Comments on How to Remove Cat Urine From Carpet

There's a product called PUSH, by a company called BETCO. I found it for $5/quart at Triad in Denver. It really does the job. Spray it on and let it dry and you get a great smell which fades over time, but no more urine smell!

I found a 6 week old stray kitten and was surprised to find that it was already housebroken! For those unfortunate ones who still have to do the housebreaking, nothing works better than rubbing its nose in the spot where it peed. It works best if you can do it straight away. If you wait even a few minutes after it has peed, the cat won't understand why you're doing this. Add a few grains of pepper to the mix if the first method doesn't work.

A tenant of mine could not take care of himself adequately, therefore he could not take care of his two cats. The cats decided that without a litter box they would try to find enticing places to pee. They did so over and over again to such an extent that people in the building were complaining. In fact, the tenant's clothing was saturated with pee, the mattress was saturated with pee, hiding places like closets were covered in pee, and just about everything was covered with pee. After the tenant was evicted, he came back looking for his cats because he failed to realize he was actually going to get evicted. I made sure the cats were responsibly dealt with, and if it was legal to do so, I would have kept the nice one. My first step in removing the odor was to remove the cats, as was suggested in a previous message. But this is a story about cat odor and the chemical ramifications of the same. The second step was to clean. Thankfully a friend was nearby because when I cleaned a confined space (a built in closet) I was overcome with ammonia asphyxiation. I was also using an ammonia based cleaner. That wrenching feeling you get on breathing concentrated cat pee is the clue that you might be having trouble breathing in the very near future. The next step was to throw out everything with fiber. I know you want to save that carpet, piece of furniture, or pile of laundry but the only true way I see of getting rid of the chemicals involved is to encourage a chemical reaction to take place. Ammonia cleaners just won't do it. The idea is to neutralize the nano-particles of ammonia from the cat pee and to capture the particulate matter. NOTE: Before doing the following, open your windows and turn off all electricity and natural gas pilots in the house. Bleach is great because it reacts to the ammonia in cat pee. The problem is that you cannot tell what result you will get from the reaction. You are going to get some amounts or mix of Chlorine Gas, Nitrogen Tetrachloride, or Hydrazine. The result will be a chemical weapon of mass destruction, an explosive and volatile gas, or rocket fuel. You pour the bleach down and spread it around. The point is to have it sit in a thin puddle then dry. Once you deploy the bleach, run! The chlorine released is in fact a "chemical weapon". A day later the area will smell nice like a swimming pool.

First, soak the area in a white vinegar and water solution; 50/50. Then use a wet dry vac or carpet cleaner from Home Depot (suction only) to remove the excess water and vinegar solution. Let the area dry almost completely. Generously cover the area with baking soda and work it into the carpet. Let that stay until the carpet is completely dry and then vacuum the area. This process worked for me! In the past I have used the enzymes, but those were for new urine. For old stains the enzymes didn't do the job, and after 3 gallons (at $22 each) and one step from replacing my entire carpet and showing my cat the road, I tried this approach. Good luck!