Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the recs and hopefully I won't have to haul the darn thing to the dump. Turns out the cat was only behind closed doors for 2 days - college student thought the cat had gotten out and was systematically going through the house looking for her and accidentally closed the door with her in it. Enough time for the poor thing to pee in the sofa. I'm told that the cat wouldn't be alive after 8 days with no water.

My understanding from our vet is that uniquely for cats, they can die sooner from lack of food. Some kind of systemic reaction/shut down from lack of food. They don't slowly waste away like a starving person.

Any pet store sells Nature's Miracle. For the seat in the car, do the same thing - soak with Nature's Miracle and let it dry slowly.

Is there a local place to buy Natures Miracles?

On a related note, anyone know how to get dog pee out of a fabric car seat? Not a baby seat, but the seat in the car. The entire seat can't be removed from the car to thoroughly clean, and the odor is still there no matter what we wipe the seat with because it's soaked through. Help!

Oh my gosh, I have to do the aluminum foil revenge deterrent, too.

Completely soak the foam in Nature's Miracle, then put a plastic garbage bag over it to keep it from drying up too fast. When it dries, sprinkle heavily with baking powder and leave that on for a couple days, then vacuum off. Repeat if necessary. We had to do this one too many times for our sectional but it seems to have worked and the cat hasn't bothered it since. We are also careful to put aluminum foil on those parts of the couch when we go on vacation, in case he revenge pees while we are away.

OP here. Thanks for the recs and hopefully I won't have to haul the darn thing to the dump. Turns out the cat was only behind closed doors for 2 days - college student thought the cat had gotten out and was systematically going through the house looking for her and accidentally closed the door with her in it. Enough time for the poor thing to pee in the sofa. I'm told that the cat wouldn't be alive after 8 days with no water.

How's the cat? It didn't starve to death?

Anonymous wrote:You remove it by getting a hauling company to take the sofa to the dump.

Yep

You remove it by getting a hauling company to take the sofa to the dump.

Anonymous wrote:Natures Miracle works miracles. Try that as well

Agree, but don't use any other kind of soap or cleaner with it or before, as it can render the Nature's Miracle ineffective. It may take a couple of weeks for the smell to totally go away, so be patient. Just make sure the NM reaches every single bit of the urine. Keep the cat away from the treated furniture in the meantime so she doesn't resoil it while the smell lingers.

Get a new couch?

Natures Miracle works miracles. Try that as well

Put the covers through the washing machine--yes you can wash microfiber in a machine. Then wash the naked cushions off with a hose and soapy water (Dawn works well) and again with some pet odor remover and dry in the sun. We had a cat get stuck in bathroom during a 10-day trip. Not sure whether we did it before we left or the catsitter did it. At least the toilet was open so he had water or he would have likely died.

We came home from an 8 day trip to find our cat stuck behind a closed door to our office. We had a neighbor college kid come in and feed her while we were away so I'm still not sure yet how long she was stuck in the room or why. While she was stuck in there she peed on the cushions of our pull out sofa at least once.

Any recommendations on how to remove the pungent smell / pee from the foam of the cushions? I used a pet cleaner spray for the microfiber cover, but I'm afraid that the pee sunk down into the depths of the foam.

Thanks