2009.03.25
Miracle cleaner recommended
Blog reader Carol sent me an e-mail on Saturday recommending a product that should make living with kitties a little more pleasant. Carol writes:
"I have used a product that I'd like to recommend. I have a cat who has peed on every bed and davenport we have, some multiple times. Only a real pet lover could fathom why he's still here. The only thing that took the odor out, and I mean completely out , is called NATURE'S MIRACLE. It says "Stain and Odor Remover", but the stains on the matresses are still there. I can live with that. We use sheets. The smell is totally gone, and I have a sensitive nose. I bought it at Nature's Emporium on Brambleton. Actually, just now reviewing the directions, I did not scrub the spot like they recommend, so that's probably why it is still there. I don't see a Web site, but the number of the company (Eight in One Pet Products) is 877-880-8855."
Click here for a link to what I believe is the right Web site.
Thanks for the recommendation, Carol. I may pick up this product and use it on the carpet under the litter box at our house.
I once worked with someone who told me she had a perfectly healthy cat euthanized because he would not stop urinating on a futon.
Personally, I would have found another home for the cat or ditched the futon.
Supposedly it works best when it's the *first* treatment you use. That way the enzymes have plenty to gnaw on. Once you've used chemical agents on a stain, it alters things enough that the enzymes don't work as well on what's left. Or so they say, anyway.
I had some initial problems while waiting for my cats' spaying appointments. For soft items I used an enzyme cleaner like this one followed by a couple of trips through washing machine (if possible). I found that white vinegar worked best on hard, porous surfaces, although in the end I tried a little of everything.
Comment by Mark — March 25, 2009 @ 10:37 am
I've never heard of a vet that would euthanize a healthy cat. I'm not sure I'd trust that vet.
I wish I had known about the spray stuff a few weeks ago. My poor old cat had her very first pee-outside-of-the-box incident in her entire 12 years so I had no idea what to do. I went after it with vinegar, stain remover and laundry soap. I still smell a faint smell if I get my face close to the carpet but for the most part its gone. I'll keep this product in mind in case it happens again.
Comment by Kim — March 25, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
There are vets who will euthanize a healthy animal for behavior problems. Understandable for an animal that has injured another pet or a person, but for peeing on the furniture, not so much in my opinion. Perhaps the vets reason that it's better than the alternative, which is the owner taking the matter into his or her own hands or the owner just turning the problem pet loose to meet an uncertain fate.
That story sent chills down my spine.
Comment by Nona Nelson — March 25, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
I have a cat who peed on a flokati rug for quite some time before we finally figured out the source of the smell (the pee had sunk to the bottom, so it didn't look yellow or give any indication that the rug was the problem). Once I figured it out, the rug had sat on our wood floors for quite some time and the pee had severely penetrated the wood. I tried EVERY SINGLE item sold in stores, as well as some home remedies, but nothing did the trick. I finally coughed up the money to buy Anti-Icky-Poo, figuring I would rather try the expensive odor remover before replacing an original oak floor in my historic house. It worked. I did about four treatments on the floor, leaving the AIP to sit for a few days in between treatments. I can't even smell anything when I put my nose to the floor and take a huge whiff. I also used AIP on the mattress when Simone peed on that, as well, and there is no odor whatsoever. The AIP site sells a "mattress injector" that is this HUGE syringe and needle to directly inject the AIP into the fibers of the mattress. The AIP official site sells a gallon for $50 (GULP, I know, but worth it), but I am in need of another gallon and discovered yesterday that Amazon sells it for $26ish. I do not use any other product except AIP - it saved my wood floors and my guest room in now useable again.
Comment by Emily — March 25, 2009 @ 4:37 pm