TESTIMONIALS

I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for your article on getting cat urine out of mattresses (and carpets).

My son moved in temporarily and brought his cat with him, which caused my other three to freak out and two of them started spraying on our front room sofa and our office futon! It was just awful... I mean really AWFUL, and to make it worse, my husband discovered it when he set his work equipment down on the sofa!

I found your web site and your process for getting rid of the pee-pee smell. I have to admit I was a bit doubtful that such simple household supplies would do the trick, but I have tried to many proprietary cleaners that have not, I figured I should let 'nature' try its best. I got home from work and followed your directions, starting with the 50/50 vinegar and water mix, the mopping up, then the baking soda, wait 15 minutes, then the peroxide with (DAWN) dish soap and a slight working in. I was a little afraid, since the futon mattress was black and process left a big white, baking soda marking all over the cover.

 The next morning, when it had dried, I vacuumed the whole thing and it came right up!!! No staining, no discolorations, and YES!! THE SMELL WAS COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY GONE! My husband said it smelled like brand new. I also used this on an area of the carpet that was a bit of a mess, and it too was fixed! I can't thank you enough for helping me! I'll never use another store-bought product for cleaning ever again! If someone out there is reading this post, wondering if they should try the mattress/carpet cleaning process..... YES!!! DO IT! IT REALLY WORKS! Thank you again!!!

Patti, Southern California

Greetings,
Last night the wind blew the bedroom door shut, and my 14 year old cat was unsuccessful in communicating his need to exit .
I awoke at 2 a.m. to the odor of cat urine, staggered to my computer, and found your website.
I have an almost new pillow top mattress.
Much to my amazement, your home remedy appears to have worked like magic (albeit, it took more than a wave of my hand to enact).
I do believe that for a few pennies of non toxic , readily available household products that were already on hand, my mattress has been spared, not to mention the remainder of the cat's few lives.
You have my undying gratitude.

Kudos,
Katrina

Just wanted to say "KUDO'S & HALLELUJAH!!" to this site for the homemade recipe for getting out cat urine smell out of carpet!  We are in the process of selling our house, the carpet is only 2 years old and there were two places in our carpet that one of our cats urinated in but I didn't find it til it was dry. I could not get the odor out of even after using two bottles of commercial pet odor eliminator and various other "homemade" remedies. I was very skeptical about trying another homemade remedy but decided to give yours a try. I could not believe my nose after I vacuumed it up!! AMAZING!! Yes, I honestly stuck my nose in the carpet and took a big whiff.....NOTHING! No smell what-so-ever!!
I was almost convinced that we were going to have to put new carpet in before trying this recipe. I have since given this recipe to a couple of my friends that have cats and our realtor asked if she could have it in case there were any of her future clients that had the same problem.
So I wanted to thank you for putting this on your site.
THANK YOU!!!!!  THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
It saved me about $1500.00 in new carpet!
My realtor said that she had 6 couples go through our house during the "OPEN HOUSE" on Sunday and four of them commented on how "fresh & clean" the house smelled. I attribute that mostly to that recipe. I am wondering if it will work on a concrete garage floor. I think I am going to try it.

Kelly Schwindt
Albany, Indiana

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OMG, This recipe really worked...I no longer can smell the terrible odor of cat urine,
Thank you for sharing this information....

Tracy from Va in USA

I'm sold!!  I was beside myself when our kitties were accidentally locked out of their litter area while we were out of town and used our brand new carpet.  I had tried a couple of products, but there was still a smell.  I used your method on the area.  It clearly made a difference, though I thought I still caught lingering whiffs.  We were planning to pull up the carpet and treat the pad (or replace that section) but in recent days, the smell is gone.  It had been humid too, so I don't quite understand what happened.

We had another problem area.  My son's kitty sprayed a hiking backpack I had loaned him.  I used a well recommended commercial product, but it still smelled.   I used "the formula" and it is completely gone! After the H2O2/baking soda had done their work, I hosed everything off to rinse and hung it to dry in the sun.  It is like new! Yaaaay!!!

Thank you so much for putting up this site.  It would have saved us a lot of money had we seen it first!  I have shared it with the professional pet sitting service we use...they were grateful.

