Urine odor

Big Sky Redneck

I have got a problem that has me infuriated, I'm so mad right now that I could just start smashing things.

I made a mistake this past weekend. I opened up my big plastic bin that I keep all of my hunting clothes in to find a release I use for hunting. I found the release and never put the clothes and other stuff back in right away. I also left my bow case open on the table beside the clothes. After I was done shooting the bow I placed the bow back in the case but failed to close it. I went back down to the basement today to get the bow for some more shooting and what I discovered has me totaly enraged.

It seems one of my wifes kitty cats decided it did not like the lingering odor of the cover spray that was on the clothes and the bow. I leave the cover spray on my clothes and try not to wash them any more than I have to, my fellow archery hunters will understand why. The scent also has rubbed off onto the bow and into its case. Back to the cat, it sprayed the most godawfull smell imaginable on my hunting gear, it got my clothes, the accessories and my bow. I have almost $1000 invested in that bow, arrows, several releases and other odds and ends. The clothing I cannot guess how much money I have in them. It seems that the cat urine smell is permanant. I washed all the clothing and other washables 5 times today and the smell will not leave. I have to completely tear my bow down, replace the string and cables, my releases are ruined and so is monay other things that was there.

My wife says it is my fault for leaving them out, I say I should not have to hide the stuff in fear of the dang cat. we have two cats and the one could care less about deer scent but the other one .......... Both cats are nuetered so they should not be spraying, or don't that stop it? Well ,needless to say I know which cat did it, that cat used up all of its nine lives this afternoon. I'm sorry if I offended any cat lovers, I also like cats but that mangy furball may have just cost me well over $2500 and that is not forgivable.

Does anybody know how to eliminate that smell? I don't want to toss all that stuff in the trash and replace it but if I have to I will. What can I use to scrub the bow and other items that cannot go in the washing machine? What can I use in the washing machine on the items that can go in there? Please help! Some of those clothes are high dollar Browning outfits, I have several different camo patterens that would cost a fortune to replace, the other accesories will be expensive as well. Heck, those releases I have are $75 apiece!

HELP!!

interstatepawnllc

Ever heard the expression "Meaner than cat's piss" ??

Duck

OK, I asked my wife this question and after she stopped asking twenty questions, and she stopped laughing(women can be so warped) she said you might try a water and vinegar solution on your bow and hunting items and maybe baking soda. Fabreeze is something you might try on your cloths to remove the smell and then wash in a straight water solution a couple of times to remove it's smell. Good luck. PS have you ever saw the movie Dog and Cats.

bullelk

What I'm about to say is just from hearsay. Don't take me for my word on it. First, I would ask someone that works in a reputable laundry. Secondly, maybe vinegar or tomatoes?? My wife just told me to call a veterinarian's office, they might know. Hope this helps.
Did the cat meet his Maker yet???
Gino

"If All Else Fails, Read The Directions"

will270win

My cat peed on the bed when he had a bladder infection. Luckily it was only the covers and not the mattress. Had recently purchased Oxi-Clean from Wal-Mart cause wife wanted it for accidents and spills. Well, whadayaknow, it worked! Put a bunch in the washing machine with the blankets and sheets and they came out smelling like....well, laundry. Laundry smells better than cat piss.


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lazywallrus

Good luck ever getting it out. Ex-girl friends cat sprayed my coat once , I washed that coat in everyting (vinegar, baking soda, tomato juice,TSP,etc,etc,etc)The problem is the p!ss is stuck in the insulation and evey time I thought I had it out when it would heat up in the back of my car the odor would come back. Dont worry about the detergent smell for now you can get that out later with scent blocker soap. Just keep washing it over and over and over. If that dont work put all your clothes back in the tub then put a couple bricks in the tub then put the cat in the tub and go throw the tub in the river. You'll still be out a 1000 bucks but at least youl feel better.


Good luck .....Lazy

The only good cat is a DEAD cat!!!!

mcneely77

I was always told to smoke my hunting clothes. I build a little fire in a steel five gallon bucket. Put the bucket on a concrete block off the ground, and then when the fire is going pretty descent, put some greens on the fire. This works best indoors like your pole barn or milk house. Keep putting the greens on and watch the fire at all times. I hang my clothes on a rope stretched across the milk house about four feet above the fire, and two feet off the center of the bucket. It works well. The smoke is enough to eliminate any other odors, but not enough to scare away the whitetails. Good luck.

