TESTIMONIALS from our readers who have tried our free recipe to remove cat and dog urine smells

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It really works on dried urine discovered after moving furniture and wondering where smell was coming from. Our 21year old cat,who has since passed away, had been in a corner of the lounge behind sofa. It also works on other stains .

Carolyn
New Zealand (May 2013)

Never wrote feedback online for anything, but I needed something fast, easy and at hand, Due to my 8 month old daughter just crawling everywhere. I dye my hair so had the 3% hydrogen peroxide developer at hand, it was so easy. The smell is gone and it was easy peasy. Thank you so much, I'll pass on the wisdom x

Tracy (April 2013)

I was really skeptical.  My cat relieved herself twice on my mattress.  I closed my bedroom door but the smell seeped out from under the door.  I bought the stuff and - IT WORKED!  You can't tell a cat was ever in that room!
Thank you!!!  This just saved me hundreds of dollars for what I thought would be a new mattress.

Glenda (April 2013)

After reading this remedy for cat urine on the mattress, I read no farther. The soda and peroxide mixture is still drying under a fan, but it's already apparent that the smell is gone as is the yellow stain. And I didn't even have to go to the store to buy the ingredients. Thank you so much.

Jane
Texas, U.S.A. (April 2013)

One word...WOW!!!! It worked like a charm, thanks a million!!

Paula (April 2013)

We just bought a new mattress, and my boy cat Loki decided to take a whizz on it and looked at this nifty home remedy to take out the smell and much to my surprise IT WORKED! Thank you so much for this, you have saved my mattress and my cat.

Angel (April 2013)

You are Awesome……… THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!

My cat got locked in my office accidently overnight and I have spent 3 days cleaning and deodorising with all sorts of products to clean and remove the urine smell from the carpet.

Yesterday I was at the end of my tether and could not sit in my office any longer due to the overpowering and awful smell emanating from under my desk.

As a last resort I went to Google search and found your recipe.
IT WORKED! I can now sit in my office and it smells fresh and clean again.

Meagan Amarni, Australia  (March 2013)

Zoe,
Without trying to sound too dire, your "Cat Urine Removal from a Mattress" article may be the only reason I haven't killed my cat already. I only have one, but she's a dumb'un, and I've been trying to cope with her newfound propensity to occasionally empty her bladder right in the middle of my down comforter. The first time I didn't discover it until it had soaked through all of my sheets and into my mattress and dried. The pet-odor sprays weren't helping, and the first night I had to sleep on an awful stinking mattress, and I really truly feared that I wouldn't be able to keep her.

I might mention that down comforters don't "fluff up" very well after being exposed to liquid laundry soap, so I wash it in cold water and a few ounces of white vinegar which completely removes the smell. The rest of the bedding (sheets, comforter cover, etc) gets washed with normal detergent and white vinegar.

While I haven't quite gotten to the root of her problem yet, at least I have a fairly quick "system" for thoroughly and completely removing stink of cat urine, with which I absolutely cannot live, and now when it happens I no longer feel like I might have to squeeze her dumb little head off.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, I cannot begin to thank you enough.

-Jerrold
Philadelphia, PA, USA. (March 2013)
 

O.M.G thank you so much. I have 4 cats. My boys are great with their litter box but my girls think my leather sofas are where they go to the toilet. I'm forever cleaning them. After cleaning them I think the smell has gone but later I smell it again. I looked up this recipe and went straight down to the shop to buy the ingredients. I tried it and to my surprise (wow) the smell has gone, it really has gone. It's brilliant and I cant thank you enough I am so impressed. I never write on these things because they never work. Didn't think this would. But YES!!! It does. I couldn't be happier. :-) just how did you come across this? You could make serious money with this. Saved as a bookmark. Thank you again

Shelley Das
Luton
England (February 2013)

Zoe,
Thank you so much for posting this very useful information. My male cat urinated on our bed (on my husbands side!) , soaking thru the duvet cover, the down comforter, the sheets, the mattress pad, & into the mattress, soaking it!!! We thought we would have to purchase a new mattress, (boy was my husband upset…) I found your information online & it really does work!! It is actually very easy to do & there is no smell left. It took 2 days to dry & we slept on couches for those 2 days, but it is so worth it to know that we don't have to put out the huge amount of $$ for a new mattress. This remedy cost virtually nothing, as I had all those ingredients in my house. You are a lifesaver, both for the cat & the mattress!
Thanks again

Robin
Phoenix, AZ January 2013

Tried this last night after discovering "the smell" on my couch yesterday. It works! Thank you so much! My only regret is I did not find this sooner, as the commercial stain/smell removers have bleached out the side of the couch where I tried to remove urine before. From now on I will be using this recipe... No smell, no stain, no bleach out. Thanks again!

