> I have a new kitten who climbed in a very expensive hand-made basket and
wet. I have tried ammonia, dishwashing soap, and the new Febreze and
can't get the odor out.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.<<
Do you have biological washing powders over there? Our most famous brand here is *Ariel* and it's wonderful for cleaning up pet mess smells........it's recommended for people with new puppies as it takes away the smell when they pee on the floor. You could have a go with something like that..........
K.
how about cornstarch? Ammonia is not good cuz that is what the cat did.
Cornstarch might suck up the smell.
Nika
I have a cat problem I wanted to ask this list about because if I recall
there are a lot of cat lovers on the list.
Last weekend my husband and I went to a wedding in Kentucky and left the
house and animals to a house sitter. This person has sat for us before but
not for as long a period of time. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. My male cat,
Rory (love of my life) is 4 years old and doesn't particularly like change
and sometimes has a hard time with new people. He doesn't hide from people
but will hiss and bite if provoked. He has no claws and I have never really
had any trouble with him before beyond the hissing. Well, our house sitter
had a little party while we were gone and messed with this cat pretty badly.
The cat ended up urinating at the foot of both of our staircases. He has
never had an accident in our house before -- ever. My problem is now we are
home he seems fine, he got some extra love yesterday and snuggled with me
most of last night so I think he is okay, but will he continue this behavior
now when he is upset with me or something? We are expecting a baby in 6
weeks and I am concerned that he will continue this 'accident' thing, and it
will break my heart if I have to find him a new home.
Anybody have any experience with this sort of thing? Any advice other then
replacing our house sitter -- which is in the works!!!
Judy
Judy,
One thing you can do to help discourage this from happening again is to get
rid of any residual smell left behind from Rory's accidents. If a cat
smells it there, he's encouraged to go again in the same place. Use a good
product made for this sort of thing--you can probably find something at a
place like Petsmart or your vet's office. And I'm sure there are some good
home remedies too that others will come up with.
In the future, don't hire a housesitter. Look for a petsitter. Petsitters
are experienced with animals, and they can also watch the house and often
the plants, too.
Lee Ann
I have a cat problem I wanted to ask this list about because if I recall
there are a lot of cat lovers on the list.
Last weekend my husband and I went to a wedding in Kentucky and left the
house and animals to a house sitter. This person has sat for us before but
not for as long a period of time. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. My male cat,
Rory (love of my life) is 4 years old and doesn't particularly like change
and sometimes has a hard time with new people. He doesn't hide from people
but will hiss and bite if provoked. He has no claws and I have never really
had any trouble with him before beyond the hissing. Well, our house sitter
had a little party while we were gone and messed with this cat pretty badly.
The cat ended up urinating at the foot of both of our staircases. He has
never had an accident in our house before -- ever. My problem is now we are
home he seems fine, he got some extra love yesterday and snuggled with me
most of last night so I think he is okay, but will he continue this behavior
now when he is upset with me or something? We are expecting a baby in 6
weeks and I am concerned that he will continue this 'accident' thing, and it
will break my heart if I have to find him a new home.
Anybody have any experience with this sort of thing? Any advice other then
replacing our house sitter -- which is in the works!!!
Judy
Sounds like Rory was making a protest. Can you have someone he likes
house sit? I think you'll probably just have to wait and see about the
baby. Cats are very curious and he might be interested in this odd new
little person, so long as he still gets attention and affection.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:24:00 -0400 "Jablonski, Judy"
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there is medication and behavior modification routines that can help with
this. If the cat gives the rug one more shot, I would be off to the vet's
office. The vet will most likely want to rule out any kind of infection
first, but we have ways of dealing with stinky kitties!
Edie
PNW
Judy, I used Nature's Miracle and it did the job for me. It has enzymes
to break down the urine. Run a fan on the spot to make sure it dries
properly all the way down through the padding. Don't soak it too much.
If you put the food bowl in that spot ( at least for a while ) it will
discourage further use of thw area as a potty.
jo
nj
Judy ,
A little spray of lysol should do the trick with no side effects ,
that I ever heard about .
mrmac
but
> not for as long a period of time. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. My male cat,
> Rory (love of my life) is 4 years old and doesn't particularly like change
> and sometimes has a hard time with new people. He doesn't hide from
people
> but will hiss and bite if provoked. He has no claws and I have never
really
> had any trouble with him before beyond the hissing. Well, our house
sitter
> had a little party while we were gone and messed with this cat pretty
badly.
