Our female cat has decided to mark her territory in my carpeted sewing room. I have shampooed the carpet with regular carpet shampoo. I looked at some options online but my question is do any of them really work. I'd be happy with a wood floor in there which is what we will do if we tear out the carpet but is that what we need to do or can I get it out?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I think the name of what I used when I had cats was Nature's Miracle. I bought it at Petsmart.

Mary- regular shampoo will not get rid of the order. Even if you don't smell it, the cat will.

You need to find one that has enzymes in it that will remove urine odors. There are lots of them, for pets as well as adults. Stores like Petsmart carry many brands and there are also ones online. Zero Odor is one that I've heard works great. I have gotten and used ATX Oder Kill (found online).

Even if you remove the carpet, the smell may still be in the underfloor. Be sure to use a high quality sealer on it and the walls around the area. Those can be found at any good paint store. Seal before you put in any new flooring! Hope this helps!

My DD's cat wet on my area rug and I tried every urine eliminator product and I could still smell the sour sticky smell. I tossed the rug and that got rid of the smell immediately. LOL

Try making a mixture of hydrogen peroxide / lysterine & water in a spray bottle. 1/2 peroxide/lysterine to 1/2 water.

Spray the urined area & blot with a clean white towel, repeat as needed!

We had a situation with an elderly 3 legged dog who was having trouble getting outside. My steps were home but apparently did not make him go out often enough. We came home to a horrible mess. We did have VERY old carpet and so we did rip it out. When we did we found lots of spots--more than we realized at first--and so we used Kilz on the sub-floors before installing new flooring. What a smell... I can't imagine it in my sewing room! Good luck!

I don't think it ever comes out of a rug and also penetrates the floor under the rug. The people that had our house before us had cats and we had to remove the carpeting and replace some of the floors to get rid of the odors. We tried a LOT of things that said they got rid of odors but it always came back.

I used this http://www.antiickypoo.com/index.htm when I had elder cats with troubles there for a while.

I got a blacklight to help but I knew where most of the problems were. And we were starting to get pretty bad :-(

I had tried a lot of other remedies but this is the 1st that took away ALL the odor.

After all those kitties were gone and we were getting new carpet I sprayed it again on the subfloor just because I had extra really because there was no longer any odor even putting your nose on the wood LOL

Anti-Icky-Poo works well if you can keep the area wet for several days.

Sweet PDZ is a granulated zeolite mineral that adsorbs the scent. It's about $15 for a 40 pound bag at the farm store. Sprinkle it on, let it set for a day or two, then vacuum it up. You may have to repeat once to get rid of the odour completely.

Nature's Miracle is an encyme killer. It works. (We primarily use it to "deskunk" the dogs)

There is an enzyme product that will get rid of the odor, but I cannot think of the name. It works great!!

I bought a product from a whole sale cleaning supply store..it was commercial grade and worked wonders.

I was never able to get the odor out when my cat did this so I eliminated the carpet. There was no way to stop her from going back there once she had marked. I like wood floors (smile).

Try Don Asletts XO from OVC. We had a terrible odor from a water soaked carpet when our toilet overflowed. I used it and the smell never came back. I also use it in my litter box.

AFTER the smell is gone, you can hang a few peppers near the area to keep her from marking again.

And then get the cat to the vet! Cats don't usually just start doing things like that without a reason.

I recommend Stink Free Instantly:

http://www.amazon.com/Stink-Free-Ins.../dp/B000KAWKFI

You can probably get it other places, too.

We had a peeing war between two of my cats and have used this (A LOT) on rugs, the sofa, my bed pillow...

Tom now lives with my mother and is quite the gentleman there.

But until he moved... we used a LOT of this stuff.

Any pet odor remover with enzymes in it will work. However, you'll need to make sure the odor remover gets below the carpet and into the foam mat underneathe to totally get rid of the odor. You may need to do it twice, but it should go away. My male cat got scared one day and urinated on my wall to wall carpet. I really soaked the area with a pet odor remover, let it sit and work, then sopped it up as best I could with paper towels. I find the odor removers with the enzymes work best, they don't just cover up the odor with perfumey scent. Good luck!

