Sometimes it’s right under your nose. That’s how Nancy and Gerald felt when they realized their cat was peeing in the heating vents. Nancy is my sister, and Gerald is my brother in law.
Apparently, cats like to pee in vents–at least Sissy Booher does. Sissy is Nancy and Gerald’s tortoiseshell kitty cat. Sissy sees heating vents as a kind of “out house”…a hole in the floor meant for her business. Nevermind that the warm house she lives in gets its warmth from these vents.
This was stinky business. Gerald recalled that cats do not like plastic…the “scrunchy” sound drives them crazy. He took a Walmart bag and placed it over the vent. It’s got air holes to let the heat out but it also inflates…it moves a little when the heat is flowing.
And here’s another picture…this is a versatile invention. We’re calling it the Cat Pee PreVent Cover. It fits into any decor with a bow accessory which can be customized to fit your home.
Laugh all you want. She’s not peeing in the vents!! You saw it here first…the Cat Pee PreVent Cover!!
Gerald needs to get a patent on this. How funny!!
haha, thats a very unusual idea but it it works, hey………
I would rather give Patsy the cat.
That bag would also work well as a dust catcher:)
I had this problem and managed to solve it. I have two cats – one older one and one younger. One or both of them (I believe the younger one) was urinating down the vents. One cat was still using a litter tray, but one was also pooping in the dining room. They had both used litter trays at some point. I tried putting a litter box over the vent they used the most often, but they would find another vent. I put pieces of wood with nails through it over the vents (made from the stuff they use to hold carpets down), but the cats still used the vents. I was also worried about a human or our dog stepping on the nails.
What worked was to make covers for the vents out of cereal box packets. See the images. I attached these with Scotch tape and it covers the vent so the cat can’t pee down them. I put them on all the vents in the house (which meant eating a lot of cereal!). At the same time I got two litter trays and took the covers off of them (so it was just a tray with litter) so the cat wouldn’t be afraid of going inside a small area. I left the tray which was being used where it was and put the other tray one the spot where the cat was pooping.
So far I’ve not had any problems (it’s been a couple of weeks). My only concern with this solution is hot air from the vents coming through the vents and setting the cardboard on fire. You may want to get store bought cowels which do the same thing, or try doing this in the summer when hot air isn’t coming out of the vents.
I hope this helps.
Andy,
You are a genius! Thank you!!