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> >Hi, I am moving in to a new house. For a year, feral cats had free access to
> >the house, and used one room as a latrine (the upstairs tenant let them in
> >and out). The urine had caked up to one inch thick in some places, and
> >turned to a mold-like caked urine matter. It damaged the wood flooring, and
> >the wood was wet for a long time. The house reeked to such an extent that it
> >was the worse smell ever. Like someone had died there. I wanted to vomit.
> >After leaving, the odor stayed on my clothes indefinitely until washed. > >
> >The landlord cleaned the urine-mold off, and used lemon cleaner, but the
> >house still smells. Not as bad, but I still smell urine on my clothes when I
> >leave the house.
> >
> >This is what I am thinking of doing:
> >
> >Inundating/flooding the house with pure bleach. I mean everywhere! I bought
> >8 gallons the other day. Wall, floors, ceilings, windows, cabinets, etc.
> >Should I dilute the bleach? I'd rather breathe bleach than urine anyday. The
> >walls are white, and the floors are junk (jagged exposed aging wood
> >planks--like living in a barn!!), so I pretty much don't care about damage.
> >Will bleach damage the color by the way?
> >
> >Also, the landlord has hundreds of empty cat food cans (unwashed) in the
> >basement, which smell. Will this odor rise into my first floor apartment? > >
> >Thanks!
>
> Are you buying, or renting?
> If buying, I'd go to the expense of tearing up and replacing the > floors.
> If renting.... I think I'd keep looking for an apartment if the
> landlord can't manage to keep his properties clean.
>
> Nan
I'm sorry for bumping this old thread, but I really feel like I have some advice to offer you - and you seemed to really need it at the time
One of my 2 cats (both neutered males) had taken to painting all of my walls, furniture, and anything else he could reach. I was horrified when I got a UV light. He never did that in all of the 9 years I've had him and didn't when I got him a buddy (they love each other and did so right away) but when a strange black cat started showing up outside both of my cats went nuts and the older one (9) started his wall painting, as well as the curtains out in the kitty room. I couldn't keep up with it.
My cats are indoor cats so it's not like the stray is actually going to get in here but they both hate him (and he is weird...my neighbor's cats hate him too). I've tried cleaning with a pet urine enzyme and then spraying some "No More Spraying" but that hasn't worked. He's a sneaky little bugger too; he waits until he thinks I'm not looking and then does it. He's learned that the minute I see him backing his butt up to something he gets yelled at.
It wasn't until I found "Cat Spraying No More" that I was able to finally get rid of this tiresome behavior.
Now my house doesn't smell like a litter box anymore :)
Here's a link the their site if you're interested in checking it out: NoMoreCatPee.com
I hope you guys don't mind me sharing this. Cheers!