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Posted by clabarr 5/SE. Il (My Page) on Tue, Aug 12, 08 at 9:51
| We have a strong urine smell by the front door. We have lots of bushes and flowers growing there. It is very protected and we think it may be rabbits because we never see cats in our neighborhood. However, it does smell like a cat litter box. Please advise as to what we can do about this offensive odor! |
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- Posted by garyt z3-5 N.E. Mi (My Page) on
Tue, Aug 12, 08 at 18:26
| You can use any disinfectant that is used for bathroom cleaning. Bleach is an excellent disinfectant. Garyt |
RE: Urine smell
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| Scattering some moth balls may help keep them from returning, or not. They keep squirrels away when I plant bulbs. Baking soda can also help neutralize smells if you scatter it under the plants, then lightly rake it around on the dirt or mulch. Shouldn't hurt any plants. If smell is really strong and offensive, you might have an exterminator come check for rats. They love places with cover, easy food, even in the best neighborhoods. |
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| I had never thought of rats, The smell is very strong and all I could think of were rabbits because we have lots of them. We see rabbits hopping all around our neighborhood at night. What are signs that it could be rats? |
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By chance, do you have any Boxwood in this area? Boxwood have a terrible urine-like odor.
A year or so ago I was sure a neighbor cat had been urinating outside my living room window, making it unbearable to have the windows open when the weather was nice. I tried everything I could think of, mothballs, cayenne pepper, motion detected sprinkler, nothing worked. I finally figured it out, it is the Boxwood! If you don't have Boxwood, I recommend the motion detecting sprinkler- mine is called Water Scarecrow. I now use it in my vegetable garden to keep the hungry woodchucks away. |
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| Bludane is right! The smell was/is from the Boxwood that are planted across the front of the house! Thank You! |
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| Well that has to be a relief to know WHAT caused the problem!! Sure nicer to find it is a plant rather than pests of the rodent variety. How interesting that boxwoods smell so badly. You see them everywhere down south, and I never noticed a stinky smell. Is it only a certain time of the year, a male or female plant, or do they all do this? Certain varieties, like you named, are worse? It is good to learn something new every day! Thanks. I always thought of having boxwoods for edging. Guess that won't happen now! |
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Hi, I just wandered over from the wintersowing forum, I didn't even know there was one for the G. L. area!!
Our nieghbor used to have some bushes like that, they were evergreen ones. We called them "cat pee trees"
yuck!
-B |
RE: Urine smell
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| Also - several species of Juniper smell of cat urine. |
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| My son is being sued by his neighbor because she has boxwoods under her window and by her stoop. She thinks his cat is making her shrubs smell like urine. She has filed numerous complaints with Animal Control and the fines so far total $800. All because she is too stupid to realize the shrubs are the problem. |
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Patsy12,
This is so much a problem. It is the boxwood in our situation. It sounds like your son needs to find a good horticultural expert and go on Judge Judy or Judge Mathis.. It would make a great show and alert people to the problem. It is ashamed that even Animal Control doesn't know, but does he keep his cat away from her yard. If he doesn't, they will just continue to blame him. |
RE: Urine smell
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| Buxus, or boxwoods tend to smell like a cat's urine usually when they flower. |
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