Nancy  January 2013

Thank you so much! Neighbour's cat got in - took it right away. Genius!

Jane January 2013

You saved my brand new pillow top mattress!!! It even took out the stain ... I am so grateful ! Thank you .

Jon

Thanks so much! We have three older cats who are usually total litter box champs...but last night someone had an accident in the hall. I found it right away and applied your remedy promptly. That spot is now spic and span! I will keep this recipe on hand just in case of emergency. I love that it's made entirely out of household items that nearly everyone would have on hand, or could purchase for cheap.
My carpet thanks you too.

Karen
Washington state, US
 

Ok - After trying 3 different bottles of odor remover - I tried this tonight - Yes it REALLY works! It completely neutralized the odor - completely!!!! I can't believe it!!
Pull up some test fibers an do a test first as suggested.

A.Elizabeth Gilliam

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I am the owner of two male kittens that i thought had basically destroyed an expensive pillow top bed and a custom sofa. I had lost hope until trying this and it really worked. I am grateful that i did not have to spend a ton of money buying something questionable and I was able to address it on my time frames. You're amazing...

Maria

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I added a new kitten to my household & my older cat showed her anger by peeing on the carpet repeatedly. I tried to get it up but to no avail. Then I came across your article and I just tried it on a small area. IT WORKED!!! I am going to rent a large machine and do the entire carpet now that I know IT WORKS! Thank you so much!

Kathleen Wozniak
Texas; USA

I was VERY disappointed in my big male cat who decided to urinate on my boyfriend's brand new futon, which is his Christmas present this year! Being upset I considered just cutting my losses and shelling out the money for a new one. I decided to conduct some research online before spending the money - and this recipe works!!! Honest! The stained area was fairly large (about a six foot square) and I was skeptical but I followed the recipe, walked all over the area and once dried, it smells great!! No more urine smell!! Thank you for this valuable information and I'm going to recommend it!!

Thank you!!

Nicole, CA
 

It works. Period. Thank you so much for this.

Karen Cormack
Canada

We were renting a furnished apartment and our cat peed on the mattress and it was a couple of days before I determined where the smell was coming from. So it was well dried.
I follow the directions to the letter. The mattress came out beautifully there was no stain , no smell. In fact I had a harder time getting the stain out of the sheet.

Rosemarie
Canada

THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. I recently adopted a new kitten, she's very cute but my other two adult cats are not so fond of her. My female adult cat is very skittish and nervous. We went away for vacation and my friend and her two boys cared for the cats while we were gone. They didn't stay over, just came to play with the
kitten so she could get some play time.

Well - when we got home, my entire house smelled of cat urine! My son's bed, my daughter's recently cleaned laundry (piled on the floor) and my comforter.

I'm doing sniff tests everywhere. I followed your directions completely and it's fabulous!

Again, thanks for sharing!!

Russ Rubino

Hi, I am from England - I was spending so much money each week on cleaning materials and sprays trying to get rid of the smell – so I decided to try the internet.

So glad I did. What a difference - the smell has gone

Thank you so so much for your help
I have kept your site as one of my favorites

Take care
Glynis Morland

I can't thank you enough!!! Just moved to a new apartment that had obvious cat pee smell in our bedroom. It was THAT bad that I couldn't sleep and now this quick 3 steps and ITS GONE!! Amazing!!!

greetings from Amsterdam
Masha
 

Last time “I did” have to replace the carpet.

This time I followed the instructions to the “T” and in one day the problem was fixed.

How the heck did you figure this out?!?!

Thanks – NJ Phil

I too have bought and used the expensive enzyme cleaners, and other home remedies as well. Always the smell returned.

I actually had such a large area of wall to wall carpet soiled that I used a rug cleaning machine to put down the vinegar solution, and then used it for the peroxide solution as well.

