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• Method 1 of 4: Keep cats away from you
• Method 2 of 4: Make the place at your front door less attractive
• Method 3 of 4: Make sure your cat feels safe
• Method 4 of 4: Get rid of the smell
• Warnings

Nobody likes to come home and smell the smell of cat urine at the front door. Cats don't just use the area at your front door to urinate, though. They are more likely to mark the spot as their valuable territory. To overcome the problem, it helps to know which cat is urinating at your front door and understand why it is exhibiting this behavior. If you want to get rid of the problem, you will need to make the area at the front door less attractive to spraying cats, help your cat feel safer, and get stray cats neutered near you.

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Method 1 of 4: Keep cats away from you

1. Remove food sources. Remove food, water, and other items that are greatly appreciated by the visiting cats. The place at your front door will be less attractive to them and it will be less worthwhile for them to mark the place as their territory.
2. Use a can of compressed air with a motion sensor. An ideal method to repel cats is to use a can of compressed air with a motion sensor. The sensor registers movement on the ground. When the van is activated, it ejects a quantity of compressed air that cats hate. If a strange cat sees the area by your front door as dangerous or hostile, it won't want to go there again.
   • The cat will not associate this tactic with you. If the cat thinks you are its enemy, that probably won't solve the problem. For example, if you yell at him every time you see the cat, he will learn to wait until you are not around and then go to your front door to pee there. He associates the punishment with you instead of the place at your front door. Therefore, the cat will avoid you but will come to your house when you are not there.
3. Encourage your neighbors to spay or neuter their cats. Even though you still use so many repellants, you won't be able to control the problem until all the cats in the area have been neutered or neutered. Both males and females may urinate at your front door on a regular basis to indicate that they are sexually available to other cats. Talk to your neighbors to see if they agree to have their cats spayed or spayed.
   • You must first make sure it is your neighbor's cat before talking to your neighbors. Keep an eye out for the culprit by looking through the window or hanging a camera.
   • Rule out your own cat by trying fluorescein. Fluorescein is a harmless orange dye that, when swallowed, causes your cat's urine to turn bright green. It lights up when you shine a UV lamp on it. Get fluorescein from your vet and add some of the food coloring to your cat's food. After a day or two, examine the spots near your front door where urine is. Try to do this at night and shine with a blacklight lamp at your front door. If you see something light up, your cat is probably the culprit instead of your neighbor's cat.
4. Contact an organization that neutralises stray cats. If there is a group of stray cats living in your area, chances are they have not been neutered. There are a number of foundations that are engaged in the capture and neutering or sterilization of groups of stray cats.Search the internet for an organization near you.
   • You can also contact your vet. Chances are, the practice will spay and neuter cats for nearby foundations for a cheaper price. The vet can usually give you the contact details of a coordinator of such a foundation.

Method 2 of 4: Make the place at your front door less attractive

1. Remove all food from your front door. Neighborhood cats may be attracted to your front door because you have food for wildlife or your own cat there. Other cats will get used to finding food there and will mark the area with their urine. Remove the food so that cats no longer benefit from marking the spot by your front door as their territory.
2. Remove potted plants from the front door. Some cats are attracted to a certain surface, such as soil. They may be tempted to use those materials as a litter box. Remove all potted plants from your front door so that cats no longer have the opportunity to urinate in them.
3. Make sure there are no more snug places for cats to sleep. Eliminate snug areas that invite cats to sit or lie down. For example, you can think of a chair with a cushion on it or objects such as boxes and crates that a cat could crawl into.
4. Don't bother covering surfaces with aluminum foil or plastic. Homeowners are sometimes advised to put aluminum foil or plastic over areas they want to protect. Chances are that the cats will continue to spray despite that. These methods are therefore generally ineffective.
   • However, one benefit of covering surfaces with aluminum foil or plastic is that you can easily clean up the materials after a cat has peed on them.

Method 3 of 4: Make sure your cat feels safe

1. Close cat flaps. If your own cat is the culprit, chances are it is marking its territory. This happens when the cat feels challenged or insecure for some reason. Most of the time, the cat thinks its territory is under threat. To stop your cat's behavior, it's important to help him feel more secure. If you have a cat flap or give your cat another way to get into the house, it is very important to make sure that no stray cats can get into your house.
   • Close the cat flap and let your cat out and in when he tells you to.
   • Use a cat flap with a microchip. Such doors are programmed to respond only to your cat's microchip.
2. Use a cat pheromone atomizer. One such nebulizer releases a synthetic variant of the hormones a nursing mother cat releases to keep her kittens feeling safe and content. This is a great way to make your cat feel less stressed.
   • Ask your vet for a feline pheromone sprayer such as Feliway to help your cat be less anxious.
3. Give your cat a lot of attention. Make sure to play with him regularly. Try to give him attention for 5 to 10 minutes 3 times a day. A tired and content cat is less likely to feel stressed about what's going on outside.
4. Keep your cat indoors. If the cats in the area are causing your cat to act territorial, keep your cat indoors.
   • Your cat may become stressed if he sees other cats walking away from the area outside. Consider covering the bottom half of the windows facing the front yard so your cat can't sit on the windowsill and see other cats.
   • Keeping your cat indoors can also help you find out if your cat is the one urinating at your front door. If the smell diminishes when you keep your cat indoors, your own cat may be the culprit.

Method 4 of 4: Get rid of the smell

1. Do not use ammonia-based cleaning agents. Most home cleaning products contain ammonia, which is also one of the components of urine. Removing the cat urine with such a cleaner will remove the cat odor, but will instead make the area smell like a different urine-based odor. This will make the cat more likely to spray because it thinks another cat has marked the area over its scent.
2. Make a deodorizing mixture to get rid of the smell. To neutralize the urine odor without leaving another odor, you can make a deodorizing mixture. Use a biological detergent or a detergent with enzymes (such as Ecover or Klok Eco) and mix water in it.
   • Mix 9 parts water with 1 part detergent. Spray the mixture on the surface you want to clean. Scrub the area with a brush or cloth to clean the infected area. Use a detergent that is non-toxic.
   • Some surfaces such as carpets, soft furnishings and painted walls may not be colorfast. Test the mixture on an inconspicuous area before cleaning the area thoroughly.
   • If the carpet or fabric is soaked with urine for a long time, it will be impossible to get the smell out. In this case, you will have to throw the fabric away.
3. Rinse and dry the area. Use clean water to thoroughly rinse the area where you applied the deodorizing mixture. Dry the area thoroughly with a clean towel.
4. Spray rubbing alcohol on the area. Use a spray bottle to spray the areas where the cat wets frequently with rubbing alcohol. Use a nail brush to work the alcohol into cracks and cracks. Let the area air dry.
5. Do not use strongly scented products. Resist the temptation to use a strong scent on your front door to repel the cats. In particular, the cat will think that it needs to re-mark the area to make the scent stronger, and will return to the area to urinate.
   • Do not use essential oils such as eucalyptus oil or rosemary oil. It's often thought that cats don't like the smell of these oils, but this approach can backfire.

Warnings

• The best way to catch a cat is to call a professional. Call animal protection for advice on the safest method. They may also catch the cat themselves or provide trapping cages.
• Don't touch cats you don't know. Stray cats can carry diseases that can be passed on to your own pets. In extreme cases you can also get sick yourself. Stray cats can also become aggressive and injure you.