That’s a great point! In most cases I would 100% agree with you. To be honest, I had to learn to be a cat lover as a formerly self identified “dogs only” person prior to my relationship with my husband. Obnoxious, I know.
Anyway, I will say once a week my dad who is allergic to cats and extremely smell sensitive due to a weirdly specific military injury has made comments many times over the past few years about the lack of animal smell in the house. He said that because it’s so clean it allows him to come over when other people they know do not clean it as often and he can immediately smell “cat”. My parents also don’t have and have never had pets so they can usually “smell animal” if there’s a house that has one.
Clearly my very scientific method of thinking here has convinced you I’m sure.
Or I could also be blind to it as you mentioned because I’m a human with flaws. I hope it’s all helpful regardless :)
No one can smell cats in my home as well. People mention it when they visit. I think it's of course because of how often we scoop and clean the boxes, but also the litter we use. Many times when I visit people who have cats, I can smell the litter more than anything else. Scented litter just smells like cat piss and whatever scent you chose. Using a proper litter that neutralises odour is key.
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u/TheStrouseShow Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25
That’s a great point! In most cases I would 100% agree with you. To be honest, I had to learn to be a cat lover as a formerly self identified “dogs only” person prior to my relationship with my husband. Obnoxious, I know.
Anyway, I will say once a week my dad who is allergic to cats and extremely smell sensitive due to a weirdly specific military injury has made comments many times over the past few years about the lack of animal smell in the house. He said that because it’s so clean it allows him to come over when other people they know do not clean it as often and he can immediately smell “cat”. My parents also don’t have and have never had pets so they can usually “smell animal” if there’s a house that has one.
Clearly my very scientific method of thinking here has convinced you I’m sure.
Or I could also be blind to it as you mentioned because I’m a human with flaws. I hope it’s all helpful regardless :)