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Laittakaa meemejä tänne.
A house with cats can smell amazing, but it does require an extra effort into cleaning and extra cash for better litter.
What's physically completely impossible is to have a house without fur. Just learn to live with the fact that there will be fur between your ass cheeks, sandwich, computer, eye balls.
Very very true.
If you just regularly clean the litter box and use decent litter, smell is not an issue at all.
But no matter how often or thoroughly I brush and deshed my cats, there will always be hair everywhere.
It's amazing what a roomba on a daily schedule can do for the fur problem.
Have Roombas gotten better? Last time I had one it was loud and just bumped into things. Are they smarter now?
Better? Yes. Perfect? No.
I had one of the first models and they were not good.
Now, I have the i7 and it is great at dodging items I leave out (shoes, random boxes, cat toys), but it obviously performs better when the floor is free of obstruction. I do not replace the bag as recommended and disabled the setting that prevents the tower thing from becoming overfilled. There are probably cheaper options around, but the official roomba works great these days. I have it do a deep clean (every room once and the heavy traction areas twice) on Monday and Thursday and then a quick clean every day. I haven't had to spot clean since I got the schedule started, but I do occasionally randomly run a schedule if I have guests over. I even have a very long step it can fall off of but it hasn't even fallen off once... well not completely true, it's wheel has got stuck off the cliff a few times.
Tldr; it's great. Much better than before. Get one.
Well, they supposedly come with shit detection now.
That's the reason I can't have a kitty. Allergic to cat fur for some reason.
Check out Purina liveclear food and shampoo, I just moved in with a cat and have pretty bad cat allergies, but feeding the cat that food and occasionally rubbing on some of the dry shampoo seems to have mostly eliminated the issue. I can rub my face in the kitty's belly no problem.
Its actually a misconception, its not the fur thats causing the allergic reaction, its actually a protein the cats produce that can be found in their saliva. So when they groom themselves, the protein gets onto their fur.
Interesting fact, intact males produce more of this protein compared to female and neutered males.
Also, you can buy certain cat food that will help manage the protein (it doesn't eliminate or stop it being produced, it just deactivates the protein). So thats one possible solution for people with allergies. Though if you're super sensitive, it mightn't help much.
EDIT: here's the source
They are referring to the litter box you can’t smell anymore due to smell blindness. I love a nice cat, but it’s really frustrating how many people insist the litter box in their house doesn’t smell.
It's entirely possible to have a cat without your house smelling but so many cat owners get lazy with the litter cleaning. We have one cat, use corn based litter (can't stand the clay smell of the cheaper litters) and scoop it once a day at least. I've had guests multiple times confirm with me that I had a cat when they came over because they couldn't smell anything and are used to that smell you're describing. One friend demanded to see where the litter box was because they didn't believe me lol. As long as you keep on the litter it only takes like thirty seconds to scoop it so there's no hassle doing it once or twice a day. Also using the correct litter makes a big difference too.
Yup, if I'm home I clean the tray 2-4 times a day, it's a 1min job and my place doesn't smell like piss. If I hear him going I'll clean up directly after.
We switched from corn ("world's best" brand) because it started just turning to dust. There would be so much unfouled litter that was basically useless at the bottom of the pan that we were going thru a ridiculous amount of it for 3 cats.
We switched to the Arm & Hammer zero dust and holy shit it's so much better. Like I'm kicking myself for not switching sooner.
I scoop every day, usually more than once. On the weekend I completely dump them and refill with new litter. Monthly I pull everything out and wash it down outside.
We bought two huge plastic totes and cut cat sized holes in one end. One jumbo litter tray goes inside each, and it goes on this neat pad I found online that traps the litter from their paws really well. I keep both in the closet in my office (not used for anything else) which has sliding barn doors so we just leave each end cracked open.
I don't think my house smells bad. I hope.
I don’t smell it but I know it stinks.
It’s the first thing I think about when I’m about to have company.
“So, ummm, do you have a cat?”
If the answer is no I replace the litter.
If the answer is yes I freshen it up.
It's only a problem if you leave the litter box out. Ours are all in the master bathroom, so that the living room doesn't smell. The bathroom certainly smells, I'm extremely sensitive to smell so I straight-up go in with my nose covered, but the rest of the place is fine.
I also recommend wax melters. Wal-Mart sells this "Orange Buttercream" wax that smells exactly like Froot Loops, it's amazing.
Does that not sound crazy to you? You cover your nose in a room in your house?
Clean ya damn litter boxes, people. Twice a day if you have to. Imagine if you only flushed the toilet once a week.
All cat owner places smell no matter what.
Imagine if you only flushed the toilet once a week.
that is a good line to teach people who wonder how often they should clean the damn litter box.
apples, lemon, water, peppercorn, allspice, cinnomomomin, whatever clove or whatever bubbling on the stove makes the house smell better and then they knock that on the floor and melt the linoleum from your pan trying to set the kitchen ablaze so yeah "weird passive aggressive roommate that shits in a box" is what you got
The amount of people in this thread telling on themselves is staggering.
"I am to lazy to clean my cat's shit and that's their fault and everone is like that too".
I have "the choice". It is one cute choice.
Don't forget the destroyed furniture. My computer chair and curtains will never look nice.
Just lots of scratch posts and reward positive behavior with treats and praise.
Also clipping their nails from time to time helps. Unlike declawing (which is basically a surgical amputation, and is basically animal abuse), nail clipping doesn't hurt the cat and isn't a permanent thing, but it does help with damage control
Did nobody realize the cat looks exactly like Trump in his mugshot?
Clean the litter box daily and move away from clay cat litter. I dont know what it is, but arm and hammer litter has been night and day for me. No dust, far far less odor. Litter lasts longer
Tidy cats clay would break apart every time while scooping, quickly ruining the entire batch of litter with urine smell.
Cats like sleeping on perfumed clothes. Mine always smelled lovely.
I've never heard of someone else who experiences the same with their cat! My kitty is very snuggly and so she always smells like a combination of my and/or my mom's lotion, perfume, body spray, or whatever. She smells lovely and it's freaking adorable.
Going to chime in with others and say that it doesn't have to be this way. Daily litter cleaning is a must but I also use an air purifier with a carbon filter that I run after my cat takes a dump. It takes some planning and gear, but you can keep your place smelling nice.