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DarkStar11

Check out the stuff Sno-Seal has:
N-O-dor: http://www.atsko.com/nodor.html
and
SportWash: http://www.atsko.com/sportwash.html

This stuff is great. Use 'em in that order. Good luck.

DarkStar11
"...But Mona Lisa musta had the highway bluesYou can tell by the way she smiles..."

TOOLS1

Beleve it or not gasoline will kill the smell. Then you can wash the gas smell out. Toolbabe yused to have a car detailing bussiness and ounce had to do this to a car that a cat had mistoke for a litterbox.
Good Luck TOOLS

n/a

No matter if you can get rid of the odor. KILL THE CAT. They are detestable creatures. I have hated them since the day I bought a new canvas hunting coat when I was 14 and left it laying on MY bedroom floor. My sisters cat pissed all over it. The rest is history.

"We become what we habitually do. If we act rightly, we become upright men. If we habitually act wrongly, or weakly, we become weak and corrupt" - *ARISTOTLE*

**Like Grandad used to say--"It'll feel better when it quits hurtin"

allen griggs

My cat got sprayed with a skunk, and the cat laid down on my vest. I imagine skunk spray is in the league of cat wee wee. I was told to use tomato juice. I soaked it in tomato juice for an hour and then washed it. It came out about 98%. You couldn't really smell it but if you knew it was there you could sorta tell. After a few months you couldn't tell at all. I still wear the vest. ps I soaked the cat in tomato juice too and cleaned him up pretty well. That was my budddy named Batman, a huge tomcat.

"Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."

COONASS

one part vinegar...three parts water... let soak 24 hours........then take out of solution and spray with baking soda dissolved in warm water.....let hang outside to dry but not in the sun...........then after drying wash in three cap fulls of sport wash........... someone also mention gas , I've heard of that also............

When you come to visit PLEASE leave the cat home.......

good luck.............coonass

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

n/a

This is going to sound as stupid as all get out.. but it works.. All of the vets in my home town use it..and it was publicized on the pet channel... Get your wife to by Massengil *.. Yes.. your read what I typed..Use it full strength, and dont rinse.. just wipe it off..
This is used for dogs that are sprayed by a skunk.. you pour it on the dog.. rub it in.. and leave it.. there is no odor what so ever.. even if the dog gets wet.. I know it sounds corny.. but it works like a charm on dogs, clothes.. anything that got hit by a skunk.



Edited by - BlackRoses on 05/28/2002 23:12:13

smokinggun

I've seen several nuetered cats spray all sorts of stuff, they are a real pain. One three legged nuetered cat backed up to my brand new truck wheel and sprayed all over it right in front of me! He almost became a two legged cat right away. Dogs make much better pets. You do have to train them but at least they are trainable.

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ace22

Any * will work.I don,t know why and I don't care.Had a lady at a dry cleaners tell me about it when my girl friends cat sprayed my $300.00 down sleeping bag.Took it to anyone I thought could help,and when I heard about the "fix" I thought she was having a laugh at my expense.Bought $35.00 worth and soaked the bag in it for 48 hours,and it took the smell out.I took the cat out!

allen griggs

You can train the cat. When I lived in Colorado we had a cat named Tequila. We had a loft with a railing. The sofa set on the first floor, below the railing. We had Tequila go for a day without food. Then Bill took him up to the railing and pushed him off. He did a drop of about ten feet and landed on the sofa, this was not a cruel deal. Then I took the cat to the kitchen and he got a bowl of cream and canned food. Second day, no food until 6pm, pushed him off the rail, cream and canned Friskies. On about the fifth day at about 6 pm the cat ran up into the loft climbed up onto the rail and jumped down to the sofa. After that he had to fly before he could eat. We would have company over and sit them on the sofa and Tequila would sail by and land right next to them.

"Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."

n/a

You didnt need to soak it for 48 hours.. *LOL*...and 35.00 buck? How many cases did you buy.. considering most times.. well at least the last time my dog got sprayed, I went to the local pharmacy.. picked up a box, which contains 2 bottles... at a total under 3.00..