For the peroxide solution, I was able to find a commercial rug cleaning solution with Oxy cleaners in it made by Bissell. After a few days of letting carpet dry, I vacuumed the baking soda and the house no longer smells, even after a couple weeks. Fantastic! I wish I had found this web site years ago before I spent all the money on commercial solutions which didn’t work!

Sandy
Baldwin, MD
USA

I was very skeptical because I didn't believe I would ever be totally rid of the obnoxious odor from our cat urinating on our new mattress.

I was hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I was quite surprised when it completely removed every trace of stain and odor. That was 6 months ago and still today no trace of odor. It truly truly works!! Thank you!!

Mindy Keheley

My old cat was being bullied by a new kitten, was trapped in my baby's room, and peed on the floor. I was sure we would have to pull up and replace the carpet. Luckily, we tried this first, and there is no trace there was ever cat pee in that room.

Wonderful! Thank you!

Billie Sabovitch

Read your handy tip this morning at 4.30am after my cat woke me up when he decided to use my new £1500 bed as a litter tray! It worked a treat! all clean and fresh again many thanks

Elaine Izzo

Hi OMG !!!

I have just used your cat pee cleaning/neutralizer recipe after finding that my cat had been peeing in the corner of our lounge room.

I am glad to report that this is wonderful stuff as I had just spent the whole weekend washing my carpet trying to get rid of the smell.

I do admit I was so cautious of bleaching my light coloured carpet that I only used the method thoroughly on the underlay and the carpet backing but it worked straight away... no smell.

I have been a cat owner all my life and have never came across any other product or solution that has worked at all let alone this well. It is fabulous.

Thanks Heaps
Cheers Tania
Tasmania AUS

I cant thank you enough for your article on removing cats pee from a mattress.

THANK YOU so much,

This treatment actually WORKS, just follow instructions to the letter and your cats pee smell will evaporate. I ventilated the room for couple of days as well. Didn’t think it would work but it really really does !

Geri Henley

I have used many commercial treatments to get rid of cat urine smells. I have a male cat that sneaks into the house to 'mark' his territory, usually in one spot. I used this method and it is fabulous. No smell. I will never buy another spray again. I cannot recommend this enough. Admittedly I was a bit dubious at first, it seemed too easy, but give it a try and you'll never spend money on useless products again.

Kevin Martin

Thank you so much for this recipe. IT REALLY WORKS!!! No more smell.

Lisa Belanger

I just wanted to thank you for the amazing recipe! I was at my wit's end trying to find a product that would get the cat urine out of our carpet. I tried it on a small area first, just to see how it would work. After trying so many different things, I was a bit skeptical. I was amazed at how it worked so quickly. The urine smell had decreased so much that I hardly noticed it when walking into the room later in the day. And this was before vacuuming! As soon as I can pick up more ingredients, I'll definitely be using it on the rest of the area!

I volunteer with a non-profit animal shelter and will be passing along the site/recipe with high recommendations!

Thank you so much!
Rachel
Chicago, IL USA

This works !! I swear, try it and you’ll be writing a testimonial too !! Thanks so much for sharing this with us !!!!!!!!

Owner of 4 indoor cats.
Nancy

This remedy also works on rough old unfinished wood floors!! We decided to rip up the carpet in the bedroom where our 2 new kittens decided to use the carpet as their pee spot. The carpet needed to be replaced any way.

The wood flooring (pretty much unfinished) stunk of cat urine so I used your recipe on the wood floor.
IT WORKED Wonderfully!! I am so relieved and grateful for this recipe.

Now we can put new laminate flooring or carpet down. THANK YOU soooo much for your help.

Toni Kovach

This worked remarkably well and saved my sofa.

Clark Harper

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Thanks for the advice. I cant believe this worked, but it did….thanks so much..

Happy cat owner.
Sharon Kane

I googled kitten pee and found your brilliant recipe for cat pee removal. I got the kittens, 2 sweet Siamese, almost two months ago and this is the first time it happened - and the boy, I think, peed in two rooms tonight while we were out. It was dark brown and quite gross and now, thanks entirely to you, it's gone. GONE! :-)

Thanks very much! I went from shock and dismay to quite happy, all things considered. :-)

Cheers,
Anna

We got some couches from a friend that had a cat and our cat must have been able to smell it because he peed all over our brand new carpet. I tried numerous products and many hours scrubbing with no success. I finally found this solution and it worked beautifully!!! Thank you so much!

