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Neutralize Pet Odors
By Annie B. Bond, Care2 Green Living Executive Producer
Pets tend to return to the same place in the house when they make their
periodic pee and other mistakes. Pets have an excellent sense of smell; in fact, they can smell the
residue from their previous error, and this makes them feel as if that marks
the spot for the next error.
Neutralize the odor by alternating baking soda and vinegar. I always
follow cleaning up a pet mess by sprinkling the area with baking soda,
leaving that overnight, and then sweeping or vacuuming it up.
Pet urine often
has both acidic and alkaline components, so the next step is to neutralize the
alkaline baking soda and residual alkaline odor using a strong vinegar wash;
I use 2 cups of white distilled vinegar to 1 gallon of water.
Wash the area
with the vinegar wash, and then rinse. The strong smell of the vinegar will
dissipate in a few hours.
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add your comment »Interesting tips! I have a very sensitive nose for odors and nothing I’ve used has worked better than the RGF Guardian Air Plug in Plus. I have one in my basement, bedroom, and next to the cat litter box! It eliminates those funky smells and makes me feel good about my house. I’d recommend it to everyone!
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@ Lia De Ruiter
Coffee grounds are poisonous to cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look it up if you don't believe me!
Coffee grounds are a nitrogen rich fertilizer, but it is still poisonous to animals because of the caffeine!!!!!!
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@ Lia De Ruiter
Coffee grounds are poisonous to cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look it up if you don't believe me!
Coffee grounds are a nitrogen rich fertilizer, but it is still poisonous to animals because of the caffeine!!!!!!
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Sarah P. : you can cover the soil with used ground coffee. The grains would get in the cat's paws; they don't like that.
I keep the coffee grains after having made coffee and put them in the garden often. It seems to be good for the plants too.
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Suzette G: I have 3 cats and 5 boxes. I clean them every other day. Still I find pee all over the place, often even on the dining room table!
I heard that we have to have one more litter boxes than the number of cats we have... that would mean you'd need at least 7 boxes!
It seems that cats start to pee and poop around when they are experiencing stress. I have a very small house and my neighbour has threatened to poison my cats if they go outside, so I have to keep them confined to the house, which causes stress.
I am glad with the tips we receive from Annie Bond! No toxic materials enter my house.
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Monique: Have you ever had cats "poop" outside of the box instead of one-step into it? I have six cats and three boxes. The boxes are cleaned every morning. Tried several different cleaning solutions, even Pet No.
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I have a german shepperd named Max, his favor ares rug has a very strong odor; is not pee or barf(vomit)I had cleaned the rug, with the water vinegar trick;but the odor comes back withinin the following hour, any other suggestions? besides just throwing away the rug (is my favorite too).
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To Sarah:
I had a cat that would pee in my houseplants. Put a lot of pine cones down in your garden. They won't dig and eventually the smell will go way. It works like putting wood chips on your garden but they will dig in wood chips.
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To Kara:
Try putting the litter box over the spot they pee on. Slowly move it away from there. I had success with getting the smell out by using Petzyme. It works really well.
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