Cleaning up after a sneezy cat?

tuxedokitties

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Hey all,

My cat Oreo has chronic sinus problems.  He goes through periodic episodes of sneezing out green gunk, and I'll take him to the vet, she'll prescribe antibiotics, and it will clear up for a little while.  I've started also supplementing with lysine and that has helped. 

But in the meantime the baseboards, doors, walls, wooden cabinets, and windows of our home have been decorated with horrible, difficult to remove globs of boogers.  I've been physically limited from injuries for about a year now, but am starting to get a little more mobile and want to clean up all those disgusting globs.  I'm wondering if there's a secret trick that will make it easier, since they're pretty much cemented in place by now, and it seems like there are millions of them.  Ugh!  :(

Help, please!  :)
 

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Well, first of all - Welcome back! I hope you're ok - after reading about injuries!

I don't know the answer, but I would think spraying a cleaner on the affected areas and letting it sit would help loosen them.
 

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I used to buy foreclosed homes, the best way to clean up nasty cabinets is to just use mild soap and water. Test an out of sight area for color-fastness first. Then just get all of it damp and come back with "the elbow grease". Use cotton rags nothing abrasive.
 

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Lysol Dual Action wipes. They have a "scrubby" side and a plain side.

Our Nina is a sneezy girl and this is what we use, but on the Hard surfaced floors, we found that our Haan steam mop works wonders on cat boogers.
 

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I just cleaned my whole kitchen, from top to bottom, walls, cabinets, baseboards, doorways even the wallpaper under the chair rail. I cook every day and somehow get dried-on splashes and bits of sauces and grease here and there. I've always used the same method and it's amazing how well it works!

Add a small amount, about a teaspoon, of Murphy's Wood Oil Soap to a gallon of HOT water. Use gloves and a terry-cloth rag (from an old towel). Soak the rag in the water and soap, wring out but keep kind of wet, and wipe the wall (one small area at a time). Give it a few seconds to work while you rinse the rag in the bucket and squeeze it as dry as you can, then wipe again. EVERYTHING comes off with the second wipe! (For what you are dealing with you might want to keep a scrubby sponge handy for the most stubborn bits, but do the last wipe with the wrung-out rag.) You don't have to rinse and your house will smell very nice, if you like citronella. 

I noticed yesterday that I had missed a little drip of something by the fridge and used a paper towel with hot water to just spot-clean and had to rub like crazy to get it off and it was just a tiny speck. The Murphy's Wood Oil Soap is great on furniture, too, but use warm or cool water if it's fine furniture.

We have a sneezy kitty, too, maybe not as sneezy as your Oreo, though. 
 
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