Hi,

We have 2 elderly cats and one of them has peed on our carpet and it stinks. This was a while ago and i've been trying to find a solution to get rid of the smell.
They are now banned from the carper areas in view of this.

We have used your normal carpet cleaners, hired a carpet cleaner and tough stain remover for urine, this made it worse.
Have repeated over and over bicarbonate of soda again and again, let it soak in and then hoover away. Not working.

Anything you guys know that really works on a wool carpet for cat pee. The smell is really nasty and i just want rid of it.

Thanks

We had a similar problem at one time, someone said white vinegar was the best, but in the end we just had to take the carpet up and replace it!  The smell just never seems to go, and you could smell it through the whole house!  Not nice..

Ive had the same problem in the past when one of mine got shut in by mistake and she is quite old.
I used vinegar in water from a spray bottle,just give it a light spray every other day,and dont hoover the area for as long as you can,as it disturbs the smell again.
It will go eventully but does take its time.
Becareful the cat may try to go there again,ours did a couple of times,she has stopped it now thank goodness for her,as hubby said if she did it again she was on her way out the door for good.

cat pee is the wrost for that.
I would suggust ripping the carpet and underlay up and buying a new one.
i could never get the smell out of my bedding when my old male cat wet himself on my bed the day he passed away.
RIP Felix i still miss you evan though its been nearly 5 years.
xx

On the odd occasion when I've had a cat pee problem I put loads of salt on it so that it sucks it up, when all of the salt is wet hoover it up and put more down, then hoover again.

Then all I do is a cleaning cloth and a bit of very dilute washing up liquid water, a lot gentle rubbing and then a clean cloth and clean water rub.

Mind you I don't have expensive carpets so I'm not sure how a really expensive shag pile would cope with this treatment.

And I bet newf3 that long after the sniff had gone you could still sort of smell your lovely old chap. RIP Felix and for me Russet, Tabs, Shadow, Saphire and Benson and Hedges :-D

Because the pee has been there a while and we have tried bicarbonate of sode(salt) i will now try the vinegar in water.
It was a very expensive carpet and to replace it which would mean our whole hallway, stairs and landing is going to run into thousands, though personally i would go for a wooden floor downstairs my family love carpets..

Right off to try that now..

I have five cats, two of which are queens who when in call can be quite dirty and have a tendency to wee where they should not!!!
The thing I found that works is wash the affected area with BIOLOGICAL washing powder leave to dry and do not try and blot off. The bio bit in the washing powder breaks down the enzymes in the urine then when dry spray the area  with surgical spirit again leave to dry.
I have tried all different ideas and am pleased to say this one actually works!!!!
HTH
Lou

Thanks LouLou, that will be my next try if the vinegar doesn't work.

Was trying to write the same as LouLou when my connection went weird, but I also have had success with warm diluted Bio washing powder, but I follow it when dry with a spray with white spirit vinegar ;)

Worked well when my cats had peed where they shouldn't when calling too, and when the pups have peed where they shouldn't.

> Thanks LouLou, that will be my next try if the vinegar doesn't work

Sue,

the vinegar is unlikely to work without the Bio washing powder, you need those enzymes to break down the smell first ;)   It shouldn't harm your carpet tho, it's meant for washing fabrics ;)

You could put some in a spray with warm water - about a teaspoon to a pint - if you don't want to over wet the carpet.  But allow the liquid some time to work ;)  if you can let it dry - even better :)

If the carpet still smells after everything you've done than the urine managed to soak into the underlay and probably into whatever is underneath as well - wood or cement I imagine.  

Before you invest in a new carpet I would soak the area with simple solution.  Drench it.  And once you have done that - before the area dries - pull up the carpet and soak the area underneath with simple solution as well.   When both dry out if the smell is still there - then and only then, give up and invest in new carpeting.