I know it sounds so weird, but it works.. it really does..

COWBOYKIDD

7mm.. not sure if y seen the post about the tree rat catapult?
Just a thought. lol
I just got a visual of 7mm baiting the catapult with a dish of meow mix, standing off to the side with his 7mm mag

Thieves in 3 piece suits = Politicians,Doctors & Lawyers

interstatepawnllc

This is a little message to all the big, tough, burley macho types who feel real manly and powerful taking out felines. Y'all are control freaks, you hate cats because you cannot control them. Cats do as they please and only if they are so inclined, kinda like women. Geez, I'll bet your wives and girlfriends get "knocked around a little too". A real man controls his anger and finds acceptance in the things he is unable to comprehend or understand. Self worth and innerpeace cannot be purchased. They can only be earned through one's actions, end of story.



Edited by - interstatepawnllc on 05/29/2002 00:29:14

john w

I agree Interstate--animals use instinct and do whats natural.To the cat haters--next time you kid pisses it pants or diaper shoot it too!!!!. When YOU cat haters sh*t your pants shoot yourself.

woodsrunner

If the vinegar and water doesn't work, go to the local dollar store and get yourself a couple boxes of cheap baking soda. Add it to the washing machine for clothes. For your hard surfaced stuff like your bow, just make up a paste with water let it sit a while then wipe it down with clear water and a rag.

Woods

How big a boy are ya?

COWBOYKIDD

interstate & john w.. Jeez guys it was a joke..calm down and if ya cant maybe try some of these.


Thieves in 3 piece suits = Politicians,Doctors & Lawyers

Edited by - COWBOYKIDD on 05/29/2002 03:16:49

Warpig883

Tapping supply houses carry skunk descenting stuff that will get rid of any smell. M&M Furs in Bridgewater SD has some in theri catolog.

Only good cat is a dead cat. They definatley DO NOT BELONG IN A HOUSE, of course they should not be running wild either, killing songbirds and game, ruining others property.

We spent a few thousand dollars replacing our front porch because the nieghborhood cats had their vile stench soaked into the wood.

gunpaq

Fight fire with fire. Despite all the tricks out there the odor will always remain. One thing to do is to use fox or doe urine as a cover scent to eliminate the cat odor then wash in a natural scent hunting soap.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

kimberkid

gunpaq ... how do you get a fox or deer to pee in the cup?

Sorry, when I read your thread I got a visual and couldn't help but laughing ... yours sounds like the best idea if the oder can't be nuterlized ...

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gunpaq

Had a cat pee on my homemade 3D camo turkey suit and found that the cover scent is the best remedy. Cats are attracted to and are inclined to pee on nylon based material if retaining human sweat odor. Several years back a tom cat got in our hangar and sprayed all the unpacked parachutes that were laying out on the floor and table. What a mess & problem, tried all the tricks and spent $$$$$ to get the odor out the coated UV nylon but a small trace always remained even after repeated air-outs.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

n/a

There will be NO lingering odor with the use of the *... I have used commercial odor eliminators with no luck.. as for a cover scent.. its only a cover as long as you keep using it... Best way is too elimate the prob... Have you even had your dog sprayed by a skunk, use all the commercial products known to get rid of the smell, only to have the smell back the first time the dog gets wet?????..
Well thats how they work..they get rid of it till they get wet... There are NO chemicals in the * to harm anything you will put it on... and there is NO lingering odor...My dad used it on his traps when he was trapping to get rid of the human scent...

Ronald J. Snow

Market America sells a product called Pet Magic made for this type of problem. You can access them at marketamerica.com, go to Mall Without Walls and click onto distributor locator. This is one of the home based businesses and there should be someone you know selling the product.

Big Sky Redneck

Hey, thanks for the tips! I'm going to try to wipe the bow down with vinagar and water but the strings and cables will be replaced, not sure if I want to use them after soaking them. The clothes, I'm going to try a couple of the tips mentioned including the "kitty cleaner". Although you shoulda seen my wifes face when I asked her to go buy me some of that! She asked how in the hell I knew that would cure urine odor and I just looked at her and smiled, when it hit her she got mad and walked away.

