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How to Eliminate Cat Litter Odor Instantly

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By Pamela Wilson-Lipscomb
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Eliminate Cat Litter Odor
Eliminate Cat Litter Odor

How to eliminate cat litter odor, can be a challenge. No one wants to have someone come to your home and smell cat litter odor. Even the most care, using the best cat litter, you can have problems with the smell of cat urine. I have learned a trick that kills urine smells in cat boxes, instantly.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Grapefruit seed extract
  • litter
  • scoop
  1. Step 1

    Use grapefruit seed extract: There is nothing worse than eliminate cat litter odor. Grapefruit seed extract, will kill the bacteria that gets causes the urine smell, instantly.

  2. Step 2

    Locate the cat urine: Locate the urine in the litter box. The cat urine will usually be in one area of the litter box, so it should be easy to find.

  3. Step 3

    Make grapefruit seed solution: Mix 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract in a half cup or less water and swish. Pour the grapefruit seed extract solution on the cat urine. Let it soak for about a minute or two. The cat litter odor should be eliminated promptly.

  4. Step 4

    Scoop it: Scoop out the wet cat urine, covered with the solution. You can leave the cat litter in the box, because the litter odor will be gone. You may want to avoid wet cat prints on the floor, remove the wet cat litter from the cat box and throw it out.

  5. Step 5

    Last step: Add a little more grapefruit solution to urine area to make sure you got it all. Cover with litter already in cat litter box or add a dab of fresh cat litter. This will completely eliminate the litter odor.

Tips & Warnings
  • Can not be used with automatic cat litter boxes
  • This is not a substitute for changing the cat litter

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on 9/11/2009 great article! I am going to try this! 5*R

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on 9/10/2009 Never heard of this....thanks 5* & recommended : )

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on 7/15/2009 Amazing! I'm definitely going to give this a try. *5

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on 7/13/2009 We have three cats. We appreciate all the tips we can get on getting rid of cat urine smells. Thanks for sharing. 5*

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on 7/12/2009 Tried this and it worked amazing. Thank you so much for the idea!!!!! Your articles are great

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