Holy, Creeping Jesus, the smell! - Page 2

Glinda · 01-23-2010, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Dennis and Spike's breeder has 5 adult cats, 4 queens and 1 male. They live in an addition she had put on the house just for them.
Holy balls her house stunk so friggin bad. I remember Dennis needing 2 scrub downs just to get the smell off him... and Spike was almost as stinky when we picked him up. I wanted to just run in, grab him, and run out - but was forced to take a tour of the cat room and meet all the cats because she's so proud of them. So she's showing me the male and telling me how exceptional he is, that he's nice to all the moms and kittens and loves to snuggle and stuff, which was obvious becuase he had curled up on Spencer and was purring like crazy.... So then she says "And he doesn't spray!" "It doesn't smell like urine at all in here".
Mind over matter apparently. We all went home and showered.

I feel your pain.

I do in-home pet sitting on the side. One of my clients is a breeder/shower of Somalis. OMG. There are 30-35 cats in this tiny little house at any given time (and the same number of litter boxes) - 85% of which are intact. The smell is simply horrifying.

It takes me about an hour, morning and evening, to feed them (don't get me started on how this cat has to have this special food mixed with that special additive, but don't give this other stuff to that cat, and this one must have XY and Z every other day, etc.), water, and de-pooify the place, and by the time I'm done I want to kill myself.

I have no idea how these people can stand it.

richlevy · 01-24-2010, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

4 queens and 1 male

So you think females are queens and males are just...well...males. For Jim's sake, I'm hoping you only apply that philosophy to cats.

squirell nutkin · 01-23-2010, 09:21 PM

Denial. Not just a river in Africa.

Juniper · 01-23-2010, 09:33 PM

We put in hardwood floor, which helped. As soon as Ancient Kitty cashes it in, we're gonna replace the rest of the carpet - lower level rooms and bedrooms. Ms. Ancient One may need some help in that regard, but it's so hard to choose the day to say "that's it." She has a special liking for my son's room, for some reason, and the poor kid is getting so upset about it. I can't blame him.

squirell nutkin · 01-23-2010, 09:42 PM

It's important to let him know where he stands in the family hierarchy.

Juniper · 01-24-2010, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

It's important to let him know where he stands in the family hierarchy.

Ouch.

monster · 01-24-2010, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

It's important to let him know where he stands in the family hierarchy.

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Originally Posted by Juniper

Ouch.

He does have a point, painful though it might be.

squirell nutkin · 01-24-2010, 01:03 AM

Yes, the lexol after I get it clean. I thought you meant the lexol first. I've got the lexol standing by...

wolf · 01-24-2010, 10:23 AM

Woah. You ended up with the furniture from the Da-Da-Da VW commercial?

Spray some Oust around, too. It will quell nearly all gaseous odiferousness.

We even have an emergency can at the nuthouse.

squirell nutkin · 01-24-2010, 12:27 PM

Hey Wolf, long time no read.

I will get some oust. That da da da vw commercial was great, never saw it before.

The cleaning is done. I have lexolled and Febreezed, and incensed the set. I think the next thing is to swiffer it or tack ckoth it to get any remaining animal hairs off. They seem to generate themselves.

Juniper · 01-24-2010, 06:11 PM

We like to call it "teaching compassion."

But it's also entirely possible we're just teaching him to hate cats.

monster · 01-24-2010, 06:41 PM

I'd be pretty upset if it were me. I'd hate my parents more than the cat.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2010, 07:17 PM

He'll learn to keep his door shut... and maybe, if he's smart, become a magician...

making a cat disappear.

monster · 01-24-2010, 07:19 PM

Door shut = ruined flooring.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2010, 07:28 PM

The carpet is already trash, and the kid's bedroom is only the favorite place, not the only place.

01-23-2010, 09:21 PM	#3
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squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	It's important to let him know where he stands in the family hierarchy. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-24-2010, 01:03 AM	#8
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Yes, the lexol after I get it clean. I thought you meant the lexol first. I've got the lexol standing by... __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-24-2010, 10:23 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Woah. You ended up with the furniture from the Da-Da-Da VW commercial? Spray some Oust around, too. It will quell nearly all gaseous odiferousness. We even have an emergency can at the nuthouse. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-24-2010, 12:27 PM	#10
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Hey Wolf, long time no read. I will get some oust. That da da da vw commercial was great, never saw it before. The cleaning is done. I have lexolled and Febreezed, and incensed the set. I think the next thing is to swiffer it or tack ckoth it to get any remaining animal hairs off. They seem to generate themselves. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

01-23-2010, 09:33 PM	#4
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	We put in hardwood floor, which helped. As soon as Ancient Kitty cashes it in, we're gonna replace the rest of the carpet - lower level rooms and bedrooms. Ms. Ancient One may need some help in that regard, but it's so hard to choose the day to say "that's it." She has a special liking for my son's room, for some reason, and the poor kid is getting so upset about it. I can't blame him.

01-24-2010, 06:11 PM	#11
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	We like to call it "teaching compassion." But it's also entirely possible we're just teaching him to hate cats.

01-24-2010, 06:41 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I'd be pretty upset if it were me. I'd hate my parents more than the cat. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-24-2010, 07:17 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	He'll learn to keep his door shut... and maybe, if he's smart, become a magician... making a cat disappear. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2010, 07:19 PM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Door shut = ruined flooring. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-24-2010, 07:28 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The carpet is already trash, and the kid's bedroom is only the favorite place, not the only place. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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