It's a couple of hours before my big party and I'm almost ready to go out. I took the cats to the neighborhood vet for a weekend stay. I cleaned the house from top to bottom and everything looks great. As I leave to go and pick up some last minute items for the party, I went back into the house only to be greeted with the awful smell of cat urine when I entered the door.

Surely, the cat smell should be gone. The rugs were shampooed. MY party was beginning in less than 3 hours and my house was like some old zoo animal kettle.

Talk about embarrassing! Imagine what your friends must think if they can smell cat urine when they come over to see you. They probably imagine you live with this smell on an ongoing basis and its doesn't say many good things about you as a person. Not good at all.

If anyone reading this is experiencing similar problems with these smells and want to know how to get rid of your cats urine occurring again and again, here you go. Here are some home remedies to help you kick the odor.

Cats are clean animals which have peculiar ways. Often the most effective thing to do is ensure a cats litter box is always tidy. A cat will not urinate in its litter box if it can smell the odor of urine. Often, your cat will then find somewhere else to urinate such as in the corner of the house or by one of your doors.

Usually cats go to the toilet the same place until they have made such a mess in that one place that it even becomes unpleasant for them and they choose to move on some place else.

One economical recipe for curing cat urine odor and stains from the carpet is to use common household elements such as vinegar, water, peroxide and baking soda. Firstly, try to get rid of the majority of cat urine you can find in the carpet or floor by mopping it up with a damp towel. Dilute vinegar with 3 parts water and soak on soiled area. After the place where your cat has urinated, place peroxide over it and then put a little baking soda over the affected area. Vacuum the excess.

This is a cheap economical way to remove cat urine odor from rugs and similar areas in your home.

Once I tried this home remedy, I realized that if I would just do this once or twice a week, my house would keep a fresh smell. One of the most important things I can possibly do is make sure the cat litter box is always clean so i know the cats will feel fully comfortable peeing in that one place.