My Cat Peed On Throw Rugs

You can also put a litter box on the carpet where your cat likes to urinate.

My cat peed on throw rugs.

My mother took in a friend s cat two years ago the male cat is neutered and an indoor cat. To prevent this from happening get all of the urine and its scent out of the rug completely. As bad as cat pee initially smells the longer that urine sits the worse the stench becomes. If it pees on washable items for example carpets rugs clothes among others clean them properly with detergents and vinegar.

How to clean an area rug with pet urine. Cleaning pet urine out of a rug is tricky but it can be done. His food and litter box. For small washable rugs place them in the washing machine with detergent and 1 cup of vinegar.

To prevent your cat from urinating on carpets flip area rugs upside down to change their texture which your cat may not like. If the cat is still not adapted to the new environment it will probably start to pee on most comfortable place like your household rugs. If you are worried about the colors running on your rug test on an area that won t show. The cleaning solutions described below use vinegar and hydrogen peroxide.

Read on for solutions to your area rug cleaning pet urine problems. Sometimes it s all about the scent of the rug. Vinegar is another scent repellent that will stop your cat from peeing outside the litter box. Seven months ago my mother began staying with us and so did the cat.

Try putting double sided sticky tape around the edges of the rug where your cat is urinating since cats don t like that sensation either. My cat keeps peeing on the rug. The bathroom rugs were tending to manufacture using a rubber non slip layer. Once a cat urinates on your rug the smell of the urine will continue to draw him back to the scene of the crime to pee on it again and again.

Anna o brien is a veterinarian and writer who has worked with animals ranging from horses dogs and cats to camels cows monkeys and honeybees. Additionally once a urine stain dries you may no longer see it but you can still smell it and so can your cat leading him or her to mark that area again.