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[badger]

I'm super sensitive about my place smelling like kitty litter. I clean it daily, and the whole thing is cleaned every 4-5 days (I use the pine pellets). Even still, I know my place smells faintly of cat pee and god knows what. I can't smell it anymore unless I've been away a few days and sometimes when I walk in I wonder "my goodness, does my place reek like this??"

What can I do to make my place smell nice? I'm not for Fabreze and other room scents as they are not healthy for you.

Is there a particular brand of cat littler that's exceptionally good at odor control?

My place is 800sq feet and aside from my bedroom pretty much one big room so it's hard to hide it or put it in another room.

[Blueberry]

Who takes care of things while you are gone? We have found that even though we pay a professional petsitter, things are not as well scooped/cleaned as what we do. We use horse feed (pellet) for litter. Very similar in behavior to pine, but less expensive.

I'm very sensitive to odors, and we're putting our house on the market probably so I have been meeting with realtors. They've commented on many things, but the kitty box isn't one of them.

[rubysoho]

I like Fresh Step Multiple Cat (w/Carbon) Unscented. The store was out of stock two weeks ago so I picked up another litter and the result was a smelly room.

(no, I don't work for or have any affiliation with Fresh Step. )

[jessmarimba]

Maybe try a few strategically placed (but hidden) bowls of baking soda or vinegar near the box(es). Like, in a decorative bowl on a bookshelf or something. I know vinegar is good at countering cigarette smoke (don't know about it's effectiveness with cat pee smell, besides as a cleaning solution) and baking soda absorbs any smells.

I agree about Febreze. I can't stand that stuff.

[westtexas]

I use Tidy Cats Multiple Cats, but they also have a Small Spaces which is meant for places like ours (mine is ~700 sq ft and also just one giant room besides the bedroom). I've got two cats. I have found that it's not usually the litter per se that stinks up a house, but rather the places your cats urinate outside the box. My little fat orange girl kept peeing under my piano and I would infrequently detect the odor of cat pee - mostly when I'd been away for a few days. I didn't figure it out until I caught her doing it (never saw wet spots on the carpet, ever). I steam cleaned the carpet in my entire apartment and now it doesn't smell - I've even had third parties tell me it smells fine (also got my orange kitty to stop peeing under the piano).

You might sniff test your carpet or invest in a cheap blacklight to see if there are any hidden sources of urine odor.

[badger]

yikes! I would hope that none of them does that, but one never knows. I have all hardwood and no carpet, so I'm hoping that there isn't a secret corner where one is peeing. I know that one of them likes to pee on plastic bags if I leave them out after putting the groceries away. And because of her strange behaviour and the fact I can't really trust her anymore (she's 18 and isn't quite herself anymore), the cats are banned from the bedroom so I know they don't do anything in the bedroom.

I know that the pine pellets themselves have an odor so I think I just need to find a good air neutralizer.