The David of Air Naturalizing Takes on the Goliath of Stank. CritterZone Review & Giveaway.

Kitties are like potato chips - ya just can't have one!!  I've got a laundry room/kittie runway with this thing's name on it!  Thanks so much for taking the time to check it out, Robin!  Great product!!  

This sounds like a *fantastic* item for any mulit-cat home (of which I have certainly become, lol!) 3 pans/one bathroom can be an experience!  I'd be thrilled for the chance to win one -thanks for a VERY interesting article on the CritterZone!

I have 5 cats. Two of which have litterbox issues.  I constantly scoop and even bleach the boxes and change out the litter every 3 days trying to combat the smells and also to keep the 2 fussy ones in line and using the boxes.  However, this doesn't seem to completely placate them.  One is 14 and if she finds a satisfactory spot, she will just "let it go".  I have seen her literally shoot it against the wall like a male-and yes she is spayed.  :-S  the other one is younger and has had litterbox issues since being a kitten.  I have tried moving the boxes, changing boxes, trying different kinds of boxes, and nothing has worked!  She does have issues with some of the other cats, and I've used some of Jackson Galaxy's recommendations which has helped but not completely solve the issues.  

On top of all of this, I also will foster kitties from time to time, and that adds to the odor issues of the home.  I'm not a big fan of having company over because of all this, too.  I have tried everything to remove the odors from the carpet including products recommended by Mr Galaxy and products recommended by vets but nothing works.  I would love love love to have a critter zone to try (especially if it'll neutralize the cat urine spots), but the price of the unit makes it a challenge to get one. Thank you for any consideration you give me.    

OH. MY. GOODNESS. I live in a desert with 9 indoor cats. So, while some people cannot open the windows for a couple of months in the winter, I spend about nine months of the year with the house sealed up against the heat. If this product would work for me, it would be such a blessing. --I'd leave a longer comment, but I have a client coming to my home office in 40 minutes, and I have to run around and make sure I haven't missed any "accidents" for them to smell when they walk through my front door.

I also foster kittens and my friends and have noticed the foul smell of their "contributions". (fortunately my husband can't smell)  I just thought it was my fault for having so many kittens to a small room.  I would either clean the litter box or remove it before people came to look at the kitties.  This would be a great solution for me. 

I'm in admiration that you drove the garbage to the dump with all that waste in it. We have curbside pickup year round and it's still quite the chore for us.  Scoopable litter keeps the garbage down but we can't use it with kittens, of course.

I'm not sure I can beat your story and that video was almost too real!  My worst smell come from the same place as yours - a rescue kitty who had been on the streets and eating who knows what.  We kept the kitty in a very small bathroom until we could could get him vetted and then for a few more weeks while we got him healthy enough to start meeting our other kitties  They only way to visit with him was to go in the bathroom with him.  Sometimes it was almost unbearable. (Your video brought back baaaaaad memories!). 

I'd really like to win the CritterZone.  I have 3 cats, one who has asthma.  He endures twice daily inhaled meds to try to keep it under control. We have to keep the house extra clean and avoid pretty much everything that is scented - which is everything these days! I'm thinking that the CritterZone would help with the usual smells of the litterbox but also help with scents I am not always able to control (like cleaning products) and perfumes guests wear to our house.

Thanks for considering us.

Rosemary 

We've got 9 rescue kitties, at least one of whom is an "inappropriate eliminator", and we've all been closed up from the outside world during our first Minnesota winter.  Critterzone sounds like it would make the "kitty corners" of the house smell much better!

I, as usual, was the lucky one. A couple who had 9 cats hit misfortune and had to re-home them. After finding homes for 8 I got the last one. He's a very sweet 9 year old, obviously used to living with other cats, but he objected to his new surroundings by spraying. Everywhere. He even got on top of the entertainment center and systematically sprayed the whole wall. I've had to replace my (cheap) toaster and my very nice, perfect color red, fairly expensive toaster oven. And naturally I've caught my other guys imitating him. Yech. So tons of vinegar later it still smells. I'll have to paint 3 rooms and, short of putting him in diapers, this product could be my only hope. Did I mention I've been unemployed for 8 months? Otherwise I'd buy a couple of these.

I foster cats and have my own Multi indoor kitty family members. A couple of my neutered male cats still have a tendency to spray even after they have been fixed. I have tried absolutely everything to neutralize the cat pee smell but so far nothing has worked. You can still smell it even after the area has been thoroughly cleaned. This would be a absolute miracle if this gets rid of that horrid urine smell. I would LOVE to win a CritterZone.  : ) 

I have a cat with IBD, when we first rescued him he had no control over his bowels and his, um, eliminations were like brown lumpy water and the stink, the smell peeled paint and caused many an evacuation of the house. Seriously, he once got that "look" while I was holding him and didn't make it to the box, I had to wash 3 times and soak in baking soda to rid my body of that smell. He's since gotten solid and in control, but, the smell is still enough to burn your lungs. In addition to him, I have a female with food sensitivity and the only thing that doesn't make her sick makes her smell like a rotting corpse sprayed by a skunk, then there's the 17 year old who has to pee (and poop) on puppy pads because any litter box even looked at by another cat is "contaminated" and can't be used by her. PLEASE, I'm begging you, give me some relief. Wisconsin is not a good state for open windows, it's either cold or hot...I need some fresh air!