KOE-kennel oder eliminator is fantastic. I just bought it at Entirely Pets using a 15% discount code ADVQ111. It is highly concentrated and I use it in my Hoover Floormate. This stuff is amazing!

KOE-kennel oder eliminator is fantastic. I just bought it at Entirely Pets using a 15% discount code ADVQ111. It is highly concentrated and I use it in my Hoover Floormate. This stuff is amazing!

You can try "Kids and Pets" I get it at Walmart. It does help with the odor and is really good on stains. Plus you can use it in your wash.

I have had occasion to try quite a few different products for cat odor. So far the one I like best is Nok Out. You would need to saturate the carpet and carpet backing with it.

Thank you for all of your input.

The cat is going to the vet. Good advice. Thanks

I'm getting a wood floor.

It is cement underneath the carpet and we are scrubbing that with the enzyme formula cleaner. Thankfully it was in the middle of the room so no walls are involved.

What a mess I have in the mean time.

I have heard a lot of good things about Nature's Miracle. My son owns apartments buildings and has used this several times after tenants have moved out and it works!! My daughter just used it in her house and it worked for her too.

I have used natures Miracle also. Works great

We had same experience with a neighbor's cat spraying on our porch.Thank heaven it was outside where we could use the hose.
The neighbor finally gave the cat to a farmer,after cat started spraying her sofa & a footstool.They repaced both pieces of furniture,but said in damp,rainy weather, they could still smell it.

I used to use Nature's Miracle until I found KOE. KOE is much more effective and it's so concentrated that a small bottle lasted over a year. Glenn does laundry here and he puts a couple of drops in when he washes dog beds, towels etc and there's no hound smell left when they're done. I don't have any association with the product just an enthusiastic fan.

I purchased Nature's Miracle at Petco and the problem has been solved. I treated the area with the solution full strength and then added to the carpet shampooer. Its the only thing that I've found that will break down the enzyme crystals in the cats urine. I HAD a female that did her business all over the basement, even though she had a clean box. :O It even took the smell out of the concrete floor. YEA!!!!!!

Good luck, I know its extremely annoying!

Sprinkle the area with cayenne pepper after you've cleaned it as well as you can.

I use an enzyme cleaner that works well called "Anti Icky Poo". Found online as well.

Is your cat fixed? If not she will likely keep on marking no matter what you do. I actually had to move one outside years ago because of this problem.
Hope you get your delima resolved.

see what wiping with vinegar will do....

Yes, She was fixed years ago.

I have had cats for years - all was fine until we got a second one and then the territory-marking began! I have tried every product out there and have had only very limited success - some cleaning products remove the color from the carpet. The urine often can stain/bleach the carpet anyway. My rug guys say 1/2 water and 1/2 vinegar, but I have found the results to be so-so. Sorry for your frustration - I would just say get it up quickly and perhaps put foil around the spot so when your cat tries to go in that area again, the crinkly noise will scare her away (hopefully to the litter box!) I love, love my cats, but.....

Sprinkle baking soda on it and let it dry and then vacuum it up.

The bad thing about wood floors is in between the floor planks urine can get trapped so you are in the same boat and forget about getting any smell out of that. Sorry to put a wrinkle in your remedy I have wood floors thoughout my house so I know of what I speek other than I have dogs that decide they need to mark. I guess if you get new floors don't have pets. I love my pets too much.

Try Odo Ban from Sam's Club.

The only way to get rid of the odor completely is to rip out the carpet and floor all the way to the sub floor. Use Kilz and replace. Other animals will always be able to smell it if you don't.

This may not be of interest but ask yourself why she is marking her territory. If this is something new for her, she might have a urinary infection or some undetected illness. Even dental problems can cause such behavior. Been there and done that and will replace all carpets when furr buddies are gone and grandkids are grown. (P.S. I use Nature's Miracle from Petsmart.)

if you decide to pull up the carpet and put a wood floor down you need to paint your subfloor with the paint that nullifies odor, I forget the name of it but they have it at all paint store and Home Depot and Lowes. My dd used it on flooring that the previous owners had a cat room. They pulled up the carpet and painted the floor then had it recarpeted...she said so far no cat pee smell.