Alexis

I can't believe how much money I've spent on cat urine products when all I could have used was cheap household products. This was amazing!!!
Thank you!!!!!

Sarah Jo Hall

WOW! OMG! It really worked!
My 18 year old cat doesn't realize her butt is hanging over the edge of her litter box inside my special custom-built litter-box house to help in containing the dust and odors of the litter box, so, most recently, cat urine sprayed over the edge of the extra deep box, out the door and into the carpet.
Within a day the odor had spread through my 6 room ranch and I was horrified at the smell. In a desperate search for a quick home remedy, I found your recipe and it WORKED! By the time I finished scrubbing with the baking soda, peroxide and dish soap, I immediately stuck my nose to the carpet and was relieved at the lack of cat urine smell.

Thank you so much!
Russ
Castle Creek, New York

Our 9 year old cat recently peed on our bed. We went out and purchased a new bed and within an hour of receiving it, she snuck into our bedroom and peed on the new bed! As I was desperately searching the internet for a miracle cat pee removal I found your article. I've waited two weeks to send in my testimonial because I wanted to be sure the smell didn't come back after awhile...IT DIDN'T!!!!! Thank you SO much for your article!!!! My bed is pee-smell-free thanks to you.

Hi, our dining room is seldom used. 0ur cat got in and used it as a toilet. lt was several days old and HUMMED. We scrubbed the carpet with soap and water then a deodoriser. The next day the smell was even worse. We found your site and followed the instructions . The day after treatment the smell was completely gone. Amazing!

Bill
Kerry, lreland

This is the best recipe!!  I have owned cats for many years and have used home made and commercial products.  I have spent a lot of money using miracle products when this is the real miracle.  This is quick and there is no cat urine smell after using this recipe.  It also gets the stain out great too!!  Thank you!!!

Sherry
Michigan

OMG!!!! IT REALLY WORKED!!! Thank you SOOOOOO much for this remedy. Like many other people, I've spent a good amount of money on many other products that claim to work but neither has got the stains COMPLETELY removed!! I just finished putting the baking soda on the carpet and my my my, this is great. Thank you once again for sharing

Vy Pham

The recipe is absolute magic. After weeks of suffering, ours not the cats, I used the recipe just once and could not believe how the objectionable smell just disappeared. Thank you so much for your wonderful help.

D.R. Portsmouth UK

I would never say something worked unless it actually did, and I honestly can't believe HOW well this worked! The smell is totally gone and the stain has disappeared! I have looked for years for carpet cleaners, even buying special pet cleaners for carpet and upholstery but when it comes to urine it just never would go away, not even when I would completely steam clean the carpets. This recipe is absolutely amazing! I will be sharing this with family and friends. Thank you SO much! 
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Brandon M. Thompson
Sanford, FL

I am totally amazed how well this worked. The process was quick and easy. The smell is totally gone. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mary Shaffer

Just wanted to write and thank you for this recipe. My husband and I have been at our wits end trying all sorts of expensive cleaners that didn't work or made the smell worse. I decided to give this recipe a try as a last resort and it worked wonders! No smell left at all! Thank you so much for sharing this.

Olivia, UK

This recipe for cleaning and removing pet urine and odor was simple, and effective. I have a female dog about eight years old who has been potty trained for years but sometimes she just has to go and the puddles are huge; she weighs about 40lbs. It took me about thirty minutes to scrub the carpet but it was well worth my time. The carpet looks like new and smells fresh. Thank you so much!

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This is a great recipe! It is the ONLY one that works! We have thrown out several rugs prior to finding this! Thank you SO much!

Toni D'Acquisto

Just wanted to say Thank you, I tried many expensive alternatives first and cannot believe the results from your recipe!!! Thanks for  sharing.

