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Cat smell..how do I make it go away?
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 67212"><p>The cat's male, right? A neutered cat shouldn't be spraying...the instinct is no longer there. If he had reached maturity before being neutered (meaning he had started spraying before he was neutered), it's become learned behavior. If he was neutered at the right age (6-7 months), then his spraying is for another reason. Just be glad he's neutered (I'm assuming he is since you adopted him from a shelter)...the smell would be much, much worse if he wasn't.</p><p></p><p>I worked in a vet clinic 17 years ago. Back then we gave depo shots to cats that sprayed; it takes away the urge to spray. I don't know if they still do that. There is also a pheromone type thing you can get that you plug into the wall like a glade plug in that is supposed to be calming for the cat, if that's the reason he's spraying. You might want to talk to your vet.</p><p></p><p>I never had much luck with vinegar or Nature's Miracle. When you do the carpet, you need to make sure to get the water down deep. In the past, I've used a garden sprayer to soak the carpet with water mixed with steam cleaner soap, then used the steam vac to pull the water out. The steam vac's never got the water down deep enough. It should come out of the clothes just by washing...if he is neutered, that is...just be sure to smell the clothes before drying them to make sure. Bath mats are another story. There was no getting it out of the rubber backing.</p><p></p><p>There is a product called Out, I think...can't really remember. You can get it in the pet supply department at walmart or kroger. It's a white bottle and I think the label is pink and yellow with a drawing of a cat and a dog on it. It works really well for surface things...such as spraying the carpet. If he's only sprayed an area of the carpet once, it should work fine as it probably hasn't gone into the padding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 67212"] The cat's male, right? A neutered cat shouldn't be spraying...the instinct is no longer there. If he had reached maturity before being neutered (meaning he had started spraying before he was neutered), it's become learned behavior. If he was neutered at the right age (6-7 months), then his spraying is for another reason. Just be glad he's neutered (I'm assuming he is since you adopted him from a shelter)...the smell would be much, much worse if he wasn't. I worked in a vet clinic 17 years ago. Back then we gave depo shots to cats that sprayed; it takes away the urge to spray. I don't know if they still do that. There is also a pheromone type thing you can get that you plug into the wall like a glade plug in that is supposed to be calming for the cat, if that's the reason he's spraying. You might want to talk to your vet. I never had much luck with vinegar or Nature's Miracle. When you do the carpet, you need to make sure to get the water down deep. In the past, I've used a garden sprayer to soak the carpet with water mixed with steam cleaner soap, then used the steam vac to pull the water out. The steam vac's never got the water down deep enough. It should come out of the clothes just by washing...if he is neutered, that is...just be sure to smell the clothes before drying them to make sure. Bath mats are another story. There was no getting it out of the rubber backing. There is a product called Out, I think...can't really remember. You can get it in the pet supply department at walmart or kroger. It's a white bottle and I think the label is pink and yellow with a drawing of a cat and a dog on it. It works really well for surface things...such as spraying the carpet. If he's only sprayed an area of the carpet once, it should work fine as it probably hasn't gone into the padding. [/QUOTE]
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