How to get rid of smell..

[catnapper]

Invest $9 for a blacklight. Turn the livingroom lights off and whatever glows needs to be cleaned with an enzyme cleaner. You can get that pretty inexpensively nowadays thanks to generic brands (nature's Miracle would be the most expensive and has been long prooven to work, so many feel its worth the additional cost)

I also swear by Oust air freshener. I too hate perfumy smells. I spray the Oust in the center of the room. It smells for like 5 minutes and then nothing but clean air. The smells dissipates and goes away real quick. I think its just there to hide the original stinky smell for a few minutes. Just one word though, no animals should be in the room when you use it because there's a caution label on it about using it around animals.

[caseysmom]

Walmart has something that I think is just as good if not better than nature's miracle, catmandu recommended it. It is cheaper and its in the pet section.

[christa]

We have a few of these from QVC and they are WONDERFUL! Especially for the litterbox! We have one right by the litterbox & never ever smell it!

Ionic Air Cleaner

[wolfsoul]

We have a few of these from QVC and they are WONDERFUL! Especially for the litterbox! We have one right by the litterbox & never ever smell it!

Ionic Air Cleaner

That looks awesome! -- do you think it'd be at Superstore or Wal-mart?

[BC_MoM]

Our living room smells like urine, too, Jordan. The people who lived here before us had cats and let them pee all over.

When we were nursing our grandparents dog and she was having troubles going to the bathroom, we let her go in the living room because she wouldn't with us holding her up (she needed to be supported) outside. Molly ruined the living room carpet when we were house training her.

We've tried EVERYTHING. We're just going to have to rip up the carpet and put laminate down. *sigh*

I can't believe your friend would say something like that! I sure as heck wouldn't say that to a friend.

[shais_mom]

I don't have any solution other then what you are already doing. I think it was incredibly rude of her to say to you what she did and I am not particulary a rattie fan. But is it possible she just is trying to find a way to NOT come to your house?
In my house the guy I bought it from - his daughter lived here and was a drug addict (she has since cleaned herself up) and had a cat that used the floor as a litter box. When he decided to sell the house - he ripped up the carpet and painted KILZ all over the floor http://www.kilz.com/ and there is no smell. Course this is a bit drastic.
When I was potty training Keegan she kept going to a spot in the floor where a floor furnace had been. We ripped it out and my dad put plywood there.
I kept a rug over it and she just kept peeing on that spot. Finally I asked my parents when they came over to paint Kilz on it and they painted like 2-3 coats. Then we put some carpet over it. She never peed there after that!
My mom has a super sensitive nose and usually when she comes to my house she doesn't smell anything. The last time she was here she said she smelled cat pee. I of course didn't smell anything. I changed the litter in the box but I didn't smell it. One of my friends when she feeds my cats she always asks me how come my house doesn't smell like cat pee - even in the closet where the box is. I said I dunno. It isn't pee that I smell usually its the poo.

[AbbyMom]

For a while I kept foster cats in our spare bedroom. When a pair showed up with ringworm, I bought an large ionic air filter from Sears on sale.

This was to capture the ringworm spores, but I was very impressed by how much cleaner the room smelled. It was quiet, too.

I also used Nature's Miracle on those "accidents" and it works.

I'm sorry your friend said those things to you. I had a coworker with a super sensitive nose and she was just like that. She always said she couldn't help herself.

Good luck to you.

[wolfsoul]

Invest $9 for a blacklight. Turn the livingroom lights off and whatever glows needs to be cleaned with an enzyme cleaner. You can get that pretty inexpensively nowadays thanks to generic brands (nature's Miracle would be the most expensive and has been long prooven to work, so many feel its worth the additional cost)

That'ss a great idea! I'm going to go out tonight and get a blacklight. I've heard the bulbs you buy at places like SUperstore aren't any good -- I'll just be going to Extra Foods, which is a bit like a smaller Superstore. Anyone know if it will be okay, or should I just go to Spencer in the mall and buy one I know is good? Only problem is they're more expensive and the mall is farther away.

I'm having a couple people come over tonight to tell me what they think. I've told people to be honest before and I'm sure they have been. My mom is always very honest about things like this and even she thinks it smells fine. Kelly just has a crazy nose that picks up things no one else can smell.