Help: health+behav group dead?

I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

--
Joyce

- Mommy loves you too my sweaty litter baby fire
- Ummm what mom?
- MY SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL!! sorry honey!
-- damnyouautocorrect.com

On 05/05/2012 06:15 PM, Bastette wrote:
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.




I bought one at Foster Smith a few years ago. Check out "pet supply
stores" on the "puter./ MLB

On 5/5/2012 8:15 PM, Bastette wrote:
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

The rescue group I am on recommends FON (Feline Odor Neutralizer)
they say it works better than Nature's Miracle. PetsMart has the
black lights - I think they are also known as Woods lights.

"Bastette" wrote in message
...
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

I have no idea.

(snippage)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(snippage)

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

--
Joyce

Please relax I know what I'm about to tell you isn't about cat pee or
black lights. But it is about getting rid of stubborn odors. (Gawd, I sound
like a commercial!) Once I bought some fresh fish and the wrapped package
fell out of the grocery bag in the trunk of my car. I didn't notice. That
was on hot summer Friday. I didn't get back into the car until Sunday.
OMG! After finding and throwing away the fish, guess what solved the
problem? Febreez I'm not kidding.

Jill

"Mishi" wrote in message
...
On 5/5/2012 8:15 PM, Bastette wrote:
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

The rescue group I am on recommends FON (Feline Odor Neutralizer)
they say it works better than Nature's Miracle. PetsMart has the
black lights - I think they are also known as Woods lights.

I used to use FON, and I liked it a lot, but I had trouble finding it. When
I asked my vet about it, she recommended Nature's Miracle. However, when
that's gone, I may switch back to FON. I should be able to find it on line.

Joy

jmcquown wrote:

Once I bought some fresh fish and the wrapped package fell out
of the grocery bag in the trunk of my car. I didn't notice. That
was on hot summer Friday. I didn't get back into the car until Sunday.
OMG! After finding and throwing away the fish, guess what solved the
problem? Febreez I'm not kidding.

I bought Febreeze recently because I have a piece of foam on top of my
mattress that had started to smell of old sweat. I've been told that
this is because I don't have a mattress cover. So I sprayed both sides
with Febreeze and let it dry out. It did help somewhat, but now the smell
is back, and it's only been maybe a month since I sprayed. So I guess it
doesn't work for everything. In my experience, *nothing* works as
advertised. But I'm getting desperate, so it might be worth a try.

But first, I have to *see* where the pee is so know where to spray it!
So a good black light is the first order of business.

Joyce

Mishi wrote:

On 5/5/2012 8:15 PM, Bastette wrote:
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

The rescue group I am on recommends FON (Feline Odor Neutralizer)
they say it works better than Nature's Miracle. PetsMart has the
black lights - I think they are also known as Woods lights.

Thanks for the tip about the black light. PetsMart is local to me so
I should be able to find one!

--
Joyce

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
-- Leo Rosten

you want a black light, the kind that you see in poster shops if that helps,

now as to the floor, if you have carpetting the chances its in the padding
is the culprit, so you are really going to have to soak it, if you can get a
needle and syringe like a diabetic uses to inject the cleaning agent into
the carpet it might help... also you can try injecting a strong perfume into
the area to at least mask the odor... and for my money zero odor is one of
the best products out there to kill an odor outright.

hth Lee


"Bastette" wrote in message
...
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

Maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for a product, so
I'm not whether people outside this country can help, but here
goes: I need a UV light. (Or is it a black light? Are they the
same thing?) What I need is a light that shows cat pee in the
dark.

I bought one a few years ago, when Smudge was accidentally
trapped in my car overnight (because I didn't see her jump
in), and she peed on the car floor. The following night, I
brought the light out to the car, but it didn't show me
anything. And yet, I could smell the pee, so evidently that
light was useless. So I need something better than that.

Can anyone recommend a reliable brand? If it's something I
can buy in a retail store, so much the better - I'd rather
not wait for mail order if I don't absolutely have to. (I
think Joy is the closest to me, geographically - do you know
of any good brands available locally?)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(That's what the light would help with.) The pee soaked through
the carpet and into the wood floor? (From what I've heard,
that would be a disaster.) Nature's Miracle isn't so miraculous?
I couldn't have bought a more appropriate kind, as this one is
meant to deal with feline urine.

Anyone have advice related to:

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

--
Joyce

- Mommy loves you too my sweaty litter baby fire
- Ummm what mom?
- MY SWEET LITTLE BABY GIRL!! sorry honey!
-- damnyouautocorrect.com

the zero odor i mention is like fabreeze on steriods, costs more also, but
tiger was allergic to the faabreeze and not to the zero odor, also you use
less, Lee
"jmcquown" wrote in message
...

"Bastette" wrote in message
...
I wanted to ask a question on the health+behav group but there
are no articles. Has everyone left that group?

I have no idea.

(snippage)

I've already bought a big honking bottle of Nature's Miracle
and have dumped a bunch of it (twice) on the place where the
pee was. However, days later, it still smells of pee. I'm not
sure what that indicates. I didn't get all the pee areas?
(snippage)

* UV/black lights that show cat pee in the dark?
* Other products besides Nature's Miracle that might undo the odor?

Not looking for any other advice, thanks.

--
Joyce

Please relax I know what I'm about to tell you isn't about cat pee or
black lights. But it is about getting rid of stubborn odors. (Gawd, I
sound like a commercial!) Once I bought some fresh fish and the wrapped
package fell out of the grocery bag in the trunk of my car. I didn't
notice. That was on hot summer Friday. I didn't get back into the car
until Sunday. OMG! After finding and throwing away the fish, guess what
solved the problem? Febreez I'm not kidding.

Jill

The group is not dead--yet. There are 23 posts - the latest is May 3rd.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')