This will be my last post on the subject. I feel I owe it to Jen to explain myself since she was obviously upset with something I said enough to mention it at another site. Yes Avajoy the girl I worked with had one cat (neutered male) that totally ruined their basement. They jackhammered a section of the concrete after trying every cleaner on the planet. This was back in the early 90's so maybe today there are better cleaners on the market. I don't know. Also, my sister-in-law's cats (both neutered, one boy and one girl) totally trashed their spare room with pee. That is where their litterboxes were kept. Believe me the smell from that room permeated the whole house and that is where I first really learned what cat pee smells like. It is a *whole nother* ballgame from dog pee. When my SIL's house was sold the new owners gutted the room.

I only responded because Jen's last sentence said that she would just have to *live in a peed in house* (her words). I wanted to give her some "worst case scenarios" to this kind of thinking. Our homes are our biggest investment. I don't think anyone here can really afford to have theirs ruined to that extent. IMHO if one does not want suggestions one shouldn't start a thread like this. My post was just a warning and was taken in the wrong way. End of post and end of thread for me.