Tips To Get Rid of Pet Odors



Posted: Friday, March 17, 2006

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Online Discount Mart Home & Garden Decor

There are many different reasons why pets might urinate on the carpeting in a home. While not being potty-trained or not being taken outside on a frequent basis are the two most common reasons that a pet will soil the floors, there are many other reasons, as well. A pet may have an accident on the carpet if he is overly excited, frightened, or if he has been injured. They may also urinate on the floor in order to mark what they believe is their territory, or will sometimes resort to such behaviors when they are left alone or are particularly displeased with their owners.

Sometimes, a pet may urinate on the floor, due to her health if she has suffered extreme trauma or is experiencing bladder or urinary tract infections, this may effect how long she is able to ‘hold it." Additionally, older dogs and cats can sometimes suffer degrees of senility, during which they do not notice that they’ve made a mess on the carpeting. The first step in treating pet urine in your home is to determine why your pet is urinating on the floor to begin with. It may indicate that someone needs to be more conscientious or, in some cases, may point to more serious problems. The only way to truly control pet stains on your carpet is to stop from accumulating more.

Pet urine can be particularly troublesome to remove from a home not responding well to steam cleaning and often causing discoloration of the carpeting, pet urine has a very strong and pungent odor that will bond with carpet fibers and is resistant to most commercial carpet cleaning products. Many people suggest household cleansers, such as Lysol, ammonia, or vinegar to help clean up pet stains but, while they may appear to clean on the surface, they usually do not completely eliminate the odor or, in the case of strong-scented cleaners like ammonia, encourage the pet to urinate there more, in order to cover up the strong scent with his own.

For best results, when it comes to cleaning up pet urine, one should not only work at soaking up as much of the urine as possible, but also use a pet odor neutralizing powder or liquid, such as Nature’s Miracle or Bio-Aid, which rely upon millions of odor-controlling enzymes to break down the odor and stain, turning it into a liquid so that it can easily be cleaned up. These products or similar ones can be found at many pet stores, as well as being carried by most veterinarian offices.

While enzyme-based products such as Urine Gone are the best on the market, when it comes to controlling pet-related odors and stains, they are not 100% effective and they offer no guarantee that the pet will not return and soil the carpeting again. For this reason, the best route for cleaning up these messes would be, not only to remove the smell and the stain, but determine the reasoning behind why your pet is doing this. Sometimes, it is required that the stained section of carpeting be removed, in order to eliminate the pet odor. However, by determining if a change in routine or medication is needed, pet owners will be better-able to help their pets and ensure that they have no more problems with pet odors and stains.
Lorien1973 writes articles about home decor and garden decor for such sites as Online Discount Mart.
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