We have 7 cats, all rescues. People just dump cats out in our neighborhood.  :-(  our last cat came to us pregnant and we didn't know till last week when she delivered 3 new cute little babies. Surprised we were, she is partly ferrel.  Hid her pregnancy quite well.  This happened the day we took in an awesome, handsome dog from an owner who could no longer keep him.  Now we have  a full house!  10 cats and a dog. One of our cats is a Chantilly and has digestive issues.  She can drop a bomb that stinks up the whole house!  She also farts a lot, lol.. I could really use one of these units as I also suffer from terrible allergies.  Thank you so much for considering us!  Thank for all you do.

We have three fur-kids. Two are sisters and the other is their cousin. All were from behind the apartment where we lived in the inner city. The sisters will be four this year. Dahmi and Cuatro. The cousin is Mr. Bill Brasky, he will be three in July. They were so used to our old place. It was three floors and their three litter boxes were in the basement. You would have never known we had cats in that place. 

But we downsized considerably and now live in a very small upstairs apartment. I keep two litter boxes now and they are in the one bathroom. Four steps in one direction and there is the living room. Four steps in the other direction and there are two tiny bedrooms. Six steps and you are standing in what the rental agent laughably called the diningroom, eight and you are in the tiny kitchen! Soooo yeah when someone lets it rip you know it no matter where you are in this flat! 

I scoop every time I go to the bathroom if neccessary, and take the waste out in various  types of bags. Used produce bags, grocery bags, even the plastic from the toilet paper! If I am sitting on the couch and I get a whiff of a healthy doodie I gotta jump up and dispatch it asap! You cannot enjoy "Downton Abbey" or "The Big Bang Theory" with your nose fulla funk! It just makes it hard to pay attention to anything else! And just try wrapping your brain around a rousing game of "Jeopardy" when yer gagging from one of Mr. Brasky's terrible turd torpedoes!

Then there is attempting to be lulled into dreamland by listening to "ocean sounds" on the cell phone speaker when my girl Cuatro has totally missed the box. She doesn't seem to point it towards the litter and it runs down this plastic "Vote for Bob Wilson For City Council" sign that I cut up and put on the wall for just such occaisions! She has some potent wee! Despite the fact that all she does is drink water! I know this because I can hear her putting her paw in the bowl before she drinks. 

Lastly we have Dahmi who it seems has not gotten the concept of cat litter. She drops a dainty steaming pile and then paws the edges of the box for what sounds like eternity but never does she EVER paw actual cat litter over her dung! It just stares whomever is in the bathroom in the face with impunity! Daring you to be offended!

I appreciate your consideration to be the weiner of this fabulous sounding innovation!

Signed, Clothespin Nose :-) 

Three Cats - one pees outside the box, so I've resorted to puppy pads everywhere; one doesn't cover her "business", so when I come home from work I KNOW who has gone potty; the third one just has to put up with the other two!   I'd love the CritterZone!

I volunteer with LAPCATS rescue (1500+ shelter cats placed!) and foster cats and an occassional dog, plus have my own zoo :-).  I've heard lots of good things about CritterZone and having one would surely make fostering more pleasant--especially for my visitors!  Thanks for the opportunity to win one!

I currently have two of these - one in my laundry room where my cats' litter box is and one in my "kitty nursery" where I keep foster kitties.  Because of the risk of "escapees", I can't keep the window open more than in inch in my Kitty Nursery, so I don't get a lot of ventalation. I often have litters of 5-7 kittens and their mom - requiring several litter boxes - in a small space. The CritterZone has saved the day.  Plus, there was a situation where I rescued (and eventually rehomed) 3 litters of kittens (12 total), while I still had a foster and her 4 babies in my nursery, plus one adult foster, plus my 2 cats (plus 6 outside strays/ferals).  I kept the 12 strays in 4 large dog crates in my family room until the fosters were adopted and they could move to the kitty nursery.  So I bought a third CritterZone for my family room (which I later gave to my dad for his inside cats).  They are totally amazing!  Imagine having 20 cats in your house and people come in and don't even realize you have litter boxes.  I was skeptical at first, and thought they might be a little expensive, but they have been so worth the money.  I would love to win one for another foster mom I know who is having issues with her stinky foster room (and as I'm sure other fosters understand, money can sometimes be tight when you spend all your money on taking care of fosters, strays, ferals, and any other kitties that need help).

