[Jodylee]

I have 5 cats. 4 out of the 5 have decided that my living room carpet is now the litter box. I am at my wits end. They do not have health problems like uti's or anything.

There was a dog that lived in this house before us that I suspect had accidents on the carpet so now my cats are marking their territory.

I have used every product imaginable to clean this. I haven't found a professional company that has good reviews regarding this issue.

It is disgusting. The smell...ARGH! We rent this house. My cats have never done anything like this before. It's so embarrassing. This is one time where I'm glad that I don't have people who visit me.

If you've read my other posts, you know what kind of stress I'm under anyway . We've talked about replacing the carpet but I'm afraid that the cats have become so accustomed to doing this that they will continue it and ruin more carpeting.

The house has an open floor plan and it would be very difficult to block them from this space. It would cost us a fortune to replace the carpet with tile or laminate because there is a set of two curved stairs that are about eight feet wide.

I guess this is more of a rant than anything else. I just do not know what to do! The husband just wants to get rid of the cats of course. Not really a viable option for me or my kids.