How To Get Rid Of Cat Pee Smell

One of the very first cleans that I was ever hired to do was for someone’s new home which was vacant and the previous owner had been a dun dun dun cat owner. She wanted me to specifically get rid of stains that had been left on their concrete basement floor from the aforementioned feline. As a cat person myself, this is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. As someone who cleans homes professionally, this is something that I see clients struggling with at least a few times a month. I wanted to make a post specifically addressing how to get rid of the smell of cat urine (not stains from it, that’s a different topic all together).

First things first; if you are the owner of the kitty creating the problem and you don’t solve the problem that is causing the peeing itself, efforts to get rid of the smell are quite futile because the smell will keep coming back each time the little meow meow goes again where he isn’t supposed to. I had a cat named Yoshi that had an ongoing issue with peeing… everywhere. On guests shoes, on any piles of clothes he could find, on my son’s toys, on all of the beds… you get it. Cat pee on the bed is not fun. It was awful. After $450 in vet bills to check that his bladder wasn’t infected and he was free of any medical conditions and countless hours of research, I finally found this which was a life-saver. I have since recommended it to anyone who tells me they’re a cat owner.

Next, before you can remove the smell of the cat urine, you have to identify where the cat urine is. This can be tricky and I personally found that it was worth the less than $10 it cost me to order this black light so that I could easily locate the locations where there was urine (amongst other off-putting stains).

For those who don’t want to do a bunch of reading, I’ll give you the short version. You want to use an enzyme cleaner on those spots. I like this one but any enzyme cleaner should work. I’ll explain below the why for those who are interested in the more detailed information about removing the smells.

An enzyme cleaner is your best choice for removing cat pee smell because these cleaners are specifically designed to break down the uric acid into ammonia and carbon dioxide, which will simply off gas naturally afterwards. Make sure that you soak the entire target area so that the enzymes are able to properly do their job. Don’t try and dry the area as the drying process is the part that actually removes the smell.

An enzyme cleaner like this one and this product will make it so your home doesn’t smell like cat urine and so that you can nip the problem in the bud by stopping the cat from peeing outside of the litter box all together. Good luck!