Melanie from Michigan

I want to tell you thank you for your reference. It has saved yet another mattress in your global campaign of catalogical knowledge. It worked beautifully, if only the rest of my mattress didn't look like crap now next to the sparkling white clean zone. Thanks for the website full of great stuff and thanks for having a link to the recipe that saved my pillow-top today from clear across the world. It was spot on. :)

Scott
Boise ID
USA

THANK YOU SO MUCH . I thought my mattress was a goner, I had tried those enzymes cleaners no such luck, so I decided to go on Google, after a long search I came across your article. WOW !!!!! IT DOES WORK. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT AND YOU GAVE IT FREE thank YOU . I am going to let every one I know. Every one who reads this , save your money go to the dollar store and for 5 dollars of ingredients, You too can  save your  mattress, OK ok a little of elbow grease but look at the alternative, Do you really want to spend hundreds of dollars or just 5 bucks well that's it for me thank you again . IT WORKS PEOPLE IT REALLY WORKS !!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

I seldom use the word awesome to describe anything unless it truly is, and your recipe is AWESOME. We are in the midst of moving, and I was worried sick about the little bit of cat urine odor in the house. I found your recipe, tried it in an inconspicuous place, and I could not believe it. I don't know why anyone would ever spend money unnecessarily on a bunch of spray products that really don't work and smell terrible.

Thanks a million from Arizona,

Debra

Thanks. It worked for me, too. Our dog is getting incontinent with age and she had a little accident on our bed.
I followed the recipe exactly, using a hairdryer to dry the mattress after the application. I didn't think the hair dryer would work, but it did and our mattress smells great and it's dry enough to sleep on.

Adrienne Crombie
New Jersey

Thanks Zoe!
You saved our cat's life, and our carpet. I was distraught thinking of losing my beloved kitty as my husband had had enough of the urine smell, but thanks to your recipe, the carpet smells fresh and my husband's frustration has turned to joy and I am feeling relieved. A million thanks to you for sharing this recipe.
Wendy
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

O THANK YOU VERY MUCH I have Two Boxers and One Beagle and they have been having a Urine War over this one area on the carpet. I have tried 409 carpet cleaner and other carpet cleaners for pets but the smell and the stain has never seem to go away. I had been spending around 40 dollars a month on cleaners. The dogs always smell it and then pee on it again. I found this recipe online and tried it. The first time the Stain and Odor on the bottom of the carpet was gone. I did it on the top of the carpet and the Odor was gone too. I placed the baking soda on the floor and on the rug. I let the rug dry completely and the dogs back in the house. They never went on the area of the rug again. Thank you very much. You helped save me money on cleaners and time spent cleaning.

Cassandra, From Kentucky, USA
 

One of my cats didn't take to our move into our BRAND NEW house straight away and decided to pee in the one room that was carpeted and had no doors. The Theatre Room. OMG my partner was not impressed so one night when he was out I googled Cat urine on carpet and look what I found...MY SAVIOUR...this is the best recipe eva!!! many thanks for saving my cat and stopping the whinging from my partner :)

This really works, I have never posted anything but I couldnt wait to comment on this.

Cheers and many thanks Sarah, Australia, Perth

Hello fellow cat people!
I don’t usually take the time to review stuff like this, but this has been absolutely amazing!! We got brand new carpet literally less than a week ago, and one of my neutered, 14-year-old boys decided it was too much for him (he is generally timid and anxious) and began “anointing” it!!! Ahhh! As soon as I discovered what was happening, I desperately googled “cat urine removal” and stumbled upon this recipe. OMG!!!!! NO MORE SMELL!! I mean NONE!! The carpet smells a bit of soap (not offensive at all), but even the feel of it is normal again – no more sticky, yucky, cat-pee feeling under hand or foot!! This was inexpensive, nonstaining, and generally AWESOME! If this is an issue for you, please do try this, especially if you are considering re-homing your beloved pet as a last solution.
This really, really works!!!!!

Thanks SO MUCH Zoe!!

Nicole, Minnesota, USA

Wow. Worked superb. Many years ago I worked part time for a carpet cleaner and your method does as good a job as anything we did professionally. Nice! Thanks!

Hello, Zoe,

I saw your tip on getting rid of that cat urine smell with paper towels,
vinegar, baking soda and dishwasher fluid and tried it with a little
scepticism. It worked great! I dried my mattress in the sun and now
there is no smell at all!

