I want to kill my cat

myblueangel19

ugh. Briac woke us up all through the night and then H wakes me up at 7h30 to tell me that Briac peed and pooped on my couch cushion. I am tired and cranky   He was using the litter box yesterday and the day before...I guess the litter box deodorizer that I bought made him not want the cat box anymore. I find myself fantasizing about a catskin purse this morning. ugh. The pee smell is not going away!

aMrsin09

OK.  First, Deep breath

Now, replace the cat litter with clean litter and no deodorizer.  

How often do you clean out the box?  It may have been to "dirty for him".  My cat used to sit and meow at the door to the box room if it wasn't to her liking.  Sometimes she wanted it cleaned out after every poop and sometimes I could it every other day.

AS for the smell.  Can't help you there.  I was blessed with two cats that never went out of the box (yes, in 9 years, no accidents)

ktkl09

I know your pain! Cat pee is the WORST smell. Tofu recently peed in one of our closets and we can't get the smell out, it's disgusting. 

This morning he woke us up by meowing incredibly load because he wanted us to 1) play with him 2) turn the water on in the sink so he can drink cold, running water 3) open the windows so he can sit on the ledge and wait for other cats to walk by. He finally chilled out when I woke up, turned the sink on and chased him around the dining room for 5 minutes. 

 

rpic81

Oh no. Is your couch cushion removable? Can you throw the cover in the wash? You're going to have to douse the thing with neutralizer and then I would leave it outside to air out.

(Edit: Throw the cover in the wash, not box. Box doesn't even make sense!) 

azure_azure

That sucks!

I've always had luck with pouring soda water (club soda) over cat pee on carpets and then soaking it up with paper towel then letting it dry. I've also used baking soda for pee and it seems to work too: dump a lot of baking soda over the spot to cover it by a centimeter or so and let it sit for a few hours, then vacuum it up.

myblueangel19

i changed out the litter, put the cushion in the wash and took a nap. I hate the cat a little less now Luckily, he is super cute and affectionate so it is hard to stay mad at him (unless he does it again....). Question for you cat people: which litter do you use? I am using wood pellets right now and it is nice because it doesnt get tracked all over the apt and its not bad for the environment,but is there one better for odors that doesn't get tracked everywhere?

aMrsin09

When it came to cat litter, any eco-ness I may have had went right out the window.  Odor control and absorbancy/clumping won out. 

I used Arm-N-Hammer Odor Control.  People told me the condo never smelled like cat at all and I had two of them.  I had a rough door mat in front of the box and then another one in front of the bathroom door (box was in the spare bathroom) to help with the tracking.

TotZiens

ktkl09:

I know your pain! Cat pee is the WORST smell. Tofu recently peed in one of our closets and we can't get the smell out, it's disgusting. 

This morning he woke us up by meowing incredibly load because he wanted us to 1) play with him 2) turn the water on in the sink so he can drink cold, running water 3) open the windows so he can sit on the ledge and wait for other cats to walk by. He finally chilled out when I woke up, turned the sink on and chased him around the dining room for 5 minutes. 

 

I just woke up and didn't read this 100% correctly and saw that Tofu peed in your closet and I was like, why would TofuMonkey be in your closet?

 

So back to original question - my husband had a cat and cats just stink.  I still smell the kitty litter box in the closet and the cat hasn't lived here for almost 3 years. 

Johlise

You just finalized the reason that I'll never have a cat in my house, lol