Conference misery::feline_v1

    Luther or someone else probably clobbered the carpets and no one
    noticed it.  Now the heat is making it noticeable.  Quite recently
    someone entered a note about a product that's supposed to remove
    odors like this even from carpets.
                         

    Nancy, I am having the same problem.  I have been searching high
    and low for the source of an odor and can't seem to locate it.
    My guess is the humidity - I picked up some of that carpet
    sprinkle stuff Arm & Hammer - it covers the odor for a day or
    two - my next try will be to shampoo - I also put a fan down
    stairs to help dry things out - also I have been closing the
    lower level windows during the hot day and opening them at
    night if if cools off and is dry out.  These things have
    been helping - I think that when we get into Sept/Oct. the
    problem will pass and so will some of the heat and humidity.
    
    I, too, am VERY sensitive to odors and I have 15 cats - most
    folk that come into my house can't believe that I have that
    many - now, with this new smell that I can smell, they will
    believe it!  I am scooping 2 or 3 times a day, vacuuming
    almost every day, changing the swimming pool 2 or 3 days
    sooner than usual to try and curb the possibility of odor.
    sigh....  Last night I was crawling around on the floor
    just to see if I had missed a spot or if someone had
    sprayed and I didn't notice it.
    
    Hang in there - we will be complaining of the cold/snow/wind/sleet
    soon enough I guess.
    
    Elaine

    Not cat odors, but...
    
    Has anyone smelled the inside of their lateral files lately? They
    turn the AC off (apparently) in the office spaces in MRO3 on ther
    weekends.  Most of our files smell as though something died in there.
    It is the paper, of course, acting like what it is - organic matter.
    
    Gary

    Please look at note #1627. 
    
    It sounds like a great product. Sometimes shampooing just makes
    it worse. (Smell that is.)
    
    

    I agree that the product in 1627 sounds great, but I can't seem
    to locate (nor can my roommate) the actual source of the smell.
    If the smell is simply due to cat hairs and skin from the cat will
    shampooing remove the odor?

    nancy

    I agree also - but I can't locate the souce either.  Tonight I will
    try again.  But I am tired of sniffing rugs, closets, cat beds,
    and am sure I look pretty silly - last night I had 2 kids jump
    on my back while I was on all fours sniffing the rug.  They
    thought it was a new game.

    When I can't locate the source, it seems to be for one of two reasons:
    (1) there is a definite source but its camoflagued (sp?) -- some
    place has been clobbered and dried so its invisible, or (2) Holly-the-cat
    been in the vicinity with the long hair on her bottom
    slightly damp and left a residual smell.  The latter happens a lot
    to things like my bathrobe and anything else she likes to nap on;
    a trip thru the washer fixes #2.
         

    Yeah, it must be that Karen.  Maybe if I keep vacuuming and changing
    the bag and pray for dry weather it will help.  I have or will have
    washed everything in the house by tonight or the weekend! grrr
    I am praying for cool dry weather!!

Four cats and 2 dogs in our house - we steam/shampoo the rug 3 times a year.
I've found that adding a little nilodor or other pet odor killer to the
rug shampoo mixture works very well with the odors.  I think a dirty
rug gets to smell like a dirty animal real fast - even if noone has made
a mistake there.