Thread: Please Help - Peeing problem

I suspect she has been very unsettled by the new furniture/smells and the accident was her way of increasing her scent in order to feel more secure. If she has any of her own blankets that smell of her I’d put them on the new sofa for the time being. I certainly wouldn’t go to the vets just yet.

I’m not sure I’d agree with the payback/revenge theory. With the utmost respect to our lovely MC’s I just don’t think they are that clever. I may be wrong though….

Hopefully the accident was a one off and you can all move on.

I’d seriously look at getting a feliway plug in for the time being though.

Best of luck

Originally Posted by Sketches

With the utmost respect to our lovely MC’s I just don’t think they are that clever.

That's pure heresy! Like saying chicken doesn't taste nice or that scratches behind the ears feel bad!

Haha, I’ll have to make sure Casco & Tonka don’t see what I’ve posted in case they pee on my sofa

Update: Well, after a rather unsettled night (was cleaning the mess until 6am this morning) we have a great looking sofa (albeit with a little bit of smell still going on when you press your nose into the fabric - hope this will fade over time) and a somewhat calmer and repentant cat. When I woke this morning I found the mother of all furballs in the hallway (on the laminate floor thank god) - this can't have helped with her general mood no doubt, she always gets a bit sore when a large one is on the way. She is still spooked by the new sofa (not at all the armchair I might mention), but I have put her favourite blanket on the corner where the accident happened and she has sat on it a few times today for varying lenghts of time - I am trying to establish the sofa as our new 'nest' and have sat next to her most of the day to give this impression. I have also avoided raising my voice (not easy as I am also still on edge) and this seems to have worked towards getting back to normal. I truly believe that she didn't do it out of spite or revenge, but that it was an accident - a few people have said now as Jck has that they think she relaxed as I sat down with her and a little bit came out (this makes sense as the amount was comparatively small and she did immediately dash to the litterbox rather than 'rubbing it in'). Or maybe as a purrent I need to tell myself these little fibs in order to maintain sanity . Whatever the case, hopefully we can all move on now - OH has just come back from work and is still giving evil looks to the little furface, but at least he has calmed down too. Might take a while to get those two to like each other again - Roxy is very much a mummy's girl.

Thank you for all your advice - any more ideas on how I can (gently) coax the pee smell out?

When we had an old dog several years ago who had a bad accident on new carpet we used pet fresh odour eliminator which was good & it is still one we sell at work even now...x

I use a spray called Urine-off for cats and kittens (there is also a version for humans) which was reccommended to me on this forum. You can get it on Amazon for about a tenner and it's very effective.
Calmness and reassurance for your furbag and I'm sure she will be fine. Xx

I love using Woolite Pet Stain & Odor Eliminator. I found it works great on sofas & carpet. If it doesn't work try using Fabreze as this was the only thing that took out the smell from fabric luggage that was soaked from defrosting fish (airplane cargo mishap).

Natures Miracle works well and it smells nice. Any large pet store should have it.