Ack. I'm totally pissed. Pun intended.
We went away for 2 weeks and left my neighbor's 17 yo daughter looking after the animals (and paid her very, very,very well to do so.)
Among other things, she let her younger siblings come in to play (which was totally not part of the agreement). They must have been playing in ds's bedroom, which was shut off, and the cat got shut in there.
My cat has never, ever, ever peed in the house. Poor thing must have been in there for hours.
There has been a vague whiff of cat pee since we got back, driving me nuts. I thought it was from where we had the litter tray, so scrubbed that floor repeatedly. Then I thought it was coming from outside, and moved all the outdoor plant pots, where I could see that cats had been toileting. But the smell wouldn't go.
Then finally yesterday we spent hours sniffing all around the house. Dh dismantled ds's bed, and sure enough, there in the very corner, was the pee. She must have squatted herself down as small as possible to pee, and it's all in the carpet, the wooden leg of the bed, and the baseboard.
I spent hours - yes, hours - yesterday scrubbing it, steam cleaning it, mopping etc. But this morning it stinks even worse. It's overpowering.
Is there anything you can do for cat pee other than cleaning over and over? I think it must have soaked down into the baseboard, but I can't have the carpet and baseboard replaced.....
Agh.
I'm ranting, but honestly. This is only one of many, many things that went wrong while we were away. Sigh.
Ideas? Products? Help!!
We went away for 2 weeks and left my neighbor's 17 yo daughter looking after the animals (and paid her very, very,very well to do so.)
Among other things, she let her younger siblings come in to play (which was totally not part of the agreement). They must have been playing in ds's bedroom, which was shut off, and the cat got shut in there.
My cat has never, ever, ever peed in the house. Poor thing must have been in there for hours.
There has been a vague whiff of cat pee since we got back, driving me nuts. I thought it was from where we had the litter tray, so scrubbed that floor repeatedly. Then I thought it was coming from outside, and moved all the outdoor plant pots, where I could see that cats had been toileting. But the smell wouldn't go.
Then finally yesterday we spent hours sniffing all around the house. Dh dismantled ds's bed, and sure enough, there in the very corner, was the pee. She must have squatted herself down as small as possible to pee, and it's all in the carpet, the wooden leg of the bed, and the baseboard.
I spent hours - yes, hours - yesterday scrubbing it, steam cleaning it, mopping etc. But this morning it stinks even worse. It's overpowering.
Is there anything you can do for cat pee other than cleaning over and over? I think it must have soaked down into the baseboard, but I can't have the carpet and baseboard replaced.....
Agh.
I'm ranting, but honestly. This is only one of many, many things that went wrong while we were away. Sigh.
Ideas? Products? Help!!