House stinks of cat ****! What's happening?
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Hi all,
It's driving me mad this one.
I have a cat who is 7 (male and neutered) and he never pees in the house, or smells funny or anything really.
He has a microchip cat flap and comes and goes as he wants.
Over the last few months, the stench of what I assume is cat piss, has appeared in the house every few weeks. The house will be spotless and not smell of anything, and then I'll come home from work and it will stink. Or sometimes I'll to go to bed, and when I wake up in the morning the smell coming from downstairs will be eye-watering.
This maybe happens every 2-3 weeks.
I went and bought a bottle of that spray stuff that uses enzymes to remove the smell of pet urine and also one of those UV 'pet torches' that is supposed to show urine but I can never find anything. I spray the enzyme spray everywhere on the hard floors, skirting boards, and clean the front and rear doors of the house inside and outside, and after that the smell seems to disappear.
But it honestly driving me nuts.
Any ideas what is happening?
It's driving me mad this one.
I have a cat who is 7 (male and neutered) and he never pees in the house, or smells funny or anything really.
He has a microchip cat flap and comes and goes as he wants.
Over the last few months, the stench of what I assume is cat piss, has appeared in the house every few weeks. The house will be spotless and not smell of anything, and then I'll come home from work and it will stink. Or sometimes I'll to go to bed, and when I wake up in the morning the smell coming from downstairs will be eye-watering.
This maybe happens every 2-3 weeks.
I went and bought a bottle of that spray stuff that uses enzymes to remove the smell of pet urine and also one of those UV 'pet torches' that is supposed to show urine but I can never find anything. I spray the enzyme spray everywhere on the hard floors, skirting boards, and clean the front and rear doors of the house inside and outside, and after that the smell seems to disappear.
But it honestly driving me nuts.
Any ideas what is happening?
TooMany2cvs said:
The obvious first suggestion is that your microchip cat flap is less secure than you think it is.
I've just replaced it with a new one, and having sat in my kitchen in the dark and watched other neighbourhood cats desperately try to get in with absolutely zero success, I'm fairly confident it is only allowing my cat in.Wacky Racer said:
If a cat is determined enough it will head butt and beat any type of cat flap, magnetic or otherwise, unless it is securely locked.
The microchip ones have a mechanical lock that only opens and release the flap when the correct cat has put its head in the aperture.I would agree with your point if it was a different type of cat flap. I used to have a 'Staywell' infra red flap that unlocked when my cat approached and had an infrared collar on. It just didn't work as other cats could actually lift it open towards themselves and batter at it. It was crap.
This one is a Sureflap and they seem to have gone to extraordinary lengths to make it impenetrable to all other cats. I've never seen another cat through it and many have tried, even the really clever ones that used to open the old flap outwards towards themselves.
TooMany2cvs said:
NinjaPower said:
The microchip ones have a mechanical lock that only opens and release the flap when the correct cat has put its head in the aperture.
Mechanical? Magnetic, on the ones I've seen. So easily forceable, if the cat's determined enough.So some local cats have been seen failing to get in. I wonder if there are other local cats who also have magnetic catflap collars...?
The cat flap has batteries, solenoids, RFID microchip readers and other gubbins in it. It's nothing to do with magnets or collars.
Cat sticks it's head in the hole for the cat flap, RFID microchip scanner reads the chip under that cats skin, checks the cat is the correct one, the solenoids then trigger which mechanically unlocks the flap and the car enters.
Once the cat is inside the flap swings shut and the solenoids release and lock the flap shut.
Saleen836 said:
Are you finding the pee patch where it has gone? I find a cat spraying smells a lot worse than a cat peeing
Well this is the thing, I don't know if it's pee or spray?It makes your eyes water I can tell you that... like someone has been peeling onions soaked in ammonia.
Someone told me it might be Tom cats spraying the front or back door of the house, and wondered if it might be that?
TooMany2cvs said:
The latching's the same - an electromagnet. It's only how clever the cat's "key" is which differs.
Incorrect.The magnetic ones have no batteries and no electromagnets. They are just a flimsy bit of plastic with a metal piece on them that lifts up when pulled by the magnet on the cats collar.
This is why they are crap, because the lock has to be light and flimsy enough to be pulled open by a small magnet hanging round the neck of the cat. They can therefore be pushed or battered open by an aggressive cat.
The microchip reader ones are electrical/mechanical/solenoid operated and as such are very decent locks. They cannot be pulled open by force and they will not open unless the correct microchip is read.
wombleh said:
If it's the same staywell flap that we've got then it only stops incoming cats, no latch on the outside, so would be possible for a tailgater to escape.
It's a Sureflap. Staywell are utter, utter cheap garbage IMO. I went through two of their top end model catflaps in less than 12 months before throwing it in the bin and buying a Sureflap. Best thing I did.
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