What is the Best Way to Clean Cat Urine?

If you live in an area where it is available, try Fizzion. I saw something about it online and decided to buy some. All you do is drop the fizzing tablets in plain old tap water. The "starter" kit includes a spray bottle of water and a tablet. You keep the sprayer and buy more tablets. This stuff really works. Since it's clear, it won't stain carpets or furniture and it gets the stain and the smell out. Even works on laundry! It really is one of those products that works like it says it does. It prevents the space where the cat urinated from becoming a marking zone.

What can I say? It actually lives up to the hype.

I neutered my cat but had to keep him indoors for a month to heal an injury. A new male kitten in the neighborhood mistook my home for his new home and proceeded to spray all around the doors outside driving my poor neutered kitten insane. I caught him trying to spray the doors on the inside but in only a few weeks he was really spraying. I only hope he stops again after I git rid of all the spray.

Why does cat urine smell? Cat urine consists of three chemical parts. First, the urea, which makes the urine sticky. The second part is urochrome which gives the urine its ugly yellow color that stains carpets, furniture and he walls. The third part is made up of uric acid. The uric acid consists of salts and crystals that give off the extremely pungent odor.

The smell is made of invisible gases that have vaporized from the source. These vaporized odors float in the air attaching to the suspended cation particles which act like a sponge absorbing and carrying the odors and toxins through the air we breathe. Air-ReNu a paint additive, turns any wall, surface, into a permanent air purification system, with no electricity or filters required.

Another method that has worked the first time for me, was after cleaning a spot properly, put small dishes of food (or just put some dry food there with no dish) and the cat will associate the area as an eating area. Cats don't like to go where they eat, and don't like to eat where they go.

I have seven cats and three dogs. I use a product called SCOE10X for accident spots of the liquid and solid variety. It is a biologic product that actually eats and destroys all three parts of urine. It completely destroys the odor and my pets are not tempted to hit the same spot. My Husband is a wildlife photographer. SCOE10X works so well that I use it to “de-human” my husbands’ clothes before he heads out for a shoot. Even notoriously good sniffers like deer have a hard time locating him!

A good method for cleaning cat urine and odor cleaner is to use an enzymatic cleaner. I find that enzymatic cleaners designed for cleaning car upholstery work the best. These cleaners come dry and you mix them just before use. Enzymes are most effective if you use them within an hour of mixing them with water.

You will have to douse the area with the enzyme cleaner and let it sit. You should also read the directions carefully. If you use them correctly, the enzymes will eat the bacteria, and destroy the odor.

@ GiraffeEars- Another way to prevent cleaning cat urine from your carpet is to make sure their litter box is cleaned regularly. Every cat I have owned dislikes dirty litter boxes, so keeping them fresh and tidy will make them comfortable with using it.

One of the best ways to prevent having to clean up cat urine is to spay or neuter your cats. Your cats will not get pregnant with kittens that will surely urinate in your house, and they will not purposely urinate to mark their territory.

Also allowing them access to their litter box or outside will prevent accidents. For cats that urinate in plants, try to keep your houseplants off the ground, or place uninviting items on top of the soil (i.e. rocks, sticks, etc.). This will discourage them from jumping in your plant pots and thinking they are litter boxes.