According to the American Pet Association, people in the United States provide homes to more than 130,000,000 pets. When left alone, pet urine can seep through carpet, into the padding and down to the floor beneath. Pet urine can delaminate a carpet and can cause rotting of jute backing. Even after a thorough cleaning, pet urine stains and odors often remain.
Pet urine is an amber-colored liquid waste fluid excreted by the kidneys and is composed of waste products of protein metabolism. The color of pet urine and its staining potential will often depend on dietary habits, age and sex of the pet, whether the pet is on medication and the health of the pet. Typically, because cat diets are richer in protein than dog diets, their urine will produce harsher odors and are more likely to cause stains.
Unlike dogs, cats do not urinate for territorialism. This behavioral pattern in male cats is accomplished by spraying primarily on vertical surfaces. Although spraying is typically done on a vertical surface (such as a couch and the walls), it could also conceivably come in contact with a carpet.
Another consideration is the age of the pet. The older the pet, the more renal function diminishes, thus producing urine that contains more plasma proteins. Because less uric acephalia is secreted in this urine, it is less likely to stain a carpet; however, it will produce an even stronger odor. In almost all cases, cat urine is the worst perpetrator for pet urine stains and pet urine odors.
Locating a pet urine stain is the first step in eliminating pet urine odors from your home. A blacklight pet urine detectors cause pet urine to fluoresce (glow) yellow for easy detection and removal. Effective for dog, human and cat urine.
Blacklight urine detector illuminates hidden urine spots to help with quick and complete pet odor removal. Watch previously invisible pet urine spots glow bright yellow so you can treat them for maximum pet odor removal.
Successful pet odor elimination requires that you locate and treat the source of the odor. The blacklight urine detector will help you locate the pet urine spots causing your pet odor problem quickly and easily for faster, more effective odor elimination. You'll be amazed as previously invisible pet urine spots now glow bright yellow. Cat spray, cat urine, dog urine and even human urine all glow under the blacklight urine detector, so it can be used for all types of urine odor detection.
Pet Odor and Urine Decontamination
What is Urine?
Urine contains uric acid, yellow pigment, urea, enzymes and other chemicals. Uric acid begins to change immediately upon leaving your pet's body. The warm acid state of the urine offers a perfect breeding ground for bacteria. This can cause a color change in the carpet which can become permanent if the urine is not removed immediately. The source of odors associated with urine comes from bacteria which grows abundantly in dark, warm places (carpeting).
Where does urine come from?
Sounds like a silly question. A dog or cat that weighs less than five pounds will produce more than ten gallons of urine per year. If the animal concentrates most of that into an area of less than 100 square feet, which many do, the problem can be extensive.
Home Remedy
The best home remedy is to blot repeatedly with a clean white towel to absorb the liquid. Of course if you had one, an extraction machine would be most helpful for additional removal. After the spot has completely dried, blotting a solution of one half white vinegar and one half warm water into the area may help.
For mild cases, clean and decontaminate from the surface using a heavy duty pre-treatment solution followed by a thorough cleaning and extraction. Treat the surface with a powerful decontamination treatment using a specially formulated product which loosens the dog, cat and pet urine salts for easier removal than just home cleaning alone can do. Follow with a deep cleaning process to remove as much urine as possible from the carpet fibers. When done there are no urine stains or pet odors left in your carpets.
In severe cases urine may have penetrated both carpet backing and the padding beneath.
