People tell me that my house has NO cat odor. I am always surprised and relieved. My house can't stink because I do adoptions (of carefully pre-screened potential adopters) at my home. My house is cleaner now than when I had just my own 4 personal cats when I first moved here. As best that I can determine, here's what works:
1. We scoop litterboxes twice a day and ALWAYS before someone comes to visit, and we use scoopable litter.
2. I have Chlorox bleach sheets in every room so that I can get them quick for cleanups.
3. When I scrub floors I use A-33 which deodorizes and disinfects.
4. I am not above spritzing citrus air freshners around before I answer the door.
5. My vaccuum is one of those wet/dry shop vacs with a 5 hp motor -- the kind generally associated with construction sites. That baby could suck up the entire
contents of a litterbox without even burping. (It has eaten a few of the cats' toys but no kittens have turned up missing.)
6. I do A LOT of laundry, and will add bleach to almost any load.
This is all with wall to wall carpeting. We are right now in the process of replacing the carpeting with wood laminate. I can hardly wait. Right now I spend way too much time cleaning. The laminate will be so much easier.
Evan & Dee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I like that idea !!!!!!
Nina wrote:I know it's not funny, but I'm laughing at the thought that we've found one more thing we all share in common:WE STINK! I too have become accustomed to the fragrances of my animals. I'm always asking trusted visitors, does my house stink?? Maybe we should have T shirts printed up, "If you can smell Cat, then you're too close!"
Nina
Susan Hoffman wrote:A hook and eye latch type lock is cheap and effective. I started doing this because one of my own little gremlins, Trixie, loved to go into the closet and remove EVERYTHING from all the shelves.
tamara stickler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Nina and others have mentioned keeping closet doors closed. But you may need to do more than that. I currently have a foster cat that is VERY adept at opening closet doors...aaand locking himself inside. (I've nicknamed him Tully after the character Lewis Tully in Ghostbusters who kept doing the same thing!) It's not that he Can't get out....its just more fun to sit in there and howl until I come looking for him. My point being...you may want to rig the closet doors to be certain the cats can't possibly open them...Remember, they're cats..they're SNEAKY!!!
Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm
wondering if one of your little angels is marking your closet. I'd get
in there and make sure everything smells fresh and then keep those doors
closed!Kelley Saveika wrote:
> My supervisor just called me in for a meeting and apparently people
> have been complaining that I smell like cat urine.
>
> I do have some sprayers. I wash my clothes with Oxyclean and I bathe
> every day, of course. I have only smelled cat urine on myself once
> and then I was aware of it.
>
> Could I smell bad and not know it?
>
>
> --
> Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life!
>
> http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20
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