anyone know how to effectively get pet odors out of carpet?

CeltiCutie · August 2010

I have a carpet cleaner that I plan to use but I didn't know if there was a good way to treat prior too. My lovely cat has decided to get fickle in her old age and piss on my spare bedroom floor because her box must've been "too dirty" the day prior to cleaning day. *sigh*

jules999 · August 2010

our dog used to pee on our carpets. the only thing that I found that helped:

sop up excess liquid

cover the spot with baking soda - really work it in so it makes kind of a paste. Let it sit for a while to dry.

Vacuum up the dried powder. If it dried enough, it should just look like a white spot on the carpet now.

Poor or spritz some vinegar on the spot - the vinegar will bubble with the baking soda bringing it and all the odor it absorbed up to the top of the carpet. Use towels to sop this up.

You may need to let it dry and re-vinegar it a couple of times to get everything up, but I found it really worked on a couple of types of carpets and left no smell or stain behind.

Good luck!

CeltiCutie · August 2010

jules999:
our dog used to pee on our carpets. the only thing that I found that helped:
sop up excess liquid
cover the spot with baking soda - really work it in so it makes kind of a paste. Let it sit for a while to dry.
Vacuum up the dried powder. If it dried enough, it should just look like a white spot on the carpet now.
Poor or spritz some vinegar on the spot - the vinegar will bubble with the baking soda bringing it and all the odor it absorbed up to the top of the carpet. Use towels to sop this up.
You may need to let it dry and re-vinegar it a couple of times to get everything up, but I found it really worked on a couple of types of carpets and left no smell or stain behind.
Good luck!

Well part of the issue is that I cannot find where she peed... It was Sunday while we were gone some of the day and I came home to STANK and tore the room apart looking for a wet spot and found nothing. Should I douse the whole carpet in baking soda and vinegar? I totally will! LOL

pixy_stix · August 2010

Weren't you on the pets board long enough to know the answer to this? ;op

Get a black light and shine it around on your carpet. Every place she peed will glow.

Have you taken her to the vet to see if she has a UTI?

For cat pee there really is no alternative to getting an enzymatic cleaner. Apple cider vinegar works a bit, but not that well.

MissyOlivePants · August 2010

The only luck I ever had was to pull up the carpet & trash it.

CeltiCutie · August 2010

pixy_stix:
Weren't you on the pets board long enough to know the answer to this? ;op
Get a black light and shine it around on your carpet. Every place she peed will glow.
Have you taken her to the vet to see if she has a UTI?
For cat pee there really is no alternative to getting an enzymatic cleaner. Apple cider vinegar works a bit, but not that well.

:blushes:

No UTI check yet. I figured if it happens again then we'll take her. She is getting up there in age and I chalked it up to her being a fickle broad because she seems fine otherwise.... But that's the next plan.

Enzymatic cleaner? any thing specific recommended or just whatever I can find around here?

pixy_stix · August 2010

I'd try Nature's Miracle. We have stronger stuff for our house, but it's expensive.

CeltiCutie · August 2010

pixy_stix:
I'd try Nature's Miracle. We have stronger stuff for our house, but it's expensive.

I just posted on Pet's board that this never really worked for Dublin's pee when we were working on training her... *sigh* I'll try it I guess though.

sophabelle · August 2010

if you can't sniff out the spot, you'll need a black light to find it.

but this is the only thing that works for us to get cat pee out of anything. natures miracle did not work for us.

1/4 cup baking soda

2 tbs dish soap

1 bottle hydrogen peroxide (the tall one not the short one)

mix baking soda and soap into a paste, then wisk in the peroxide and you can pour this directly on the spot or put it in a spray bottle...

whatever you do, don't shake it up bc it will foam up, and don't store w/the lid tight on it because it may expand and leak if you do.

i swear by this mixture though, i've got 6 cats, so trust me! lol

pixy_stix · August 2010

This stuff is a miracle worker. Like I said, expensive, but it works.

CeltiCutie · August 2010

well... I guess we'll be replacing the carpet and the pets sooner than expected....

(Ps. I am TOTALLY kidding about the pets. I would die w/o my Belletayne, she's my heart animal.)

MidwestTexan · August 2010

Woolite makes an oxy something or other carpet cleaner. I used it today because my cat decided to take a dump NEXT to her litter box on the rug that I have it on. Lovely. :eye roll:

humynone · August 2010

our house's previous renters had cats that peed on the carpet...we tried the enzymes, the hydrogen solution, carpet cleaners, steam cleaning, etc...NOTHING WORKED. Any damp day, and the smell would come right back up.

...ended up having to rip up all the carpet, baseboards, tack strips and put down KILZ odor sealant anywhere the cats peed. soooo gross, I don't know how they lived with it so long

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