Thread: Please Help - Peeing problem

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?