Cat Pee!
April 23rd, 2009No One is Safe
For several days, I’ve been noticing that my car smells like cat pee. It has been driving me crazy, because I park indoors at night. You don’t expect cat pee smell to get on a car that stays garaged.
Virtually all cats, nearly all homes where cats live, and even some cat owners smell like cat pee. It is not something I enjoy, and since I don’t have a cat, I never expected it to be a problem.
Today I went out to the car, and I saw a bunch of fibers on the roof. I thought they were from a tree or something, but I don’t park under a tree. Then it hit me: CAT HAIR. Somebody’s mangy cat has been sleeping on my car’s roof, so now the car stinks. Can you believe that?
I left the car outside a couple of times last week, and I guess I’m paying the price.
April 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 PM
I’ve always known that cats are evil (despite what the cat-influenced and brainwashed human hosts will tell you).
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Further proof in the argument with my daughter on why NOT to have a cat (in addition to the argument that our rabbit-killing dog would probably get rid of all it’s nine lives in one go).
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Maybe repellent (although I don’t have a lot of faith in this approach…read the reviews); it might be worth a try though.
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http://www.petco.com/product/5431/Four-Paws-Keep-Off-Indoor-and-Outdoor-Dog-and-Cat-Repellent.aspx
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:21 PM
What if it smells worse than cat pee?
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Trick for cigar smell in a car… Bounce sheet on dashboard for a week. According to Leon “Motorman” Kaplan, Sunday morning car guru on LA’s KABC radio, Bounce also repels rodents, so they may repel cats, too.
April 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 PM
For you… I’d stay away from Fabuloso dryer sheets.
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:08 PM
The cats have found you. They find all the people who don’t succumb to their evil spell, and take their feline revenge!
By the way, I’ve heard that cats don’t like citrus smells. Looking on Google, some cat repellents use urine from predator animals that scare cats, like coyotes. That doesn’t sound like a solution for you, though. You could always sprinkle orange peel on the roof of your car.
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:10 PM
What if it smells worse than cat pee?
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That’s probably the idea (at least to a cat).
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The stuff I used to train our dog to stay away from the shoe closet (and the shoes therein) didn’t seem to have a smell that I could detect, but we also gave the dog her own chew toys at the same time, so I can’t say which was more successful.
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Maybe some catnip at strategic locations? Say next to an obnoxious neighbor’s yard…but that wouldn’t be very Christian of me…gotta work on that.
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Post Scriptum – Pizza Dough.
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The 24-hour dough turned out pretty good last week, but I’m starting to think that the rolling-pin is rolling some of the “puffiness” out of it.
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I’m going to try tossing it tomorrow (gotta remember to turn off the ceiling fan).
April 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 PM
NOTHING smells worse than cat pee.
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Cayenne peper sprinkled about tends to work on rodents. Maybe cats too?
There are some commercial replellants (availble at most “pet supply” stores that are effective. Some require reaplication every so often (depending in part, on how much rain the area gets).
April 24th, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Maybe this will help with the smell.
Mash up some charcoal briquettes, put them in a pan and set it on the floor.
DO NOT USE THE SELF-LIGHTING KIND! Just plain old charcoal will help absorb the odors.
It’s worth a try and it’s cheap.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:28 AM
Don’t you handload your own ammunition?
April 24th, 2009 at 5:49 AM
Sounds like an opportunity to get a Harbor Freight night vision rig and test that Saiga..
April 24th, 2009 at 7:22 AM
There must have been some major advances in litter technology in recent years: My cathouse detection abilities have decreased. I no longer can tell EVERY house that has cats, just the ones with bad litter control.
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What a lousy pet. “I’m going to come live with you and pee in a box. Your job will be to clean that up. In return I’ll treat you primarily with scorn.” Isn’t that what relatives are for?
April 24th, 2009 at 9:31 AM
There is a product called OdoBan that is very effective at removing (not covering, but removing) the smell of cat urine. It does leave behind an “industrial” clean smell, but it’s not too bad. Plus, the smell also acts as a cat repellant to an extent due to the eucalyptus oil that is one of the components. Cats generally find eucalyptus unpleasant and try to avoid it.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Cats + air rifle = free target practice
April 24th, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Yeah I was going to suggest the Odo-ban as well.
As a cat person, I have three inside and ended up with a colony of strays that stay here so I neutered them, I know the Odo-ban works.
Now let me tell you in case you don’t realize this, but what you are smelling is the scent-spraying of an un-neutered male cat “marking his territory”. Find him and either get him neutered or drop him at a shelter. Problem solved.
April 24th, 2009 at 1:00 PM
I don’t think a cat would pee on a car roof and then lie down in it. I believe this is just stench that came from the cat itself.
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Cat owners almost always underestimate how much cats smell. I have a guy who does yard work, and you can smell his cats on him from four feet away. He has never mentioned them, but I know he has them because of the smell.
April 24th, 2009 at 2:50 PM
“Cats generally find eucalyptus unpleasant and try to avoid it.”
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Perhaps arrows made from eucalyptus wood would be particularily effective. (Not only removing the cat but leaving a lingering odor of fresh eucalyptus.)