Cat Vomit - Cleaning Tips

**happylabs** · 03-25-2011, 06:15 AM

Buddy has a sensitive stomach and often barfs up his dinner if he eats too much or too fast. It always seems to be on the carpet and sometimes I don't find it right away.

How about some cleaning tips for this?

Thanks!

**Randi** · 03-25-2011, 06:44 AM

I think Fister has a sensitive stomach, too. When he eats fast or too much, he also barfs. Luckily it's not very often. I usually hear it and I have learned to stay put until he's done, because if I move, he goes to another spot and the rest ends up there. It's usually undigested dry food, but sometimes a hairball.

What I do is this... I take some kitchen paper and grab the most of it with that and I have a bowl ready with an old cut up towel (thin ones are best) which I pour a bit of dishwashing liquid (Neutral) in and some hot water. That I scrub the carpet with. It works pretty well.

**Lady'sOtherHuman** · 03-25-2011, 06:50 AM

I use a high traffic foaming carpet cleaner. My animals (dog and 2 cats) don't like the sound of the spraying and a little bit can go a long way. They also don't really like the smell of it so they stay away from it and then I just make sure I vacuum the spot when it dries so I don't have the dust flying around.

**catmandu** · 03-25-2011, 09:32 AM

I put a damp towel over the mess, I do not have carpeting.
Poor John Hancock was losing most of his meals that way, My Poor Balinese.

**emily_the_spoiled** · 03-25-2011, 10:44 AM

There is a product sold at PetSmart called "Get Serious" (http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2755377) and this is the best thing I have EVER found for cleaning up after 16 cats.

**happylabs** · 03-25-2011, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by emily_the_spoiled

There is a product sold at PetSmart called "Get Serious" (http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2755377) and this is the best thing I have EVER found for cleaning up after 16 cats.

Thanks! I will check that out.

Thanks from everyone else for their suggestions too.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 03-25-2011, 11:47 AM

Just last night Sky ate too fast and he barfed up his dinner all over my carpet and carpet runner.

I usually hear him making the hacking noise so I try to move him to a hard surface if possible. I've been using Simple Solution which is also an enzyme cleaner and it works well. First I blot the area with a paper towel and clean up all of the vomit. Then I spray the enzyme cleaner and blot more. Then I spray more enzyme cleaner and I let it air dry. If I still notice a spot after it's dried then I spray more on it. Good luck.

**moosmom** · 03-25-2011, 09:08 PM

Wait till it dries. It's much easier to clean up.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 03-26-2011, 01:23 AM

I also have Alani, Blaze, & Ziggy who will clean up the barf for me if I let them. They love to eat it

so kitty barf never dries up in my home. I don't free feed any more and I feed 4 small meals to my cats every day. I've found that feeding them smaller meals will also help to keep them from barfing. Good luck.

**happylabs** · 03-26-2011, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by moosmom

Wait till it dries. It's much easier to clean up.

LOL! Most times I don't find it until it dries up. I just found a dried up one that must have been there for quite some time because it was fused to the windowsill of the kitties favorite window in the house. It was hidden by the curtain.

**Medusa** · 03-26-2011, 06:59 AM

Resolve for Pet Stains. It works so fast that I barely need to scrub the spot. Great stuff and you can buy it just about anywhere. It even works on blood. A friend's "monthly visitor" came unexpectedly and she had an accident on one of my dining room chairs, which just happen to be beige suede. I sprayed Resolve on it and there's not even a hint of a stain.