Stop Cat Urine Smell By Removing Cat Litter Box Waste
February 4th, 2008 at 12:54pm Under Cat Care+ Cat Health+ Pet Care
By Nancy Wigal
Cat urine smell is one of the most powerful pet odors
imaginable. If you don’t scoop the cat litter box and dispose of
her waste, your kitty may deposit her waste all over your home.
This article gives you some advice on why you should quickly
remove kitty deposits from the cat litter box, and how it
encourages her from making your home her giant litter box.
Cats are fussy, clean creatures and they usually have high cat
litter box standards. You can help your cat maintain her good
litter box habits by developing one of your own - scooping her
deposits from the cat litter box as quickly as you discover
them. But, that’s only half the battle. If you keep the trash
can too close to the cat litter box, the smell may overwhelm
your cat and drive her away from her box.
Since cats have staff (us!), one of our jobs is to keep their
litter boxes very clean. If you develop the habit of checking
her cat litter box every time you pass by, and scoop out her
waste if you see it, this is a great partnership for maintaining
a wonderful relationship between you and your cat. She deposits,
you scoop, the box is clean again, and everyone’s happy.
Kitty sees a clean box every time she needs to relieve herself.
The urine clumps and other solid waste don’t lie in the box,
permeating your home with the odor.
The other critical part of this partnership is making certain
the scooped items aren’t in close proximity to the cat litter
box. Why? The smell is overwhelming to both you and kitty. Since
cats have a much keener sense of smell than you and I, she’s
going to get bowled over by the odor far earlier than you, and
she’ll find a fresher-smelling area to meet her litter box
needs. If that area doesn’t have a cat litter box handy, too bad
for you!
In order to keep The Cat happy, scoop out her production and
deposit it into a plastic bag. Wrap the bag tight, and select a
wastebasket that’s far enough away from the cat litter box not
to be noticeable by you and your cat. This might a neutral room
where the cat litter box isn’t located. Empty that wastebasket
early and often to keep that part of your home from smelling
like a litter box.
Even if you only have one cat, you may have more than one cat
litter box. There are many kitties who like to have one box for
liquid deposits, and another for solid waste. Here’s a good rule
of thumb for determining the minimum number of cat litter boxes
you need in your home:
“X” cats +1 = minimum number of cat litter boxes
Pretty easy, huh? If you have two cats, you need at least 3 cat
litter boxes.
So if you do have more than one cat litter box, you’ll need to
check all of them on a regular basis. Many cats evacuate their
bladder and bowels on a fairly regular basis, so you’ll get a
sense of the time of day and/or evening you need to make your
rounds. My cat Scout usually voids her bladder anytime between
4:30 AM - 5:30 AM. She usually passes solid waste about an hour
later. In the evening, she will urinate around 5:30 - 6:00PM,
with a feces sample shortly afterward.
By knowing the approximate schedule your cat uses the litter
box, you can plan your trips to check for scoopable products at
fairly regular times. Her box is always clean and up to her
standards. You can strategically position a waste can far away
enough from all cat litter boxes in your home to keep the smell
out of her cat litter box area, thus encouraging kitty to use
her box all the time.
About the Author: Nancy has successfully eliminated cat urine
odor from her home, and kept the kitty that caused it. The Cat
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