Comments on: Removing Pet Odors from Your Apartment

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:09:12 +0000

Nature’s Miracle products have worked pretty well for me.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:17:48 +0000

I manage apartments and found a great new product that blew me away on how well it worked. I had one tenant that was a chain smoker, and another tenant who had a cat and a dog. In both cases I had tried so many different products, and nothing delivered.
Then I was referred to a website called BiocideSystems.com. They have a product called Room shocker, which will completely eliminate any severe odors and also decontaminate and disinfect at the same time. It works so well, I bought a case. I also recommend it to renters. When they vacate an apartment, it helps in getting your security back. It leaves the apartment smelling crisp and clean

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:36:31 +0000

i am looking for an apartment with all hard floors. i have had carpet and have had pets. i have two small dogs and accidents are all but unavoidable sometimes. i did however find an amazing cleaner. its called fabuloso and it is a purple multi purpose cleaner that works really well at dispelling puppy smells on hard floors.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:05:40 +0000

I’m about to move into another apartment in the same complex.

The carpet in the unit I’m moving to smells like dog feces. They say they will treat the carpet.

Should I and can I insist on new carpet?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:22:37 +0000

If you have carpeting and happen to own a wet-and-dry vacuum, it can be helpful to “suck up” as much of the moisture/liquid you can before trying to blot (which can tend to push the problem deeper into the carpet/pad). Also, to “rinse” the carpet, you can spray water (quite a lot actually) from a squirt bottle just in front of the wet-and-dry vacuum nozzle as you move the nozzle across the soiled area. This is sort of a poor man’s carpet cleaner for small areas and you can usually get the carpet nearly dry if you take the time.

However, these techniques probably won’t do much to help if the pad has become soaked through.

Oh, and it can leave the vacuum a bit gross - consider how/where you’re going to clean it before you use it to suck up bad stuff.

Obviously use ONLY a wet-and-dry vacuum for this and follow all the vacuum manufacturer’s instructions.

Also, to avoid additional carpet damage, use good judgment. Use only on carpets in sufficiently good shape and of appropriate materials (for example, this might be a bad thing to try if you are un/lucky enough to have wool carpets). Also don’t use a vacuum that is too powerful and don’t overclean.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:46:10 +0000

I have to agree with the posting above where he mentioned that having your pet watch you clean wont work. Just like he mentioned above your pet will just think your playing or just completey ignore you.

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 05:19:12 +0000

Sorry, but your pet watching you clean will not register. They may even think you want to play, especially if you’re on your hands and knees on the carpet.

Covering the urine smell with a fragrance doesn’t work, it needs to be neutralized. For urine, the best is a commercial enzyme product available at most large pet stores.

If it’s the carpet, make certain you thoroughly soak the spot down to the floor so the smell is completely removed. Covering the smell with a fragrance doesn’t work, it needs to be neutralized. Using a black light also available at the pet store is a great thing to have on hand. It really does show up the spots you can’t see.

Oh yes, never ever use ammonia it’s one of the elements of urine and will only attract the animal back to the same spot.