It's vinyl. Problem is, there is a pool table in this room. In order to
pull up the vinyl, first a couple of very strong men will have to
disassemble that pool table. Nothing is ever easy. <G> I guess what I'm
really looking for is someone who can convince me that our vet is
wrong.and
that a cat WILL actually go back to using its litter box despite the
residual odor. With that reassurance, I'll go ahead and hire professional
cleaning people, or whatever else it will take. A life without kitties is
something we just can't fathom!
"Matthew" <Iamacatslave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:46b93af4$0$28617$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> It depends on the material
> What type of tile are we talking ceramic or vinyl. If it is vinyl it
> will more in likely have to be ripped up and the concrete below chemical
> scrubbed.
> Where the carpet is the pad below will need to be ripped out guaranteed
> and possibly the concrete below will have to be cleaned also
>
>
>
> During the hurricanes in 2004 I had rescued a feral colony and housed
> them in a concrete store room that had a/c the tom's before we go them
> neutered marked the whole room. It took professional cleaning people to
> remove the stains and odors
>
>
> "Liz" <lizhug1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:CKednQzA0LIksSTbnZ2dnUVZ_vCknZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Matthew, thanks for your response. Do you know for a fact that
>> professional cleaning will remove the odor? We don't want to bring in
a
>> new kitty if it's going to have the same problem. BTW, we do have a
>> black light.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> "Matthew" <Iamacatslave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:46b92658$0$12172$4c368faf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Get a professional cleaner to come in and remove all the scents. The
>>> enzyme are the problems they need to be removed normal cleaners don't
do
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Second if you bring another cat into the house you are going to have
>>> the have everything cleaned anyways due to the FL
>>>
>>> You may have to have the tile ripped up and the underneath cleaned
>>> professional or replaced completely.
>>>
>>> To see problems area get a black light it will show urine stains.
>>> There is something called urine gone that works real well in fact I
>>> think if you go to www.urinegone.com you get a free black light when
>>> you order a unit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Liz" <lizhug1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:JdSdncCFjIsmvyTbnZ2dnUVZ_v-hnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> We have two spayed female cats, not related, 3 1/2 years old. Both
>>>> came to us as second hand "rejects" at age 1 - one with feline
leukemia
>>>> (we didn't know she had it until after we spent $200 on shots and
blood
>>>> tests) and the other whose previous owners declawed ALL 4 paws. For
>>>> two years these cats were wonderful, normal house pets, much loved by
>>>> my DH and I. (Background - we've always had outdoor cats but because
of
>>>> the pre-existing conditions described above, these cats were forced
to
>>>> be indoor pets). In early June the cat with FL suddenly started
peeing
>>>> outside the litter box. We immediately called the vet because we
>>>> suspected a UTI, which she did have. During that visit the vet also
>>>> discovered that her weight had dropped from 12 1/2 lbs in Nov. to 8
>>>> pounds and he alerted us to the possibility that her FL was actively
>>>> affecting her immune system. After 2 weeks on antibiotics she still
>>>> was peeing outside the box, and now the other one was following suit.
>>>> The vet said to move the litter boxes into another room and close off
>>>> the room where they had been. No luck...they only poop in the litter
>>>> boxes now. But worse than that, they no longer just pee on the tile
>>>> floor...they've taken to peeing on carpets. We've already had to
throw
>>>> away two room sized area rugs, and just last night I found a wet
spot
>>>> on one of our sofas. The vet came back today and Maggie now weighs
>>>> only 7 pounds. My DH isn't ready to let her go yet....the vet is
>>>> coming back next week to euthanize her. But I had a discussion with
>>>> the vet today and told him that Jazzy was still peeing out of the
box.
>>>> He told me frankly that he has never seen a case where this problem
>>>> could be cured.
>>>
>>> Your vet is wrong on that. Your vet is inexperienced than it is a
matter
>>> of cleaning the source .
>>>
>>>
>>> Even after Maggie is put
>>>> down, Jazzy will be peeing where they remaining scent is. And
>>>> furthermore, he told us that even without either cat in the house,
>>>> we'll never be able to bring in another cat because even if the cat
has
>>>> excellent litter box habits when it arrives, within a very short
period
>>>> of time the new cat will smell the old urine scent and assume that
it's
>>>> okay to go there. This news is devastating to me and my DH. We have
>>>> always had cats and can't imagine living without them. But we're now
>>>> in our 60s and can't see spending the rest of our lives crawling
around
>>>> on tile floors, mopping up cat pee, plus keeping all our bedroom and
>>>> bathroom doors permanently closed so that the cats won't wander in to
>>>> relieve themselves.
>>>>
>>>> So I'm asking all you cat lovers and experts here....do you think
this
>>>> scenario is true? Are we meant to be catless???
>>>>
>>>> Liz
>>>
>>> I am sorry you are going to have to put the furball down
>>>
>>
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