@PlacidPenguin You…you…you mean the singing cowboy isn’t a singer/songwriter?? I mean, I had him on the level of James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen; sigh, another idol torn down…
Our cat only goes potty in the house (in his litter box, of course) in case of severe emergencies - like if there is a blizzard or a thunderstorm outside. Otherwise he always asks us to let him out to do his deeds. Of course he also goes for walks with us, so maybe he’s not a good representative of cat standards…
Clean the dirt box - including washing it out regularly. Use better litter. I use fresh step multi cat WITHOUT the fabreze scent (as the fabreze version is inferior - they wrecked it making it have less dust and it doesn’t cover odors as well). Scoop daily. I had 8 cats at one point and no one knew as my house did not smell. It only smells if I don’t scoop enough, wash the actual boxes out, or someone decides something is wrong with it and poops next to one of them.
The enzyme spray cleaners work well on the rug next to the dirt box when someone poops outside of it, or pisses too high and some goes over the edge. While some of the sprays have an initial odor, that odor goes away. Read and follow the directions though as those directions matter.
I also, each time I scoop take a wet paper towel and use that to wipe down the sides of the dirt box inside. That removes some of the pee that hits the side and doesn’t get covered.
Also if suddenly it smells usually that means someone didn’t cover their poop - so I cover it, or they pee’d above the dirt box line and I need to wipe the side off - or if it is still damp just throw some litter where it is wet on the side which then sticks and covers the stink. Also they don’t always cover their pee so I sometimes have to cover it for them. That cuts the odor to more or less zero.
It is a solvable problem if you feel like putting the effort into solving it.
Oh and if someone is spraying the enzyme cleaner takes care of that odor too.
@RiotDemon I agree 100% on how terrible the febreeze one is. They totally wrecked what used to be a good cat litter. Who knows what stupid deal they made with the company that makes febreeze. Biggest mistake ever for cat litter. I hope to heaven it isn’t a zillion year deal. I can’t get the multicat in the 42 pound bags anymore which is about $3.50 cheaper when you go by per pound cost. I still have 4 cats so this matters as it adds up Makes me mad.
@Kidsandliz when I bought it, and my cat box stunk the next day, I was like, Wtf is this??!
I’ve been using fresh step for almost the entire time I’ve had my cats because other stuff didn’t work as well, or my cat didn’t like it.
Sure enough, after switching to a box of the febreeze one, my cat decided to pee in his cardboard sleeping box. Thank god it sits on tile so it was easy to clean.
/giphy preach!
@thismyusername I could watch this forever.
@thismyusername
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37 seconds into the video, his right hand isn’t on the guitar, yet it’s still playing in the background.
/giphy confused space bending penguin
@PlacidPenguin It is weird, I noticed it too. It’s almost like he doesn’t actually play guitar while shooting the video. Time for conspiracy theories?
@serpent
Those have been happening since September 10th, 2013. It’s one of the things I chat with specially selected mehmbers away from Meh about.
@PlacidPenguin You…you…you mean the singing cowboy isn’t a singer/songwriter?? I mean, I had him on the level of James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen; sigh, another idol torn down…
@eeterrific
I never said that, however you inferred it…
Time for a different kind of cat litter.
Hence, catshirts instead of a cat.
Our cat only goes potty in the house (in his litter box, of course) in case of severe emergencies - like if there is a blizzard or a thunderstorm outside. Otherwise he always asks us to let him out to do his deeds. Of course he also goes for walks with us, so maybe he’s not a good representative of cat standards…
There’s always that one home in the neighborhood, or trailer park, like that.
In general, I have found that people whose houses smell like cat piss don’t realize it.
@curtw4
@sammydog01 So want that couch.
my cat peed down the heater vent over the summer. it’s not really great now that the heat is on.
@meh Wtf. Thanks cat.
@RiotDemon i dont even know. i’ve tried spraying nature’s miracle down there it isn’t helping so far may need to get it professionally cleaned.
@meh try odormute - you can make it extra concentrated and it’s much cheaper.
@Pantheist thanks bought it
@meh No problem, good luck!
Clean the dirt box - including washing it out regularly. Use better litter. I use fresh step multi cat WITHOUT the fabreze scent (as the fabreze version is inferior - they wrecked it making it have less dust and it doesn’t cover odors as well). Scoop daily. I had 8 cats at one point and no one knew as my house did not smell. It only smells if I don’t scoop enough, wash the actual boxes out, or someone decides something is wrong with it and poops next to one of them.
The enzyme spray cleaners work well on the rug next to the dirt box when someone poops outside of it, or pisses too high and some goes over the edge. While some of the sprays have an initial odor, that odor goes away. Read and follow the directions though as those directions matter.
I also, each time I scoop take a wet paper towel and use that to wipe down the sides of the dirt box inside. That removes some of the pee that hits the side and doesn’t get covered.
Also if suddenly it smells usually that means someone didn’t cover their poop - so I cover it, or they pee’d above the dirt box line and I need to wipe the side off - or if it is still damp just throw some litter where it is wet on the side which then sticks and covers the stink. Also they don’t always cover their pee so I sometimes have to cover it for them. That cuts the odor to more or less zero.
It is a solvable problem if you feel like putting the effort into solving it.
Oh and if someone is spraying the enzyme cleaner takes care of that odor too.
@Kidsandliz omg. The febreeze one is fucking terrible. My grocery store only carries that one now and the unscented one. Worst purchase ever.
@RiotDemon I agree 100% on how terrible the febreeze one is. They totally wrecked what used to be a good cat litter. Who knows what stupid deal they made with the company that makes febreeze. Biggest mistake ever for cat litter. I hope to heaven it isn’t a zillion year deal. I can’t get the multicat in the 42 pound bags anymore which is about $3.50 cheaper when you go by per pound cost. I still have 4 cats so this matters as it adds up Makes me mad.
@Kidsandliz when I bought it, and my cat box stunk the next day, I was like, Wtf is this??!
I’ve been using fresh step for almost the entire time I’ve had my cats because other stuff didn’t work as well, or my cat didn’t like it.
Sure enough, after switching to a box of the febreeze one, my cat decided to pee in his cardboard sleeping box. Thank god it sits on tile so it was easy to clean.
This is the kind of song I would make up and sing around the house until the wife throws a shoe at me.
We saved you step 1; you’re welcome
@thismyusername needs more paw coordination.
It will still suffice for my daily allowance of cute.