There are lots of products out there, some of them good, some of them useless. First thing's first, though... she needs to get them to a vet and figure out if it's PHYSICAL. There are lots of possibilities here - including bladder infection (she never get those?), kidney infection (ditto), hormones (have they been neutered?), a dirty litterbox, and illness - and that's BEFORE emotional issues like desire for attention, stress, boredom, etc. And then there's the smell of outgassing brand new carpeting, which seems to induce most animals to mark territory (urethane can do that).
As a breeder, this is a constant concern for me. Funny enough, as long as I keep the litterbox clean, my house doesn't smell like one. I have an intact male, and two spayed females, one of whom occasionally breaks her litterbox training (usually when new carpeting or extreme stress is involved).
Get ahold of a black light (http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=2272&Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=Simple+Solution&cp=2&Nao=12&sku=933066&familyID=12345&). They sell small black lights at Petco and Petsmart for just this purpose. Wait until the room is very, very dark. Then turn it on, get on your hands and knees, and start looking for a very unique light yellow "spill" (you'll know it when you see it). Smell it, to be sure. You're in an apartment, so bear in mind not every yellow spill will be your roommate's cats.
Once you find the offending spot, I would recommend a product called Simple Solution Stain and Odor Remover (http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=7507&Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=Simple+Solution&cp=1&Nao=0&sku=36757&familyID=2851&). You have to really soak it in - down to the carpet pad (I usually take a 10ml syringe, pull up the carpet slightly, bury the nose in, and squirt so it gets under the carpet itself). It DOES work, at least against female cat urine (Fionn hasn't sprayed carpet or furniture yet, so we haven't had an opportunity to see how it does against intact male urine).
I've also had amazing success with a product called KittyScram - I had a roommate once who let her cats pee indiscriminantly and kept her door shut. I didn't discover it until after I kicked her out, at which point her room **stank** (she had an intact female). Despite the extent of the damage, we got the reek out and I got my deposit back. It's a cleaning product you usually get at janitorial supply stores, though, and I'm not sure anymore who carries it. Simple Solution is easily available.
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Date: 2007-03-18 04:40 am (UTC)As a breeder, this is a constant concern for me. Funny enough, as long as I keep the litterbox clean, my house doesn't smell like one. I have an intact male, and two spayed females, one of whom occasionally breaks her litterbox training (usually when new carpeting or extreme stress is involved).
Get ahold of a black light (http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=2272&Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=Simple+Solution&cp=2&Nao=12&sku=933066&familyID=12345&). They sell small black lights at Petco and Petsmart for just this purpose. Wait until the room is very, very dark. Then turn it on, get on your hands and knees, and start looking for a very unique light yellow "spill" (you'll know it when you see it). Smell it, to be sure. You're in an apartment, so bear in mind not every yellow spill will be your roommate's cats.
Once you find the offending spot, I would recommend a product called Simple Solution Stain and Odor Remover (http://www.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?R=7507&Nav=1&N=0&Ntt=Simple+Solution&cp=1&Nao=0&sku=36757&familyID=2851&). You have to really soak it in - down to the carpet pad (I usually take a 10ml syringe, pull up the carpet slightly, bury the nose in, and squirt so it gets under the carpet itself). It DOES work, at least against female cat urine (Fionn hasn't sprayed carpet or furniture yet, so we haven't had an opportunity to see how it does against intact male urine).
I've also had amazing success with a product called KittyScram - I had a roommate once who let her cats pee indiscriminantly and kept her door shut. I didn't discover it until after I kicked her out, at which point her room **stank** (she had an intact female). Despite the extent of the damage, we got the reek out and I got my deposit back. It's a cleaning product you usually get at janitorial supply stores, though, and I'm not sure anymore who carries it. Simple Solution is easily available.
Good luck.