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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSo how does this affect you as a carpet cleaner who is often asked to eliminate the stains and odors from cat urine in a home on especially on the carpet? When you enter a home where the housekeeping habits seem to be fairly normal, and the kitty litter is changed regularly, but there is still that pungent cat urine smell, you are likely dealing with a cat that is over five years old and has started to suffer some liver and kidney issues related to the hairball in their stomach. The liver and kidney are designed to act as filters. When their function is compromised, the pungent smell of the urine greatly increases requiring more frequent treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Forbes Institute as of 2022, 29% of US households own at least one cat. This is an increase from 25% in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some other statistics about cats in the US:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Number of pet cats<\/strong>: There are more than 58 million pet cats in the US.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Number of feral cats<\/strong>: There are an estimated 30\u2013100 million feral cats in the US.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Number of cats in shelters<\/strong>: 3.2 million cats are brought to shelters each year.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Number of cats per household<\/strong>: The average number of cats in a household that owns cats is 2.2.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Well by now you for sure know two things<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Lots of people have cats and love them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Even the best taken care of and \u201ctrained\u201d cats may eventually have health issues that cause them to urinate outside of their litter box more often and leave a very pungent smell.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Ask any realtor who has tried to sell a house where the pungent was not properly treated and they will tell you it\u2019s a financial matter too. The good news is that as a professional carpet cleaning contractor you are well equipped to treat even the most pungent urine smell and eliminate the most stubborn cat urine stain. For a detailed explanation of the solutions and the procedures at your disposal to effectively do this, visit https:\/\/hydramaster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Odor-Control-cleaning-guide-R5.pdf<\/a>. There you can download the complete procedures and see all of your product options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So whether you are a \u201ccat person\u201d or not, today is a day to honor the furry little felines that 29% of US Households have living with them. You are ready, and now you know one more important fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you ever noticed how you can enter one house that has cat(s) and not really smell any odor emanating from cat urine. Then you go to another house and the overwhelming smell nearly knocks you out as soon as you enter. It is not just the number of cats they own, or their own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,26,33,51,64,108,150,156,170,209,211,220,231,249,332,338,344],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-for-fun","tag-blog","tag-carpet","tag-carpet-cleaning","tag-cat-urine","tag-cleaning","tag-doyle-bloss","tag-hair-balls","tag-home-improvement","tag-hydramaster","tag-multiphase","tag-national-cat-day","tag-odorslayer","tag-pet-urine-odor","tag-pungent-cat-urine","tag-ups","tag-urine-stains","tag-usr-with-multiphase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hydramasterblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Number of feral cats<\/strong>: There are an estimated 30\u2013100 million feral cats in the US.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n