Mary

HALLELUJAH, Finally a method the works !!!. Our cat has a bad habit of urinating on a shoe mat at the front of the house, from time to time. On occasion, his aim is right on the money, and a shoe has been forever "marked". He even had the nerve to mark a $200 pair of running shoes that I own. Needless to say, I was willing to spend some $$ to remove the nauseating urine smell from my shoes. Nothing worked 100%. I also must have tried half a dozen other home recipes. Again, nothing worked 100%. Then something really BAD happened. The cat marked my wife's favorite pair of walking shoes. For some reason, even though it was the cat that urinated on my wife's shoes, I was "charged" with the crime. Needless to say, I was "motivated" to expend my search for a 100% method to remove cat urine odor. I ran across your recipe this morning and gave it a try. After a few hours of running though the process, my wife's shoes are now 100% urine odor free!. Truly amazing results. I'll be bring my $200 shoes back to life in the next few days.

Thanks again

Andy Rauer
Toronto, Canada

A couple of nights ago, I discovered that my roommate’s cat urinated in my bed. The event and my discovery occurred before I went to bed, I was furious and I don’t think my roommate has ever seen me as angry as I was in the 25 years we have known each other.. (We went to college together).

Anyways, once I stopped belting out colorful metaphors to describe what I thought of the cat, I immediately searched online for a remedy, and your thread appeared. With nothing to lose, I immediately acted to gather up the ingredients to follow your directions to the letter. I was SO IMPRESSED that the disgusting cat urine smell and stains were completely removed off of my mattress. When I returned the mattress back to my sleeping pleasure,  I smelled every spot to check, double and triple check, and there was no evidence of any damage from the cat.

Thank you for putting that advice up on the internet for all to see.

Your remedy worked flawlessly!

Sincerely, Jay

I followed the recipe to the letter. The mattress was clean and fresh the next day!....Thank-you. 

Becky and Fred  VA. USA

I just want to say THANK YOU!!! I can not even begin to count how much I have spent on products to get the smell out of my carpets and furniture. I will definitely spread the word to all of my friends who have cats. Thank you so much! Now I can invite people over without worrying the house smelling like cats.

Janet

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Worked like magic!  I used natures miracle from the pet supply. It did nothing.

Lexi

Hi.  I just wanted to thank you for your home remedy for cat urine odor removal.  I have spent a small fortune on products that supposedly have an enzyme in them that attacks the odor.  Every time I use one of these, the smell actually gets worse.  Yesterday I decided to try your recipe and today the smell is gone. Thank you again for a great recipe!!!!!

Anon

Dear Zoe,
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your homemade recipe to get the cat pee out of my mattress!!! You are absolutely fabulous! I discovered the stain when I went to wash my bed sheets today - oh I was so upset! I thought I'd have to get a new mattress, but this seems to be working fabulously so far. I'm just about to sweep the baking soda off the mattress. If you're looking for a quicker way to dry the mattress, I have a hairdryer on warm laying on the mattress, pointed at the wet area. I keep checking it to make sure it's not hot, and it's fine so far. Good for people on the go!

Thank you again for your wonderful solution - it just saved me the price of a new mattress!
Take care,
Jennifer

Thank You! I left my cat in while away for a few days. He apparently was not happy about being left. He did not use his litter box once and used my living room carpet by the window. My house reeked when I got home. I bought commercial cleaner and it did nothing. I can put my nose down in the carpet with your remedy and can't smell the urine. Thank you I thought I was going to have to replace my carpet.

Penny

Thank You!  I own three cats and have never had a problem with them going to the bathroom outside the litter box.  To my disbelief, what I though would never occur happened in a spare bedroom.  I knew about the water and vinegar part. I tried that and it just made the room along with the entire upstairs wreak of vinegar for a few days, then that awful cat smell came back!  I have been battling the smell for weeks, obsessing over new ways to rid it.  Overcome and starting to wonder if we would have to replace the carpet, I went online to find a cure.  It never dawned on me to try the other ingredients, and would you know it- I had all of them at home!  It truly neutralized the room!  There is a very slight scent of the dish detergent, which is more than welcome.  Thank you so much for the free recipe.  It worked like a charm and I'm no longer embarrassed about the rancid odor coming from the spare room!