Like I said I like cats. The reason I know which one did it is because we have had the problem with him before doing that. I will keep the results of my confrontation with the cat to myself but rest assured, he won't do that again. The other cat we have I really like, infact I like him better than the dog. he is just too cool. Laid back and acts like he is the boss and this is his house, he has even put our overwieght tempermental mutt in its place a few times. As far as training cats, those things are smarter than you give them credit for, cats are downright intelligent but they are also independant weich gives the impression that they cannot be trained. My cats know when the hear the bb gun rattle it's time to take cover, it was used to learn the cats to stay off of the kitchen counter and was not used to be cruel.

But anyhow thanks for the tips and I hope I can get rid of that smell, the archery hunters out there know how picky an alert deers nose is and one mistake will keep "bucky" at a distance from you. BTW, I do use Red Fox pee as a cover scent but I see a problem trying to mask the cat odor with it. It would just create a smell all its own that the deer know does not belong in HIS woods. Thanks again and I hope y'all got a good laugh out of this!

hunter280man

I have heard of the * working well, remember what its used for. "Please, no pun intended!" I would have to believe that they would be the most cost effective form of de-smelling something. I would use a big wash tub and let soak a few hours then rinse and try to restore the proper smell with a good wash.
Remember that all the harsh chemicals will ruin the fibers in both the bow string and the clothing. The string is easy enough to replace if needed. I sincerely doubt that absolutly all the smell will be eliminated but as long as you can't smell it then the cover scent should work well enough.
Another thing to remember is that all the washings will fade out your patterns, and it sounds like this might already be too late!

Deer may have a better nose than us but they also are use to smelling some predetor urine around the woods as long as its not to strong it shouldn't hurt.
Not to get the cat lovers going or to provoke the PETA folks but if ya can't trust-em DUST-EM! If a dog or any other pet can't be broken or trusted some have to be given treatments, sort of like shock thearopy! Only much cheeper.

Though I was born to royalty, I was snatched at birth, so treat me as the noble I am!!!

Rickstir

What you have here is a natural cover scent. Cats spray in the wild. If you can get used to it......you'll never need a cover scent again!

Like in the NFL, defense is the key.

woodsrunner

When I read gunpaq's fight fire with fire, I thought he was going to suggest you pee on the cat!!! LOL

Woods

How big a boy are ya?

RockinU

The only way to remove the odor is to rub the affected items with the inside of the tanned pelt of the offending animal.

interstatepawnllc

How juvenile!!

RockinU

Sorry you feel that way. I won't have a dog that runs horses, or kills calves. I won't own a mare that doen't produce a foal, or a cow that doesn't have calves. And I won't have a cat that ruins my clothes or anything else of mine. I do have two cats, and while they aren't exactly productive creatures (he says as the yellow one lays down on the open magazine), they aren't destructive either, and I wouldn't have them if they were.

Buffler

7MM NUT, This is the best I've used...Call them...
Slusher's Odor-Kill & Stain Remover 1-540-345-5013.
Hope this helps!!! BUFFLER, BE SAFE!!

Judge Dread

Boil them ! in bicarbonate solution rinse well !!!!! so they dont white out (Get rid of the &^$@#$!#@ cats ) or just Urinate in their
sleeping place and take revenge ...... teach them who the boss in
take a lot of vitamin a 2 or 3 hours before the Piss on cat sesion.
AWWW sweeet revenge......
JD

Poor choice of destiny make thoose that for upholding the law go against the "LAW".

salzo

It is truly amazing what a 12 guage magnum 5 turkey load will do to a cat at 30 yards.

Happiness is a warm gun

Big Sky Redneck

Well LTS, how much pre rut hunting do you do where you need the deer within 20 yds and calm? During the rut the deer would walk up to you while you have on old spice and not care. But I do thank you for your reply even thought it was as arrogant as I would expect from you. Have a nice day LIKTOCRITISIZEBECAUSEIMANARROGANTSOB.

Warpig883

I'm telling ya, Buy a bottle of Skunk Descenter from a trapping supply place and be done with it. It eliminates skunk odors 100% and does not cost much. Leaves no smell.

interstatepawnllc

Salzo,.....Your one sick mother!!