As I have been blogging for some time, I have had problems with my cats peeing outside of the cat box.  First it was Wiz, then Pebbles followed where Wiz peed.  Both of which got evicted from the house.  When Wiz died I brought Pebbles back in and had no problems.  I had cleaned the oriental rug to no end and thought I had the problem beat.

So I had no worries when I got Mugsy.  Worries?  I should have really been worried.  He not only peed on my rug, he started peeing on my comforter right when I was in it marking his territory as I noted in a previous blog.  After I finally took him to the vet to make sure his "issues" were not medical I had to make some decisions.

First off I do not like Mugsy on zanax.  He is not the same kitty as he was before.  I will deal with that once he is off his meds.  So last night I pulled the rug out from underneath the dining room table which was no small task.  I was told the table weighs about 600 lbs.  I kept Musgy quarantined one more night so I could figure out what to do next and about him and the pee.

After thinking about it all day I decided to sand the area and more that had pee on it and finish it with some polyurethane.  When I got home I was a man on a mission.  I grabbed the belt sander and went to work on the infected area (the whole floor will eventually need to be refinished but this was a pressing matter).   Sanded and finished the floor.  The smell of cat pee was strong when I was sanding.  The pee had soaked in real well.  The polyurethane will probaly not dry until tomorrow but hey, lets see if this works or not.  If it does, I have plans on taking the rug outside and doing a major clean this weekend.  I just cannot imagine cat pee beating out poyurethane.  It can't hurt things thats for sure.  So far, only Pebbles has ventured near the finished area and she wanted nothing to do with it.

Now if they pee again on the rug after I have thoroughly cleaned it then I will have to buy another one.  I have heard that if I use ammonia to clean it the smell of their pee should be eliminated.  I have also heard that once they pee on something you cannot get the smell out.  I tend to believe the latter but I am all for the fight!  Idk, I have some enzyme cleaner that I want to use, let it dry and then shampoo the rug.   What have I got to loose?

My last decision is to take Mugs off of the meds.  I am going to leave him out all night but the hallway door will be shut again.  I am curious to see if he pees on or around the area that I refinished.  He just walked over there and took a sniff and walked away.  I will find out soon enough as what will be will be.