My kitten has tinkled on my duvet! How to Clean??

waterlilyann

Please help!!

My kitten has had a wee all over my duvet! :eek: I can't afford to take it to the dry cleaners and it won't fit in my washing machine!! Does anyone have any suggestions on how to clean it?

Many thanks in advance

twink

suppose its right in the middle of the quilt? if not could you just wash that bit with well dissolved biological powder then rinse if you put it outside or stick that bit out of the bedroom window, it should soon dry in this heat, hope that helps till someone else comes along

waterlilyann

She managed to do it slap bang in the middle of the duvet! I've blotted up the excess (nice!) and wiped with stardrops but it's not shifting!

wigginsmum

Can you bundle it up and dip the affected part in the sink? Swirl it around with whatever detergent you use, rinse and squeeze it out (there'll be very little if any pee left by that time), and as suggested, spread it out to dry.

SnowyOwl_2

My kitten had a habit of doing this - it got to the point ended up with four winter weight double duvets. The first couple of times it happened I washed the duvet in the bath using a biological powder - this is suitable for polyester, don't know about feather. I had two duvets cleaned in the dry cleaners - didn't realise it'd be £10 each! Next stop is the laundrette (I have a duvet awaiting attention), don't know how much it'll be, but in this weather I shouldn't have to use their driers. I'd say the laundrette is the cheapest option, and most likely to produce a clean enough duvet. I say clean enough - it's important to get all traces of kitty wee out otherwise she'll smell it and think "ah toilet!". Or you could cut your losses and buy a new duvet, cheapest one I found was in Argos for about £7 - it is cheap and nasty though.

aimeelister

SnowyOwl wrote:

Next stop is the laundrette (I have a duvet awaiting attention), don't know how much it'll be.

Thats how we clean our duvets, complete with a tennis ball to help it bash the stuff out!

flufff

Mine did this as well.......usually in middle of night!
I discovered she did it if she had already used her tray...kinda figured she was saying "mum my trays dirty I need to pee now!"......only way I stopped it was by keeping her tray scrupulously clean.Cats like being clean.She wouldnt go in it if it was damp.
Other options to keep bedroom door shut.
I washed mine in bath till she stopped it then i bought new.She will stop it once she goes outside.

samh_2

I wash my duvet at the laundrette in the big washer - £2.75 per wash. If you have a washing line you can dry it outside at the moment. I don't know if it's the same with cats, but for dogs the advice is always to make sure you use biological washing powder so they can't smell the urine and be tempted to use the same spot.

Good luck!

SnowyOwl_2

My lazy little boy couldn't be bothered going downstairs to use his loo so used my duvet instead! Maybe...just maybe...there is a whiff of ammonia or something from duvet fillings which confuses the kittlies.

Nicki

If its a regular problem, you can buy duvet protectors which work on the same lines as mattress and pillow protectors. They go on just like an extra duvet cover but have a waterproof lining. If the worst happens, you just wash the protector, the duvet remains clean and intact.

Having said that I read in the paper at the weekend that you are supposed to wash or replace duvets a minimum of 2 x per year otherwise they harbour all kinds of nasties, so you probably do need to find a way of washing them occasionally which works for you.

waterlilyann

Thank you all for your suggestions. I don't have a laundrette nearby so think I'll wash it in the bath! We only got her last week and she's properly litter trained so I don't know why this has happened!! The only reason she was on the bed was because my OH is away and when I put her in the kitchen for the night she made such a racket that she was keeping me awake and freaking out my older cat!! There will be no more sleeping on the bed now though! Will have to dry duvet over the bannister though because I get really bad hayfever and can't dry things outside because of the pollen! Thank you all again.