Thank you so much for the tip,
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Roshan George

WOW! I thought my daughter's futon mattress was headed for the trash pile. I decided to give this recipe a try, nothing to lose. I am so pleased. I followed the directions exactly, but used a carpet spot cleaner to extract the excess water and vinegar. No odor left!!!!

I'm going to tell all my pet lover friends about this.

Thanks again.
Shelley

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Thanks. It worked for me, too. Our dog is getting incontinent with age and she had a little accident on our bed.
I followed the recipe exactly, using a hairdryer to dry the mattress after the application. I didn't think the hair dryer would work, but it did and our mattress smells great and it's dry enough to sleep on.

Adrienne Crombie
New Jersey

Count me in as a skeptic turned believer. I have had cats for 20 yrs and I think I've tried every "cat urine remover" on the market, to no avail. The other day one of the cats got locked upstairs overnight and she peed on my daughter's bed -- which had no mattress cover. My first thought was, oh my God, I'm going to have to throw away her mattress. I quickly googled my problem and came upon this solution. There was a lot of cat pee on the mattress and I had my doubts....but this WORKS! I have tried all of these products on cat urine at various times, but never together like this method. I am astounded that I can't smell one iota of cat pee. I put the mattress on the floor and really stepped on those towels (used them instead of paper towels)...probably went through 6 towels and worked up quite a sweat jumping on them! But I am totally amazed: no odor. Before you buy a bunch of products that don't work, try this. You probably have all the ingredients on hand.

I can’t thank you enough. I’ve never written a testimonial, but I feel like you deserve my time and thanks.

A friend of the family was kind enough to let me use her house while I searched for a job up North. I left a house down South, but brought my perfectly behaved dog and cat with me on my journey. They’re my children, I can’t live without them.

I had to make a quick trip home to check on my house and take care of some other business. I would be gone three days. My sister took my dog and, as usual, I left food and water for my lazy but lovable cat, with instructions for a neighbor to come by and check on him one of those three days. I had no concerns, it’s what I do every time I travel. Granted I’m in a strange house, but I figured they always travel with me, and always without incident, so why should I worry.

Well, my cat decided he didn’t like the new set-up and not only pooped on the down comforter and sheets, but peed, twice, on the mattress. I was in complete shock. I wouldn’t care if my cat had given me his version of the finger if it hadn’t been on someone else’s mattress. I was panicked. I searched for an answer - any answer. I stumbled onto your site. I figured, what the hell?

So, I mixed and poured, blotted and scrubbed, all the while cursing my cat and wondering how I would replace the mattress. I let the baking soda peroxide goo dry and paced the house. Twenty minutes later, I crept back into the room, holding my breath and suddenly very religious, praying out loud. I leaned down, put my nose as close as I dared to the mattress and with my eyes closed, sniffed. WHAT?!?!?!? Impossible! All I smelled was clean. It had worked!!!! Praise anything and everything, it worked!!! I was saved!!!

Your magic recipe did the trick. I really can’t believe it. I ’m singing your praises as I blow dry the mattress. Thanks you so, so much. Amazing!!

Sincerely,
Mary
 

This recipe is amazing.
One of my cats peed in the inner lining of my best suitcase -- I was on the verge of throwing it out (the suitcase, that is).

Several repeats of this procedure cleaned it entirely--I was able to use it for my trip to Milan--it was as if nothing had happened.

It's very rare that my cats urinate outside the litter box, but I now keep  this clean-up kit in the house for handling these situations when they do arise.

thanks a million!

katie

Zoe, I can't begin to thank you enough. After my boyfriend flew across the country to come and see me I found that my 2-year-old male did not take kindly to "his place" in the bed being taken. I was horrified when he chose urinating all over my mattress as his way to express his displeasure. Needless to say I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to do. I couldn't (and still can't) afford to spend $20 on some spray from the pet store that may or may not work. The bed was stuck smelling like cat pee for days. Then I found your magic recipe and I'm glad to say my boyfriend and I can sleep in my bed again without being assaulted by the rancid smell. You may have saved my relationship! I'm telling all my friends with cats about this. Thank you so much!!!

Sincerely,
   Grateful in Colorado Springs, CO.

Thank you so much for posting this information. You saved our new mattress: a week ago, we came home to our new mattress soaked with cat urine. Ugghh... we tried Odor Ban and it just masked the issue for a couple of days. We searched the web and came across your home remedy of vinegar/ water and then baking soda followed by peroxide.

