Battle of the Air Fresheners

A few years ago, we moved Mr. Kato Kitty into our laundry room (it's a big laundry room) while we had new carpet laid. 

The laundry room has remained his kitty-condo.  He used to sleep up on the dryer (soothing warm rhythmic rumblings when it's running), but when we came home from Disney World, it became a different story.  Mr. Kato is 20.5 years old and arthritis is claiming his ability to walk, much less jump. 

He's lived a pretty good life, Mr. Kato has, with the exception of being harassed by two OES (Old English Sheepdogs).  He outlived Katie, but this new pup, Maggie,--who isn't much of a pup any longer--is simply too much for him.  He still has his teeth and until he stops eating, drinking, pooping and peeing, he's going to be in my laundry room. And yes, I'll put him to sleep if he gets to that point, but I'd rather he would simply not wake up some morning.

Heck--I've had him longer than I've known my hubster! 

Anyway, when you have a 'cat room', it tends to get stinky.  I clean the box when there is one poo--provided he even HITS the litter box!  Yeah, he does leave a trail, but it's tile.  I sweep multiple times daily and scrub the floor down more times than I care to admit--usually because he's puked his dinner or water all over the floor.  Luckily, he usually manages to pee in the box.  

I spoke too soon.  When I was writing this on Tuesday, Mr. Kato missed his box and I had to Fantastic and hand scrub the floor, wash his kitty bed and blankie and then mop the room.  Ye-ah, fun stuff.

Cat urine is NASTY!

Anyhoo, when you have stinky odors in a small area, well, it's noticeable--very noticeable.  It will hit you in the face like a baseball bat when you come in from the garage.

I've started spraying his cat bed and litter box with Febreeze fabric spray.  And it helps give it a nice clean scent.

But then, I got a coupon for some new Glade spray. Buy one get one free.  I couldn't resist.  So I bought one and got the second for free.  I happily sprayed away.

and sprayed

and sprayed.

And you know what?

It smelled like poop-scented mango flowers. 

I tried the other Glade spray.  I don't remember the scent.  Ocean breeze or something like that.  Anyhoo, I manage to make the poop smell slightly oceany over the stench of cat pee and poop.  It wasn't working for me.

So I go to my downstairs bathroom and grabbed the Febreeze I had in there.  Mistletoe and Magic.  Yeah, from LAST Christmas.  I don't go through Febreeze very often.  So I sprayed it in Mr. Kato's room.

I sniffed.

It . . . smelled . . . nice.  Like Mistletoe and, dare I say it?. . . Magic. 

I promptly bought a Febreeze spray for the laundry room. Cranberry and frost. 

The product works wonders, just like their commercial touts.  It doesn't mask odors, it makes them go away.  And especially in such a tiny room.

Motto of this story:  stick with the good products.  screw coupons, because you end up spending more money than saving in the long run.

Oh, and those two containers of Glade?  I sent them to work with the hubster to donate to the bathrooms.

Write on!