Sincerely,
Neutralized

Just wanted you to know that I had a disaster last week when my male cat urinated on my bed after being accidentally locked in my bedroom.  I had a brand new comforter and silk-embroidered duvet on the bed.  It and the sheets were soaked in a large area.  I used the recipe/solution that you give on your site for mattresses and modified it for the bed linens.  Miracles do happen.  Absolutely no smell after one attempt!  I am thrilled and very thankful.

Suzzette Ghale
Louisville, KY

Thank You!! My 4 year old cat was diagnosed with kidney disease and in a  three month time went from diagnosis to having to be put down. With the kidney disease my perfect cat began to have "accidents" on my dining room carpet. I tried the store carpet and cat odor eliminators and some just covered the smell temporarily and most didn't work at all. I found your website and had the same attitude as you, nothing ventured nothing gained. I could either keep using worthless cleaners and have my new cat start peeing to cover up the old cats pee or I could try the recipe out
and see if it works, and I had all the ingredients on hand already. I followed your recipe to a tee but used a spray bottle to apply the 50/50 combination of water and vinegar then worked it in with my fingers. After waiting all night to let it dry I vacuumed my carpet first thing to remove the excess baking powder, and after my first smell test I was
amazed I couldn't smell cat urine at all in places I know my cat peed on. I am going to repeat the process a few more times just to make sure there is no smell not only to my human nose but my other cats noses as well. Thank you again for a great recipe. And by the way the recipe worked great on the mattress as well!

Jon

Hi Zoe: 

Just to let you know that your cat urine removal recipe is excellent – it worked like a charm and did not ruin my carpets at all.  Furthermore, I now know that Sophie has urinary tract or bladder issues – I have her on canned food for urinary issues and already there has been a change – she is using the litter box and she is acting totally normal once again.  I realize there may be regressions here and there but that I can deal with.  I am also in the process of switching the other 3 cats to an improved food so if Sophie strays once in a while to their bowls it will not be a problem. 

Thanks again for putting that recipe on the web – none of the store bought cleaners really worked as well. 

Cheers, Joyce

Here is our story: My husband and I went on vacation and left our 2 cats at home (friend checked in with them to ensure they had a good dose of love, food and water). However, upon our return and while unloading our truck, I found one of my cats with all fours in a small potted plant, pissing off the back, landing on the carpet. I couldn’t believe it! They never did that before and believe my cat did it to make his point. Therefore, not knowing how long he had been doing that and if both cats were involved, I needed to take quick action. Turns out, after pulling back the carpet, I had a large area to clean, cause the whole house stunk. After trying several remedies, I found your remedy and it completely made sense. I cut out the padding around the area and then followed your directions to a tee, although, due to the size of the area, I think I used more like a ½ bottle of hydrogen peroxide mixed with the dish soap to compensate for the entire area.

I am convinced that this is the only way to get cat urine and smell removed. I’ve stuck my nose right into to the areas and I now smell NOTHING! I am so pleased that I didn’t have to pay for a professional and should be able to keep the carpet which was a custom made area rug.  Thank you for posting this remedy! You’ve saved me hundreds of dollars we really don’t need to spend in this economy. Excellent advice and wanted to let you know how much I appreciated finding this recipe.

Thank you again!

Best regards, Kristen, Rochester NY

Can't understand why my cats did this.. Must have been company in the area of litter box for over a week that intimidated them. Thought I had a plumbing leak.  Yikes, it was cat urine, after all. Tried purchased remedies to no avail,  Then found your recipe online and it worked like a charm. Don't know what made me happier  - That I had no
leak - or that I was able to absolutely clean that spot !  Thank you

Hi Zoe...Gotta tell ya, you have the best remedy of anything I have found yet.
My male cat has been marking, due to the 5 cats outside our house, who sit under the windows, porch,
and hang out. I went to put my 15 year old cat down last year, they told me the marking is due to the
stress from the out door cats. They suggested giving him an antidepressant. It worked. However, he marked all over my house...bought all these enzymes, blah blah blah...and none worked as well as your recipe...you're incredible...noooooooo smell. totally gone...works works works...

Thank you so much...
Claudia
 

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