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I have 3 cats and 4 litter boxes, 1 of which is in the closet of my little two-room attic office/craft room. I don't know who the guilty party was (1 elderly female, 2 1.5 yo boys, all fixed), but someone started urinating standing up. The urine went into the drawer of an old plastic multi-drawer cabinet and pooled in the bottom, some leaking out onto the floor beneath. My husband didn't smell anything (he's the litter box scooper), but when I went in there for something, it hit me right in the face. I found the urine puddle under the litter mat and the urine in the cabinet. This had clearly been happening for a LONG time.
Threw all that away, bought a taller (still open) litter box and moved it to the OTHER attic room, my office. I got to work on the closet. The floor is inexpensive vinyl. I scoured it with vinegar over and over again, and then bought a liquid enzyme cleaner. I soaked the floor and let it sit multiple times. The smell is mostly gone...I just get a whiff sometimes.
I went to move the new litter box back to closet and saw that there was urine sprayed just over the lip again. Threw THAT litter box away, scrubbed the floor and wall behind it with same method. Bought 18 gallon plastic tub, cut hole in side, put in closet, no more spray.
But. that. smell. The whole upstairs smells overwhelmingly of cat urine. I bought a blacklight and can't find a trace of urine anywhere, but the smell remains. I'm a crafter and have yarn, fabric, books, puzzles...I'm afraid that everything is going to be ruined by the smell. HOW do I get rid of it?!?
P.S. No one "stands up" in any of the 3 litter boxes downstairs...no troubles at all there! I want to leave a litter box upstairs for our elderly female, easy access, since she spends most of her time up here.
Threw all that away, bought a taller (still open) litter box and moved it to the OTHER attic room, my office. I got to work on the closet. The floor is inexpensive vinyl. I scoured it with vinegar over and over again, and then bought a liquid enzyme cleaner. I soaked the floor and let it sit multiple times. The smell is mostly gone...I just get a whiff sometimes.
I went to move the new litter box back to closet and saw that there was urine sprayed just over the lip again. Threw THAT litter box away, scrubbed the floor and wall behind it with same method. Bought 18 gallon plastic tub, cut hole in side, put in closet, no more spray.
But. that. smell. The whole upstairs smells overwhelmingly of cat urine. I bought a blacklight and can't find a trace of urine anywhere, but the smell remains. I'm a crafter and have yarn, fabric, books, puzzles...I'm afraid that everything is going to be ruined by the smell. HOW do I get rid of it?!?
P.S. No one "stands up" in any of the 3 litter boxes downstairs...no troubles at all there! I want to leave a litter box upstairs for our elderly female, easy access, since she spends most of her time up here.