee on your rug? What is the first thing you should do?
1. Blot or mop up as much urine as possible. Lay down absorbent towels and walk on them. Care should be taken if water is added to the spot -it can easily spread and make clean-up more difficult.
2. Use an enzymatic cleaner that you can inject into the padding underneath the carpet. Inject the cleaner in order to cover a spot 1/2 a foot in diameter, then spray the surface of the spot with the cleaner.
3. That’s it! With the proper cleaner this all that is required from you. Now, keep kitty away from the area until it has dried thoroughly.
It can be easy to get angry with the cat for not using the box. But try to control yourself and don’t scold or get angry at your cat.
Some of the “good” reasons may be that kitty has a urinary tract infection and has associated the litter box with pain. Maybe the box isn’t clean? Maybe there is a new litter not acceptable, or possibly another cat is aggressive whenever kitty wants to use the box. Finding the cause may be crucial to your success.
Armed with the correct information and the proper products cleaning the urine from your carpet while preventing the behavior to re-occur, you are well on your way to have a happy purring kitty and a clean smelling home.
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