> The cat ended up urinating at the foot of both of our staircases. He has
> never had an accident in our house before -- ever. My problem is now we
are
> home he seems fine, he got some extra love yesterday and snuggled with me
> most of last night so I think he is okay, but will he continue this
behavior
> now when he is upset with me or something? We are expecting a baby in 6
> weeks and I am concerned that he will continue this 'accident' thing, and
it
Judy,=0D
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One of my cats always used the bathroom in the bath tub when we were gone=
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But, now that she's older (11) she doesn't do that any longer. Now she j=
ust
yells at us when we get home!! She was just mad that we left her.=0D
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Patti=0D
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Date: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 7:33:02 AM=0D
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU=0D
Subject: Re: OT-- Cat Problem=0D
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> I have a cat problem I wanted to ask this list about because if I recall=
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> there are a lot of cat lovers on the list.=0D
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> Last weekend my husband and I went to a wedding in Kentucky and left the=
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> house and animals to a house sitter. This person has sat for us before b=
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> not for as long a period of time. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. My male cat=
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> Rory (love of my life) is 4 years old and doesn't particularly like chan=
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> and sometimes has a hard time with new people. He doesn't hide from peop=
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> but will hiss and bite if provoked. He has no claws and I have never rea=
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> had any trouble with him before beyond the hissing. Well, our house sitt=
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> had a little party while we were gone and messed with this cat pretty ba=
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> The cat ended up urinating at the foot of both of our staircases. He has=
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> never had an accident in our house before -- ever. My problem is now we =
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> home he seems fine, he got some extra love yesterday and snuggled with m=
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> most of last night so I think he is okay, but will he continue this
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> now when he is upset with me or something? We are expecting a baby in 6=0D
> weeks and I am concerned that he will continue this 'accident' thing, an=
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> will break my heart if I have to find him a new home.=0D
> =0D
> Anybody have any experience with this sort of thing? Any advice other th=
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> replacing our house sitter -- which is in the works!!!=0D
> =0D
> Judy=0D
> =0D
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Hi Judy,
I hope this isn't the case - but my daughter's female calico cat
developed a urinary infection and associated the litter box with
pain and so proceeded to urinate in strange places.
If this persists, check with your vet.
Best,
June
Really hoping you find a solution. A friend just had a similar problem with her
cat....started using her bed (!!) as a litter box. She ended up having to put
him down (kind of hard to find a home for a cat that uses the bed that way).
She was heartbroken, but attributed the problem to her not being home very
much. He was a Siamese named Latte.
Brenda in Lethbridge
"Jablonski, Judy" wrote:
Cats don't necessarily carry the same problems into their new homes.
My mom had two cats with wetting problems. Holly was fine after I
adopted her. Pandy started wetting in Holly's spot after Holly
'disappeared.' Mom couldn't believe it...but decided that Pandy had to
go, too. Pandy went to my in-laws...where she was perfectly
well-behaved, thank goodness...I would have never heard the end of it if
she had any further problems.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettb@kiva.net
A garden is a friend you can visit any time.
Gardens co-listowner gardens-request@lsv.uky.edu
I have a nine year old male that has always been very easily upset about
litter box routines. We have an apartment at the beach (Pawley's Island .. .
..where I am now and have been for a month) and we bring the cats and our two
normally outside dogs along with us. In the apartment, it is a little
precarious with all the animals especially since the Corgi just lives to
chase cats.
The apartment is three bedrooms and three baths so with just me and DH, the
cats have a room of their own. Dogs sleep in crates so the cats have freedom
of the entire place at night (they sleep on our bed).
Problem comes when the grands appear. One is allergic to cats, so last year
on the 4th of July, I moved the cats out of their room and put their food
and litter in our bathroom. Cats were fine with that arrangement, but that
night when the fireworks on the beach began, the Border Collie went berserk
in her crate and so I put here in our bathroom . . . with the cat litter and
food. Bad mistake!
In the middle of the night I went to the bathroom followed by McFayden. It
was dark when he entered the bathroom and as I heard him chewing his food on
the bathroom counter, I thought I should let him know there was a dog in the
room. I turned on the light. WOW! He tripled in size and flew out of the
room in a second.
I settled in bed, went to sleep only to be awakened by McFayden on my back .
.. . not an unnatural occurrence. But when I felt a warm stream of water on
my back, I knew what was happening. He then moved to DH and did the same
thing. He was one P*****off cat!
I now do not move the litter box for anyone. I do not put the dogs anywhere
near the cat's possessions. McFayden has never done this again. It was his
way of sending an unforgetable message. He could only accept so much.
I think your cat will be fine but I have serious doubts about your house
sitter. Maybe this was a blessing since you have a baby on the way and need
to have folks you can trust. Your sitter let you down. Cats have their
tolerances. Hopefully if you heed his message, Rory will be fine. Be sure
to remove the odor . . . there are lots of products out there that work.
Libba G
but
> not for as long a period of time. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. My male cat,
> Rory (love of my life) is 4 years old and doesn't particularly like change
> and sometimes has a hard time with new people. He doesn't hide from
people
> but will hiss and bite if provoked. He has no claws and I have never
really
> had any trouble with him before beyond the hissing. Well, our house
sitter
> had a little party while we were gone and messed with this cat pretty
badly.
> The cat ended up urinating at the foot of both of our staircases. He has
> never had an accident in our house before -- ever. My problem is now we
are
> home he seems fine, he got some extra love yesterday and snuggled with me
> most of last night so I think he is okay, but will he continue this
behavior
> now when he is upset with me or something? We are expecting a baby in 6
> weeks and I am concerned that he will continue this 'accident' thing, and
it
What an experience! It sure sounds funny now, but I'll bet it wasn't
then. What a cat.
Karen in Pittsburgh, PA (zone 5b/6)
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:14:15 -0400 Libba Griffith
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It was almost funny then. We hopped out of bed, grabbed the bedding and ran
for the washer. Our daughter heard the washing maching running and thought
we were just naturally industrious that early in the morning . . . 5:00AM.
She watches me garden at home and thinks I work all the time.
All the kids and grands will be gathering here tomorrow . . . some coming
tonight (7 grands and 9 parents). Beach sand, illegal fireworks on the
beach, wet swim suits, sticky hands on the glass, food, beer, et al
disappearing before I even eat, two dogs that love to run on the beach
gathering sand and the CATS. Aren't holidays great!!!!!
Happy Fourth to all!
Libba G at sunny (it better be tomorrow!!!!)Pawley's Island, SC
