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- Annie B. Bond
- January 23, 1999
- 7:42 am
- 45 comments
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.
Read more: Home, Everyday Pet Care, Non-Toxic Cleaning
By Annie B. Bond
Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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+ add your own~Great suggestions to try!!
thanks.. will try this.. but not sure how it's going to work on my matress???
I have a carpet shampooer that I will try the vinegar in.
Noted,thanks.
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Tomato juice also works great for odor removal. Tried and true ;)
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Thanks for posting, I'll be using the vinegar & baking soda for sure.
first, a plea to all to never allow feline fur kids near coffee grounds, nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!, secondly, as for this way of neutralizing odors, it works so well. My feline kid "Lady Grania" is now at Rainbow Bridge, miss my girl so much, know she's where she needs to be though, is with me in my spirit always. I rescued Grania as an injured feline never before seen, she'd been hit, my chiropractor at the time literally saved her life, vets gave her no chance, wanted to euthanize her, back hip damage. Chiropractic and trigger point massage kept my Amazing girl happy and feeling good for 13 yrs, in her last 2 yrs a sometimes weakness in her kidneys, the accidents, just part of loving her, it was this solution used to neutralize any and all odors in the area of an accident.
Interesting!
Noted.
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