Question: Pet Odors

[Veronica]

My dogs (actually my sister's dog) pee'd in Jacob's room. Ive since steam cleaned it 3 times with various cleaners (oxy clean, Resolve and the Bissell steam cleaner solvent) . Ive also sprayed febreeze on it, nothing is getting the smell out of the room. I walk in and smell pee.. Jacob never pees the bed, so its not that.

 

[Jersey]

Did you use reallllllllly hot boiling water when you steam cleaned?? That worked for me when I moved in here and there was pet odor...

 

[Tim]

You can pick up stuff at the pet store that really works... it uses an enzyme to break the pee down and remove the odor. :dunno

 

[Veronica]

hmm.. Ill have to check..

Heather, it was just the faucet hot water.. I didnt boil it. Should I try that first?

 

[SRC]

Pet odor is caused by amonia in the pet stain, most cleaning products are amonia based .. which don't really remove the smell (perhaps the stain coloring if anything).

If you were to run a black light over the area, it would probabaly show up white (like on crime shows) which means it's still there.

I have this stuff, and it worked great (when I needed it, I dont' have pets in the house anymore).

Urine-Off -- #1 Veterinarian Recommended Urine Odor and Stain Remover

 

[Maulds]

Do you know exactly where they pee'd? If not use a blacklight. Turn the lights off and use the black light to pinpoint the area where the problem is. Then you can focus on the problem area instead of doing the whole room. The enzyme stuff Tim mentioned is your best bet, any Petco or similar stuff has it.

The thing about pet urine is they pee enough that it gets thru the carpet and into the padding. Then when you clean you usually just get into the carpet, so give the cleaner plenty of time to soak down thru to the source.

Remember until you totally eliminate the scent the dogs will smell it and wanna pee there more. So dont let them go in there.

OK edit: I was researching and didnt see that Jennie beat me to the blacklight idea. Dangit

 

[Veronica]

Ive been shutting all the doors when I leave the house now.. The only thing is I leave them open at night.. But I havent seen anymore accidents yet. Its only when we arent home that they do it. Mainly because I leave them sometimes too long in the house.

 

[Jersey]

I thought I saw that you tried the Pet store odor remover, but apparently that was in my head.. I used that at my old apartment and that worked..


dont let Cocoa in there, she'll smeel it and wanna cover it up with her own scent!!

 

[Veronica]

Cocoa is really good about NOT peeing in the house.. Its mainly my sister's dog and its only when she is left in the house for longer than 6 hours. I take a lunch break every day and let them out half way thru my shift.. So, I havent had MANY problems.. Just twice so far.

 

[Jersey]

I had that issue before we changed the carpet to hardwood... Jackson would pee to cover up the other dog that was here before I moved in.. Then Dulce would try to cover up his scent and then so on...

Pet store enzyme remover stuff FTW

 

[loumac]

Nilodor will banish even the nastiest of smells - You can buy it in most supermarkets in Aus (in a little green bottle) so I reakon other countries would sell it

 

[Peter Parka]

Personally I'd open all the windows in that room and shut the door for about a day to really air it out as well as spraying about a can of Oust into the carpet.

 

[Mystic]

vinegar...it neutralizes the ammonia and its cheaper and safer then the stuff you can buy AND its the same thing as those 'enzyme cleaners'. I use it hot...did it yesterday on my puppies FIRST accident. Then I rinsed with boiling water(steam cleaner to do this), then to make it smell all pretty again I used the Bissel product called Pet and stain remover. Does the job every time and BELIEVE me with all the houses I have and had to clean from my tenants and their stupid arse animals...IT WORKS.

 

[sophie0028]

Have you tried using alcohol.. alcohol is odor absornbant.. but you would need to clean it afterwards..

 

[JanieDough]

My dogs (actually my sister's dog) pee'd in Jacob's room. Ive since steam cleaned it 3 times with various cleaners (oxy clean, Resolve and the Bissell steam cleaner solvent) . Ive also sprayed febreeze on it, nothing is getting the smell out of the room. I walk in and smell pee.. Jacob never pees the bed, so its not that.

you can buy a cleaner with enzymes that will break down the piss. also you can use vinegar


i used to pet sit for a lady with three big dogs who peed everywhere - it smelled like sour buttermilk