what is a good air freshner to make my house smell almost hospitable again?
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First, the better quality food you feed your animals, the less their poop will stink. Check the list of ingredients in their wet and dry food to be sure that a recognizable form of animal protein is the first ingredient: chicken, fish, turkey or beef. Second, the litter pan should be cleaned twice daily: all poops scooped, and all pee-litter outta there. Once the stink sources are removed, tilt the litter pan to one side so that the litter goes to the tilted side and about half of the bottom of the pan is exposed. When you tilt it and the dry stuff slides in the direction of the tilt, there may be some wetish stuff that clings to the bottom. Using a non-slotted scoop, scoop this stuff out. This is the stinkiest stuff in the pan. Then, fill a spray bottle with a diluted solution of chlorine bleach: one part bleach to ten parts water. Spray this solution on the sides and exposed bottom of the pan, then wipe clean with paper towels. Tilt the pan to the other side and repeat. Chlorine bleach neutralizes poop and pee, and the stuff that clings to the bottom of the pan stinks the worst.
I know this sounds like a lengthy process, but it only takes a minute, and it makes a BIG difference.
Do you have enough litter pans? You should have 3-4.
Finally, I have never tried it, but there is definitely a food additive you can buy at the pet supply store that you mix in with their food and that guarantees their poop will not stink anymore. You can ask at the pet supply stores or go online to www.drsfostersmith.com to see if they have it.
Hope this helps.
Change the kitty litter brand. That's the #1 source of odor at least with my cats.
I think febreeze works well covering up odors but thats what youll be doing. If they are males and spraying then get the fixed ASAP. The urine from any cat and spray from a male cat all has ammonia in it which is what makes it stink so bad. Some petstores carry sprays to help eliminate odors like this.
I agree change the brand. I use fresh step scoop for multicats and it works well, but you need to clean the litter everyday to really conquer the smell. I like the clumping litter so it's easier to clean. Also you could use an air freshener that has a fan like glade that can spread the scent throughout the house.
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Make sure your cats are altered. They will spray and are very territorial if unneutered. No smell is worse than cat urine. The only way I know to get it out is get some sort of pet urine remover at PetsMart, Petco, etc. and treat all spots that are stained. Blot and blot with towels trying to remove as much urine as possible. Retreat if necessary. Fabriz Fabric Spray is the best follow up. If the urine has been there a long time, you will probably have to replace the area that has been soiled. Use sand base cat littler. Some cats are very picky when it comes to cat litter. Most don't readily accept the courser litter, but most will readily accept the sand litter. Good luck!
Keep the litterboxes cleaner and neuter the cats.
Use a good brand of litter and change it every day. With 3 cats you may need to change it twice a day. I have 5 cats and the litter never smaeels. i change it morning and night. The scoopable ones tend not to be any good if you have more than 2 cats as they seem to go solid within a very short time which also causes odour.
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