 I adopted an elderly large dog last November. Poor Loki was a litany of neglect-caused problems: skin infections, ear infections, bladder infection, fungus infections on his feet, matted coat, etc. But the absolute worst of the worst  was his mouth. The infection and dental disease was beyond belief! His breath could be considered a lethal weapon! My cats would not even come into the room with him. As my Dad used to say, his breath could knock a buzzard off a dung heap.

Well, 5 months ( and lots of dollars) later, all of Loki's infections are cleared up and a dental left him with exactly four teeth and fresh breath. He smells much better! However, there is a lingering miasma of dog funk not usally associated with his breed. Because he had so many teeth pulled, he drools a little all the time and dog saliva stinks! My kitties no longer avoid him (big ole 70 lb dog is afraid of 2 10 lb kitties!), but I think the CritterZone just might be the thing to bring a little freshness back to Loki, Merlin, and Simon's lives – plus mine too!

Ever since I brought Cee Cee in from her vagabond life outdoors and got her spayed, prettied up and pampered, she has always rewarded me with her Stenchy poop. AND her misplaced Pee. Cee Cee is a Poopista Supreme -- even tough she is a tiny cat. So far I have gotten her to sucessfully use a pee pad -- but by the time I get home, if both litterboxes are filled and the pee pad has been used, everything is ripe, and spraying the air (circumspectly, so Cee Cee doesn't get blasted by it) a store-bought dollar can of scented air-spray only makes it worse. To keep from gagging,  I try to stick my nose into my sweater while I clean up everything. Boy could I use a CritterZone!! Only then will I be able to stand by and say to Cee Cee -- "Poop Away, My Girl! We can BOTH handle this now!!"

You could have been writing my story.  Here at KKR I too foster most of our rescue cats and kittens. Love them all. Since I live in a rural are I usually don't even have to go looking for kittens or cats to rescue.  My 4 closest neighbors (within a 2 mile area) have made it their mission to anonymously drop off most of the kittens that are born in their barns.  We get these little waifs in every kind of condition you could imagine.  The one thing they all seem to have in common (along with grossly infected eyes, worms and parasites I can't even pronounce) is the added essence of cow and horse manure.  These kittens are born, raised and play in sloppy manure.  So after they get a bath and are clean from nose to toes, the real fun starts.  Litter box training!! Oh yeah I get to be mom because for some reason the mother cats don't seem to be beating a path to my place looking to retrieve their offspring.  Who could blame them when they smell like that??  LOL There are days, too many days, where that nose-wrinkling fragrance hits you like a Mack Truck when you walk into the Cat Room.  Whooo-eee!   What a blessing the Critter Zone would be for my family and I.  Who knows?? They might even let me save more!!  Thanks Robin for the review.  You are offeriing a lifeline for those of that do "the dirty work" everyday! 

You are singing my song Robin! I too am the main foster for our rescue and I have devoted two large rooms in my home to the fosters. (Much to the dismay of my family that loves the fosters and despises the odors). Many of our kittens are anonymously and mysteriously left at my doorstep. (Who else do we know that literally gets their kittens delivered??) these are the typical baby barn kittens, complete with infections and more parasites than I can pronounce. These special little babies also come to us fully soaked in "Eau de Manure" too! It gives a whole new meaning to the question, "Were you born in a barn?". We can safely say Yes!! Even after a bath and days of litter box training (oh yeah) they still bring the smells of being down on the farm to the great indoors. After many attempts to locate the culprits (none of my neighbors will fess up so I could stop the trek) and since the mother cats don't seem to be rushing to my place desperately trying to recover their missing kits, we face a unique and added essence to the already natural odors these babies bring of their own accord. It would be a blessing to my family to have our very own Critter Zone. So, if you are re-homing one? Come on down my road and leave it on my front porch. Anonymously, of course.

I have 9 cats. Some have a more "delicate" odor than others. I have several with special needs. One has colitis, another has kidney issues and pees A LOT, one is eyeless and has horrible aim but lastly we have Peanut, The Foul. I adopted her knowing that she had special needs. She was sexually abused as a kitten, yes sexually abused! She was taken by the SPCA and put up for adoption. She has a misaligned vertebrae that is pinching her spinal cord. She has problems with Urinary and bowel movements. She leaves drips of pee and "hershey kisses" where ever she goes. We go through a lot of cleaning supplies and air freshners to help battle the Peanut stench. I love her more than anything and will follow her with clorox wipes for the rest of her life.

I had one but it sort of caught on fire a little bit. Or had burny bits. :) 

- Dee

This is something that sounds like I need... I have five cats and a husband.  My cats all have stinky poops but I believe my poor husband beats the cats. So please pick me where I can live in a smell free house with all these precious ones that I love!!

I had never heard of  this product until you wrote of it, thank you so much. I would love to win this product. Being a mini "rescue" it is difficult to budget for a purchase like this. As soon as a few dollars are put away either the car breaks down or another fur kid who needs medical shows up. Thanks for all you do.sure hope my four inside rescues can check it out.