Help I live in a block of flats and there are cats in the block which sometimes have a widdle, you enter the block and it stinks, is there any thing that can deter them, or will mask the smell, air freshner does not work and apart from going, only thong that hels is cleaning the stairs, but I am the only one who does the stairs so any suggestiond would be great
There are severl produts you can get from a pet shop or garden centre that will deter them. There is nohing as bad a cat pee, specially if it is a tom cat. If you ask they should be able to recommend something to help, failing that try bleach in your water when you wash the stairs.
DON'T put bleach in the water as it will only encourage them to re-mark the territory. The best thing is biological washing powder, and once it has dried, then sluice with surgical spirit. This kills off all the pheronomes.
Originally posted by Piggles: Are you absolutely sure it's cats?!
I was thinking exactly the same thing!
If you live in a block of flats it's more likely to be the human form of 'piss', sorry to say. Even more so if the smell is particularly apparent in the lifts!!
Originally posted by mrs dwi: Help I live in a block of flats and there are cats in the block which sometimes have a widdle, you enter the block and it stinks, is there any thing that can deter them, or will mask the smell, air freshner does not work and apart from going, only thong that hels is cleaning the stairs, but I am the only one who does the stairs so any suggestiond would be great
Firstly, go to Pets At Home and ask them for Veterinary disinfectant. It will get rid of the smell. Secondly, where there are people there are rats and mice. Cats keep the area rodent free so it's in your interests to keep the cats around. To make this acceptable and to stop them spraying, contact The Cats Protection Society, who can give you a voucher to get them neutered for free.
The only way we have found of deterring the little beggars is to put a scented candle outside or near the area where they are peeing. The cheaper the candle to better as they tend to stink more the cheaper they are. Trouble is you then have the smell of cheap candle's instead of cat pee!
p.s, you dont have to light the candle, its the scent on the wax that does the job.
Does this advice apply to the other jobbies? We've got an old lazy female cat who has a tendency to cr^p in the house. And I've been cleaning it with bleach.....
Bleach is a bad bad idea Jelly babe, it will make the cat go back to that spot, because the ammonia in it reminds her of cat wee - hence ideal spot for another go.
The vet sells an spray product called odour eliminator which should help, it's what they use when their patients have 'accidents'. Failing that, use biological detergent rather than bleach.
And give the poor old thing a litter tray, it'll save your carpets .
The litter tray gets ignored. What i was asking was its not wee its the other stuff. So the same theory applies? Thanks for advice and sorry if that was a dumb question
No, not a dumb question at all, but it depends which theory you mean? Scented candles, neutering, it actually being humans rather than cats?
Try moving the litter tray to the her preferred pooing place (may not look lovely, but lovelier than a pile of poo on the carpet!). If you're using a large grade litter, change to finer one as she would find that kinder to her old toes.
Hi Jellybabe - I was advised to use a citrus scented cleaner to clean up (not bleach - as others have already mentioned). this doesn;t work for everyone but it workd for me. My cat also doesn't like his litter tray much, but we got him a cat flap so that got round that one. Where abouts is the litter tray placed? I've been told that they don't like it too near thier food, to near a bin or anytthing that might get a bit smelly, or anywhere where they can be easily seen, as they like to do thier business in private (fussy beggars ).
Try moving the litter tray to the her preferred pooing place (may not look lovely, but lovelier than a pile of poo on the carpet!).
As we are trying to sell the house not sure a feature litter tray (complete with candles) will create the right impression But I will be trying the disinfectants recommended and ditching the bleach
Originally posted by kat74: Hi Jellybabe - I was advised to use a citrus scented cleaner to clean up (not bleach - as others have already mentioned). this doesn;t work for everyone but it workd for me. My cat also doesn't like his litter tray much, but we got him a cat flap so that got round that one. Where abouts is the litter tray placed? I've been told that they don't like it too near thier food, to near a bin or anytthing that might get a bit smelly, or anywhere where they can be easily seen, as they like to do thier business in private (fussy beggars ).
Hi Kat thanks for advice. We have got a cat flap too but cat is just too old and lazy to do anything but poo wherever she happens to be at the time. I don't think she's too bothered about who's watching either. nowt as queer as cats i guess (woops i meant the 4 legged variety )
Try moving the litter tray to the her preferred pooing place (may not look lovely, but lovelier than a pile of poo on the carpet!).
As we are trying to sell the house not sure a feature litter tray (complete with candles) will create the right impression But I will be trying the disinfectants recommended and ditching the bleach
A feature litter tray, an ideal selling proposition. I made that suggestion because you said that your cat is too old and lazy to go to the litter tray - so you need to bring it to the place she has chosen instead - I thought you wanted to prevent it happening, rather than just clean up after her. You can use whatever cleaning agent you like but she will probably still keep at it, if the problem is unwillingness to walk to the 'official toilet'.
Love the idea of the feature litter tray complete with candles- La Cleaver eat your heart out! Maybe it could be stainless steel with white gravel litter for that contemporary look?
A feature litter tray, an ideal selling proposition. I made that suggestion because you said that your cat is too old and lazy to go to the litter tray - so you need to bring it to the place she has chosen instead - I thought you wanted to prevent it happening, rather than just clean up after her. You can use whatever cleaning agent you like but she will probably still keep at it, if the problem is unwillingness to walk to the 'official toilet'.
Hi Velvet. Apologies, I was not intending to ignore your advice. Actually the litter tray, cat flap and piles of poop are all in the same general vicinity ie. near back door of house, so I was hoping for something that would get her out of the house to do the business. Got some deterrent spray today to try and so far things are looking good
No need to apologise Jelly babe . I hope the deterrent spray works ... never usually that simple with cats, but you never know!
I meant to add that, if she is weeing in the tray, but pooing elsewhere, it often means that the cat doesn't like the litter (too hard on the paws, more pressure on them during a poo - yes I know, too much information - against a soft carpet/lino). There are other reasons too of course, but it is one option.
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