And another thing.

[feuervogel]

Yesterday I did a load of washing composed entirely of things cats have peed on: the rug inside the door, the bathmat, and, the item that sparked the washing-up, a cat bed.

They're all line dry, so I put them out overnight, and I brought the rug in earlier, since it was dry. Not one our later, I heard a sound, looked over, and there Isis was, pissing on it.

This is my "I'm really not fucking happy about any of this" face. I got up, ran over, scruffed her, and put her in the litterbox. Then I took the rug outside, hosed it off, and hung it up over the deck rail to dry.

I think Isis understood I was thoroughly pissed at her, because she did the slinking and hiding thing.

Also, the hardwood floor in the dining room has been peed on repeatedly, apparently, and so far the only cleaning that's been done was perfunctory water-mopping. This weekend, the residue and stickiness will be mopped up with cleaner. Before any fun is had.

Comments

[anacoluthon.livejournal.com]

I'd check the instructions for hardwood here (http://urineoff.com/Instructions.php). If it soaked in at all, you might need some more intense treatment to get all the uric acid up. If there's any left, even if you can't smell it the cats might be able to, which may be part of why they keep urinating in the same place.
If y'all don't have a black light yet, I highly recommend it, because it helps you know when you've really taken care of the entire urine spot. Urine Off makes a pretty good one you can get at Phydeaux.

[feuervogel]

I've been using Lysol, but Ben was in a hurry and didn't want to mop properly, like I asked him to last week, so there's still a layer of gunk on the top.

The floor isn't black, at least, so it's not as bad as it could be.