How to Find and Remove Cat Urine Odor

If you own a cat, it’s bound to have happened at least once. Whether your cat was too young to find the litter box, too old to make it there, or too angry at you to care, he’s likely taken a piddle on the carpet.

You know this, because the scent is unmistakable.

The bouquet is somewhere between Pungent Ammonia and Noxious Musk. Worse,  if you don't remove cat urine odor it lingers for years. The source of this obnoxious and stubborn odor is  the uric acid crystals which deposit on your carpet fibers, bond, and are re-activated anytime liquid touches them.

This is why attempting to remove cat urine odor with traditional household cleaners usually fails. Even worse, ammonia—a common household cleaner—not only re-activates the scent, but is so similar to the original smell that instead of removing cat urine odor, it sends kitty a message that he or she needs to mark this spot again, because some other cat has been peeing there!

So what’s a cat owner to do? Cat urine is not only intolerable to live with on a daily basis and embarrassing if you’re trying to entertain guests—but it also lowers the value of your house, and can cost you your security deposit if you live in an apartment.

First, work on preventing spraying of cat urine in inappropriate places in the first place. Find out if kitty is sick—take him to the vets. Find out if kitty is getting more particular about her litter box—change it more often. Find out if kitty simply feels threatened or insecure for some reason—invest in Feliway,  a product that will calm your cat’s nerves.