toni
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Post by toni on Dec 19, 2009 11:54:23 GMT -5
One of my cats doesn't use the litterbox. I don't know why and am trying to work on that issue. She pees and poops on the carpet.
However, I came home yesterday to a notice that the landlord will be entering my apartment on the 23rd, for bug extermination.
I don't want my place to smell like a litterbox, so what can I do to get the messes cleaned up and the smells toned down if not eliminated? I do have Nature's Miracle, but have never tried it.
I don't own a steam cleaner, but was thinking about buying a small portable one. I don't think that renting a large one would be necessary, plus I don't think I'm strong enough to battle it on my own.
HELP!!!
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Post by midlife on Dec 19, 2009 12:04:30 GMT -5
Hi Toni -- Lioness collected a bunch of previous threads about urine stain removal, and I think if you scroll back a page or two here in the General area, you will find it. Lots of great tips there.
My two cents: (1) if you can, please take your cat to the vet to make sure she doesn't have a urinary tract inflammation. This is what we're dealing with at our house right now. One of my cats became stressed out last year when we took in a couple of new strays, and he starting urine marking to assert his territory. I thought it was just a behavioral problem, but I took him to the vet just in case, and it turned out his urine was full of blood and the pH was *way* off. My vet explained that sometimes when cats are stressed, it changes their urine chemistry and causes irritating crystals to form -- and then the pain stresses the cat out more, and the cycle just gets worse and worse.
(2) The small size Rug Doctor isn't as heavy as it looks! I rented one last week, and I was even able to wrestle it into and out of my trunk.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Dec 19, 2009 13:10:06 GMT -5
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