Eliminating Cat Odor Problems

Cute, cuddly kittens bring joy to any home. Unfortunately, they don’t bring with them the innate knowledge of litter box usage. It’s up to you, the owner, to train them. The process can be a long, frustrating experience. Not to mention a smelly one.

Untrained kittens or untrained rescue cats aren’t the only cause of feline odor problems. Cats, both male and female, neutered or whole, are capable of scent-marking their territory. And de-clawed cats are more likely to scent mark than fully armed cats.

Urine and scent spray both leave an undesirable odor for cat owners to deal with. What’s worse, the cats tend to be creative when they mark their territory. Places to find scent spray include walls, doors, door frames, window frames, outside door thresholds, entrance ways, above and behind kitchen cabinets, behind baseboards and on door trim. The unpainted bottoms of wood doors are also a popular place for scent spray to accumulate.

Despite the wide range of possible problem areas, eliminating these urine and scent spray odors is relatively easy. Just don’t paint over the areas, and do your best to locate all of the offending areas.

One effective way to locate these areas is with a black light. The black light will cause the phosphor salts in the scent spray to light up as a pale, yellowish-green mark that looks like the cat applied it with a squirt gun. Stick a thumb tack about two inches above every mark you find to help you keep track of all the locations.

Mix up a 16 ounce trigger spray bottle of OdorXit Concentrate using 1 ounce of Concentrate and 15 ounces of water. Now spray the marked areas with two to four pumps of the product and let it dry naturally. These scent marks often take two to five applications over as many days to remove all the odor.

OdorXit Concentrate neutralizes the odor-causing residue so that the urine residue no longer produces the odors. This Concentrate must come in direct contact with all the cat urine residue to eliminate all of the odor. Odors caused by cat urine in hardwood flooring, sub-flooring, concrete, dirt, gravel, fabric, clothing, upholstery and most other surfaces are effectively and permanently removed.

Another approach to eliminating the odors is through using OdorXit Magic. This product uses a “gas absorbing” technology to attract, trap and eliminate cat urine odors from the air. When sprayed on flooring, carpeting, upholstery, and most other surfaces and materials, OdorXit Magic absorbs the gasses (odors) coming from the cat urine. This process continues for 2 to 12 weeks depending on the amount of odor being produced and the amount of sun shining on the area.

No matter which OdorXit product you choose to use, one thing is certain: your cat odor problem will be eliminated.

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Copyright 2006 Listening Systems Inc.

Martin R Meyer is the President of Listening Systems, Inc., and OdorXit is the registered trademark of Listening Systems. Their mission is to provide the highest quality, safest odor-control products at a reasonable price and to offer the best available advice on solving odor problems, even if you don’t use their products. Visit http://www.odorxit.com for a full list of OdorXit products as well as valuable information on solving a wide range of odor problems.