We applied the treatment three times and we can not believe how well it worked. The odor is gone.

Thank you so much!

Sunni and Dave Mullinax
Paso Robles, CA
 

I am so impressed. I spent almost $100 on a variety of products that claim to do the trick, but only modestly worked at best.

About a month ago, we had new carpet installed. Our cat, who has no history whatsoever of peeing other than in his litter box, decided he was going use our new carpet as his NEW litter box. It wasn’t long before the odor became overwhelming, but we couldn’t see where he was doing it. I bought a small black light at the pet store, as a black light makes cat pee illuminate. I was horrified to see that he had gone in at least a dozen places.

Out of desperation, I tried your recipe. Wow. At first, the odor got a little worse. The smell became stronger after the vinegar and water application, so I became discouraged, but finished using the peroxide and dish soap as instructed. Once dry, there was absolutely no odor. It was completely gone. Totally.

I have an appointment with the vet this morning to see if there’s anything physically wrong. In the meantime, I have sprinkled all the affected areas with white pepper, as I heard that it’s a deterrent for reoffending. I hope it’s true.

I just want to thank you for posting this recipe. There is no need for people to spend crazy amounts of money on products that don’t work. This method is inexpensive and effective. Thank you so much.

Karen Cormack,

Waterloo, Ontario Canada
 

I just wanted to tell you that my female cat jumped up on my new white sofa and urinated.  I was frantic. I tired some odor remover products that were available in the stores. Nothing worked. As soon as the sofa would dry, the smell came back. It was awful and she had actually not gone a lot. I searched the internet and found your website and saw the home remedy for odor removal...I was shocked!  It cleaned the sofa and NO MORE SMELL!  I was so afraid of what would happen after I had drizzled the peroxide and dish detergent over the baking soda and rubbed it in .  My fabric is micro suede, and it sure looked pretty bad.  Well when it was dry and I vacuumed the spot the sofa looked brand new. You can not tell the difference between the cushion that was soiled and the other cushion. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR RECIPE! 

Joyce, Pennsylvania

THANK-YOU with a capital T. Our cat was inadvertently locked in our lounge room and she urinated on the carpet right next to the couch! The SMELL!!!!!!!!!!!!! In desperation I tried this- our carpet is old Axminster with a a horse hair or wool underlay. I kept the area wet with a damp towel until I could get all the ingredients. As it was winter I dried it out completely at the end by standing a column heater over it.

It all worked....NO MORE smell.

Can't thank you enough!!
Anne-Marie, South Australia

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

The recipe for dog and cat urine removal works incredibly well. I had a huge area due to our elderly, incontinent dog. We must have missed one of the very last accidents so it sat untreated for a few months. While cleaning carpets the smell was released. It was awful. I cleaned it and cleaned it. Nothing worked, not even the heavy duty pet store dog urine cleaner. The recipe on this site worked really well. I had to use it with my carpet because of the large area and that worked well. It take a long while to rinse out the dish soap a couple of weeks later but it was worth it!

Thanks!!
"You can't solve a problem with the same kind of thinking that created it."
Albert Einstein

Lois K. Punton

IT REALLY REALLY REALLY WORKS!!!!!
BETTER THAN $20 BOTTLE OF URINE NEUTRALIZER!!

Sandy

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

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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

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

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

I LOVE cats! Thank you so much for the free urine removal recipie. It works better than anything else I have ever tried and is much less expensive. My life would have been so much easier had I known this 20 years ago!

Thanks again,
Pat
Edmond, OK

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

I couldn’t believe how well this worked! My dog did a big urine stain on our bed (we went away, apparently she wasn’t happy!), and I didn’t think I would be able to clean it myself. This morning I followed your steps, using Napisan Oxy Action to replace the Hydrogen Peroxide (as suggested). I left the ceiling fans on high in the bedroom all day to dry the mattress, and have just vacuumed the rest of the baking soda off. To my complete surprise, NO STAIN OR SMELL!

Thank you so much for your hint. I thought I wouldn’t be able to get the smell & stain out and would have to replace our VERY expensive latex mattress!

Kind regards,
Debbie (Brisbane, Australia)
 

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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