Comments on: Carpet Diem http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/ blog personal Tue, 22 May 2012 04:43:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: weird old guy http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17785 weird old guy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:01:33 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17785 Channel flipping last night came up with vinegar to eliminate the odor of dog and cat piss, or worse, in a carpet. It was the weird British ladies that wander around and clean places on TV that would be better off being nuked. I assume they have tried it on spots that would make Itty's look like a spring shower. Apparently in one of there houses the women had 30 cats who did not go outside, and they did not have a litter box. That was the add on another day. Take that Itty. Cat nip works pretty good as a cat mode enhancer. Dope them up for a week and see if their mode improves and it only cost a few dollars. The worse that comes out of this is Itty has more fun pissing. Nothing like cat piss to get people blogging. Channel flipping last night came up with vinegar to eliminate the odor of dog and cat piss, or worse, in a carpet. It was the weird British ladies that wander around and clean places on TV that would be better off being nuked. I assume they have tried it on spots that would make Itty’s look like a spring shower. Apparently in one of there houses the women had 30 cats who did not go outside, and they did not have a litter box. That was the add on another day. Take that Itty.

Cat nip works pretty good as a cat mode enhancer. Dope them up for a week and see if their mode improves and it only cost a few dollars. The worse that comes out of this is Itty has more fun pissing. Nothing like cat piss to get people blogging.

]]> By: Z.Monkey http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17752 Z.Monkey Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:37:08 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17752 Unfortunately, as you can see from the images above, the carpet was brand new. So there was no piss smell in it at all! I called our vet yesterday they said "put the offending cat on happy pills (after coming in a giving the cat a full check up)". That's supposed to change the behavior, but this is a stupid solution. The potential solutions are as such, <ul> <li>Let the cats go outside, and make them stay outside most of the time. They are less likely to piss inside if they are not inside. Though Itty Bit will kill a lot of birds and critters and attack our neighbors cat (who she tries to attack to through the door already).</li> <li>See if we can get someone to take Itty Bit because we think it's her that is making the mess. Hopefully, a new home, no baby and potential going outside will get her to change her peeing ways.</li> <li>Lock the cats in the back room of the basement for a couple of weeks and see if that changes the behavior. This'd probably just make them piss on things back there.</li> <li>Bring Itty Bit back to the shelter with a donation so they can keep her until they find her a good home, and feel like jerks.</li> </ul> This is really something that we don't want to deal with now. We already have enough stuff going on and cleaning and re-cleaning carpet tiles is time consuming and depressing. Unfortunately, as you can see from the images above, the carpet was brand new. So there was no piss smell in it at all! I called our vet yesterday they said “put the offending cat on happy pills (after coming in a giving the cat a full check up)”. That’s supposed to change the behavior, but this is a stupid solution.

The potential solutions are as such,

  • Let the cats go outside, and make them stay outside most of the time. They are less likely to piss inside if they are not inside. Though Itty Bit will kill a lot of birds and critters and attack our neighbors cat (who she tries to attack to through the door already).
  • See if we can get someone to take Itty Bit because we think it’s her that is making the mess. Hopefully, a new home, no baby and potential going outside will get her to change her peeing ways.
  • Lock the cats in the back room of the basement for a couple of weeks and see if that changes the behavior. This’d probably just make them piss on things back there.
  • Bring Itty Bit back to the shelter with a donation so they can keep her until they find her a good home, and feel like jerks.

This is really something that we don’t want to deal with now. We already have enough stuff going on and cleaning and re-cleaning carpet tiles is time consuming and depressing.

]]> By: KP http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17750 KP Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:35:37 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17750 At the pet store you can get something to spray on the carpets that gets rid of the urine smell in the carpet, so the cat won't piss there again. (I was told once that once they pee once, the smell gets in & they just keep pissing there.) My thought is once your smells get in the carpet, and the smells of the kitties... then they will stop. At the pet store you can get something to spray on the carpets that gets rid of the urine smell in the carpet, so the cat won’t piss there again. (I was told once that once they pee once, the smell gets in & they just keep pissing there.) My thought is once your smells get in the carpet, and the smells of the kitties… then they will stop.

]]> By: dan http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17745 dan Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:25:51 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17745 drat! I am too late to offer my catpiss-prevention tip. That means it`s unanimous .. get rid of the problem at its source! drat! I am too late to offer my catpiss-prevention tip. That means it`s unanimous .. get rid of the problem at its source!

]]> By: weird old guy http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17608 weird old guy Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:10:44 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17608 Zipy I'm getting like 4 error messages when I post. Zipy I’m getting like 4 error messages when I post.

]]> By: weird old guy http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17607 weird old guy Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:09:51 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17607 Good to hear from Dr. Doom. We are glad that you are learning your fourth or is that fifth language. When do you get to see your carpet crawler again? Soon I hope. It's hot here by the way so for once your not missing the cool weather. Long week coming up with jerks to left of me assholes to the right. Good to hear from Dr. Doom. We are glad that you are learning your fourth or is that fifth language. When do you get to see your carpet crawler again? Soon I hope. It’s hot here by the way so for once your not missing the cool weather. Long week coming up with jerks to left of me assholes to the right.

]]> By: doomfacio http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17567 doomfacio Sun, 05 Aug 2007 14:58:11 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17567 I know tons of ways to keep cats from pissing on carpets, unfortunately, like the other guy that has the same name as me, most of those methods involve no longer having cats...(so where's Bono?)... Oh, and if I haven't already...congratulations on the baby. I know tons of ways to keep cats from pissing on carpets, unfortunately, like the other guy that has the same name as me, most of those methods involve no longer having cats…(so where’s Bono?)…

Oh, and if I haven’t already…congratulations on the baby.

]]> By: weird old guy http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17369 weird old guy Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:52:39 +0000 http://zipymonkey.com/blog/2007/08/01/carpet-diem/#comment-17369 Shooting them works fine. A plug also works. Less drastic options involve spraying your carpet with stuff that is more objectionable then piss. I have actually heard of someone electrifying the carpet so when the cat pisses the circuit is closed. Works well with toddlers too. Short of staking out the spot and providing immediate punishment, or just giving up and placing the litter box over the spot, I have just run out of bad ideas. When I was a kid we used to rub the cats nose in the offending spot, it actually seemed to work a lot of the time. If it didn't we recycled the cat and/or dog. However, I did grow up part of the time on a farm and learned to shoot a gun and drive a car before I reached puberty. Didn't teach me how to order in a fine restaurant so I'm still catching up on the social skills. Carpet looks good. Addie looks good. Shooting them works fine. A plug also works. Less drastic options involve spraying your carpet with stuff that is more objectionable then piss. I have actually heard of someone electrifying the carpet so when the cat pisses the circuit is closed. Works well with toddlers too. Short of staking out the spot and providing immediate punishment, or just giving up and placing the litter box over the spot, I have just run out of bad ideas. When I was a kid we used to rub the cats nose in the offending spot, it actually seemed to work a lot of the time. If it didn’t we recycled the cat and/or dog. However, I did grow up part of the time on a farm and learned to shoot a gun and drive a car before I reached puberty. Didn’t teach me how to order in a fine restaurant so I’m still catching up on the social skills.

Carpet looks good. Addie looks good.

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