Hello all, I know it has been a while, but we have had trying times in the rainingsheep camp! Of course most of you have met Tencents, my kitty, featured many times over on my blog in the past few years. Tencents will be sixteen in a few months and we have been experiencing a few, ahem, 'geriatric issues' over the last month. Pissy pooters, as we love to call her, has decided to pee and poo all over the entire house while I was gone to the Philippines during the past few weeks. Aside from the stench that cat urine delivers, Tencents has just appeared not happy. I took her to the vet and she has a significant urinary tract infection but also her kidneys are indicating renal failure. It may be the infection is causing this, it may also be that the renal failure is causing this infection. We won't know for another month...in the meantime any advice on getting rid of cat pee smell would be much appreciated. Of course I am devastated by this. Kitty has been with me since after my divorce; she has been through all the trying times, good times, all the aggravating men in the very early dating years... in other words she is my constant! I don't even want to consider the possible outcome here.
Otherwise I have been in the Philippines - a rather trying trip this time around...I really feel tired, and whiny. I think also my wrinkles have multiplied over the past month! I am sure y'all go through such moments. Time for a facial and wine with a good girlfriend! I need to get back to many of you to thank you for your lovely comments on the last post - please be patient with me.
Have a wonderful weekend.
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I kinda know how you're feeling - my cat turned 17 in April. She's on prescription food to help her kidneys, and has been having some dementia issues (yowling at night, occasionally going to the bathroom in the wrong place...). Our best solution for getting urine out of carpets has been orange oil. We use a spot carpet cleaner and a water bottle filled with hot water and maybe an 1/8th tsp of orange oil. (don't put the orange oil in the cleaner; it does bad things to the tubing). HTH, and hugs to your kitty!
Oh, that`s awful for you and Tencents. I hope she`s back to her fabulous self very soon.
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If the pee is on the carpet, cover it with bicarbonate of soda, leave it on overnight, and hoover up next day, the smell will be gone. Hope PP gets better soon.
Ah, Raina... I'm so very, very sorry to hear what's happening with Tencents. I hope very much there is hope yet for your long-time fur-companion. Please let us know how things go when you can. You deserve some good rest & relaxation. Tencents probably does too! Lila and daywoods both had great ideas for the cat pee-cover-up. I was going to suggest the bicab trick too. Be taking good care there. Thinking of you all... ((HUGS))
I hope Tencents gets better soon. Poor thing. It's tough to see a dear pet go through illness. At least she has you back home to take care of her. Enjoy your weekend!
Sending Tencents good, healing thoughts. Enjoy being ack home with her.
For the smell mouthwash is good, gets rid of the bacteria apparently.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about Tencents. I feel your pain -- my parents are having big issues with their cat and they won't really do anything about it. The house reeks. We've tried everything (except mouthwash, what an interesting suggestion) to no avail. Some of the carpet has been ripped up, but it can't be replaced as long as the cat is around. It's a mess. I hope you get your mess resolved soon. And that you can get some rest too!
So sorry to hear about Tencents and hope she's better soon. Tycho turned 18 in July (2 years older than my eldest daughter!) and we've been having 'issues' with him for a while. He yowls a lot in the night, occasionally pees where he shouldn't, and has to be reminded that he's been fed. He's completely deaf and only has a few teeth so we have to mush up his food with water so he can 'slurp' at it rather than chew it! Two weeks ago I discovered a lump on his tummy which the vet says is a tumour. The vet doesn't want to do a biopsy as sedating him could kill him so we just have to keep an eye on him. I feel bad about it as I feel he should be getting some treatment but it's no good if the treatment kills him! Such is life with an elderly pet. Fingers crossed for Tencents, xx
Raina I am so sorry to hear tencents is ill - i do hope she makes a good recovery. Thinking of you both hugs Jane x
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