Aneirin
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From: Tamaris
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The situation is I live in a block of flats, which I believe might be similar to the US apartment principle in that, owners and tennants live in seperate flats/apartments and we share a communal hallway and front door. Now those of us who have cats, all of us tennants were not aware of one of the block's rules that no pets were allowed, that rule surfaced after there was a complaint about the cats, so to be fair those who have cats can keep them, but no more cats or for that matter pets to be brought in.
The complainer was not so much of a complainer in that she sought the block administration's authority to install a cat flap in the hallway so the cats can go outside to take a dump instead of doing what they are doing, which is basically using her doorstep as a communal toilet, but the administration will only bend the rules so far, and do not want the hassle of installing a cat flap, as that is saying cats are allowed when it is the rules state no pets are allowed.
Now I have had my problems with this woman, but we have peace now and I can see her point, as I in her situation would be mightily pissed off that everytime I came home, or came out of my door, I would smell cat crap, and have to look where it is to avoid stepping in it, so although my cat is not the problem, because it is a house cat and will not go outside, I have taken it upon myself to deal with the problem, as I am aware that if nothing is done, all the cats could be removed if the administration chose to enforce the rules and that because the problem is not getting resolved, basically, I am guarding my cat's future.
I know which cat it is, as I have seen it making it's way down to her door, and have followed it and stopped it getting itself arranged to crap on her doorstep, it is a nasty little Burman cat, as it did in the summer use the area under my window as a toilet, the smell in the summer was horrible, because these cats, or at least this cat does not bury its' poop. But as the Burman has created a toilet smell under a neighbour's door, other cats belonging to the same owner are also joining in with the action, as I guess the smell is there, but that owner denies it is her cats, so to keep the peace though I know otherwise I do not tackle her about the problem, not worth the effort.
So as to solutions to the problem, I have been researching online for answers and I understand it is the smell, the cat's pick up that basically works like a big neon flashing sign saying take a dump here even if you don't need a dump, just do it. The smell we can't smell, we get rid of the obvious annoyance, but cats have a greater sense of smell and there is obviously persistant chemical markers there that normal soap and water won't eradicate. Bleach doesn't work either, that or disinfectant
So I am reading that one must use a cleaner that has enzymes in it that clean up said chemical markers, but I am asking what sort of cleaner that might be, I did think biological clothes washing solution, but am only guessing, does anyone know ?
Now until I find a cleaning solution to this problem, I have given the woman pure lemon essential oil to smear around, as I know cats don't like citrus smells, and I with the other neighbour whose cats are all not the culprits but are likely to get blamed like mine, we have gone halfers on a passive infra red cat scarer, the type that emits a high frequency noise that cats don't like, just to show two of the cat owners are taking responsibility, even though our cats are not the problem, that being the sonic cat scarer should not affect our cats, if it does, then they are clearly in the wrong place, and will learn just like the offenders. The cat scarer is yet to arrive in the post, so I am still looking for solutions to the problem in terms of cleaning and other deterrants, any ideas ?
But just to note, this is a problem in an indoor communal area, pepper doesn't work, neither does chilli been there with that one.
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