War

[ladyofastolat]

War has been declared. We have been noticing a growing catty smell in the hallway. Eventually, we thought to turn over the mat in the hall, and the pale fabric on its underside clearly showed the marks of many and repeated puddles. Today, we got a new mat, and also got bottles of things with gratifyingly pugnacious names, along the lines of "Get off and stay off!" or "Oi! Cat! Get off my land!" The hall has been thoroughly anointed with these things. One cat has gone outside, looking very sulky; the other is cowering under the spare bed, glowering. I'll win this battle.

Comments

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

It wasn't a rubber mat by any chance?

[(Anonymous)]

Hm, as a non-cat person my observation is that cats do just pong. The people who had our house before us had cats (catflap in the back door etc) and the kitchen continued to smell unedifyingly of cat pee for what felt like several months after we'd moved in. (Now long gone, thank goodness). But good luck with it! - Neuromancer

[chainmailmaiden]

Orange essential oil is also not supposed to be liked by cats and may smell nicer to your noses than some of the bottles of stuff you can get from pet shops. (Though it would stain light things like carpet yellowy orange)

I dread what will happen when we get cats, our house stank of cats and dogs for ages after we moved in and while I think I've finally got rid of the smell, part of me worries that either I've just stopped noticing it or I've not removed it from a cat's point of view.