How to get rid of the smell of a cat spraying on the sofa?

Phantomdog - You just totally cracked me up. Thanks for the laugh over a “pissy” situation. GRRR I hate the smell of cat pee and I also thought of fire… I am going to try vinegar. I have a male kitty just over a year old, never sprayed or exhibited any bad horny kitty behavior, then my boyfriend brought home a 5 month old male kitten and I just saw the kitten spray on the couch. I’m not amused.

White vinegar and Febreez seem to be the top answers but I’m thinking of setting my cat on fire.

I would just get a differ couch, but there are products that will help you ,its best to have cats fixed young around 5 months of age,it worked for me my kittys dont spray.but I had one who did he didnt get fixed til he was two years old,he was bad but I think he was upset about the new kittys I got, I had him for 15 years he died in his sleep I never found out why .

Use Sink the STink – product for scuba divers to remove piss and ocean stink. Works great

pkees your response made me crack up. I have tired the products and none have worked. Sometimes the smell isn’t too noticeable until someone spills a drink or if I leave the windows open to late and the damp air ignites the smell!

Febreeze.

Hello, There are products on the market that you can find in your local pet store or farm supply store that claim to get rid of this smell. I have found nothing that works truly well.

The best product I have found is D-Molish Now! by Neutron - Baby Powder scent.

My cat is nutered and he still does it when the male cats come around the house (all the time) and the females are in heat. We have a neighbor that feds strays. My cats stay in but they still pester each other.

I don’t know if this will work for Cat urine but it works for dog urine on carpets really well. I do have three cats and one is a boy a year old. He has not yet attempted to mark his territory yet. I would test a small area on the back of couch first before attempting this but try 1/4 of vinegar to a cup of warm water or maybe put it in spray bottle for the side of couches. First I would take the stuffing out of cushion and replace it, then take the cushion fabric and use a sponge to damping the area really well or spray bottle. Now when I do the carpet I have to put a damp towel over it for 24 hours, this helps break down the urine’s smell. You will smell the vinegar for a day maybe two but after you let it dry the smell should be gone and I don’t smell the vinegar at all once dried. Now the cat is doing this to mark there territory and I watched a pet show that has the owners wipe their cats with a damp cloth really well (all over) and then take that same cloth and wipe around the bottom of door frames, carpet and window seals, where ever they sit and look outside. Even wipe it on the couch or where ever they sleep or sit a lot. I know you have to do this more then once, probably until you see that they have stopped spraying. What you are doing is spreading there scent. Cats fur carries there scent so this is suppose to help, it did for the owners on the TV show and I hope this helps others.