Not, alas, an academic question

[carbonel]

If one happened to have a pile of clothing on the floor, and one discovered belatedly that cat or cats had peed on it and the pee had dried, is there anything that will remove the stain? The enzyme stuff will remove the smell, but if it's permanently discolored, there's a bunch of stuff that's going to be a dead loss.

Mostly in cotton clothing, but some rayon and (alas) silk.

The cats are hissing at each other right now; I'm starting to think I may have to find a new home for one of them. They're great individually, and they get along half the time, but the other half is a problem that isn't going away.

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[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

The best bet is a rather expensive product called 'Urine Off'. This is extremely effective at removing both the smell and the lingering stains. You spray it on, soak the area, leave it for several hours until both the stain and the smell are gone, then wash.

There are several other products that do much the same thing, and some are cheaper - but I do know this one works, unless the the animals have been peeing there forever, in which case the only solution is to throw stuff out.

Edit. Suddenly realised I missed out rinsing in cold water at the end of the soak, just so nothing reacts badly with the washing powder.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

The one time this happened to me with silk and a female cat, I washed it in cold water and then dry cleaned it and it was OK. But it hadn't dried -- I mean I was wearing it holding the incontinent cat.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

How long have the cats been not liking each other? We had two that took months to reconcile to one another, but they eventually did.

[carbonel]

They're littermates, so they've been squabbling all their lives (they're 2.5 years old now), but it seems to have become more meaningful in the past few months.

They can't eat out of side-by-side food bowls anymore; the big one shoves the small one aside. And there are nasty hissing and chasing attacks, though mostly what gets damaged is anything in the house that's stacked, like CDs or books. They don't seem to injure each other. If it weren't for the peeing, I think we'd all be in an ongoing state of detente with occasional squabbles.

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

Yeah, two and a half years is certainly long enough. My sympathy for your plight. It can't be easy.

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Sigh. This is why I have tried to get people in this house out of the habit of leaving piles of clothes on the floor.Good luck!