What a nice room! Too bad about the rug. What size do you need? Dash&Albert has some indoor/outdoor rugs that go up to 12'x16'

http://dashandalbert.annieselke.com/Rugs/Rope-Wheat-Indoor-Outdoor-Rug/p/RDB210

Why don't you get another seagrass rug?

If she peed on one seagrass rug, she will pee on another, kswl2.

I have a suspicion that its the smell of the sea grass rug. She has only gone once on a wool rug but never the polypropylene rugs we have in the house. I will take her to the vet but this has happened over the last two years but only on the rugs I have mentioned. So frustrating!!

Get a bottle of Nature's Miracle and soak the stain..it works very well.

My neighbor once pointed me to Boundary cat repellent in aerosol spray for the outside of the planters on my front porch.

She was using it herself inside, on her wool (Persian) oriental $$$$$ carpet for her own psychotic Persian cat. When she would keep the carpet lightly sprayed, the cat would exit the kitchen, leap the width of the carpet onto the hardwood on the other side to go into the living room, cat wouldn't even walk on it. YMMV depending on your cats senses. It did work reliably on my planters. Lightly scented to human noses briefly but nothing lasting, nothing staining.

Try cleaning the spot - Nature's Miracle is good, and then use white vinegar to really get the smell out ... and then sprinkle black pepper on the rug. That should keep the cat from peeing on the rug. You can't see it, but obviously, if you vacuum, then you have to reapply the pepper.

Pepper! I have read it is poisonous to cats, so be careful!

Black pepper is harmless to cats and dogs.

I would also suggest an indoor/outdoor rug (I just bought my second one to go in the dining room for summer), although polypropylene can be cleaned and it doesn't have to be an outdoor rug. I think it was at overstock that I saw "fake" natural fiber rugs, but nothing as beautiful as yours. Another idea would be to put your Oriental rug somewhere else and buy a colorful patterned rug that doesn't need layering in a large size. Presto, you'll have changed the look of your room (although not everyone wants to have a new look often; it's just hit me in a big way after ten years).

thank you everyone! I have tried everything on the rug without any success. It is now gone....... so, I need a new solution in what area rug to purchase. I despise my living room currently without an appropriate rug size amongst several other issues. Hopefully I can find something.

What size do you need?

Plow & Hearth Seagrass look indoor/outdoor rug/three styles:

http://www.plowhearth.com/710-x-1010-laurel-indoor-and-outdoor-seagrass-look-rug-in-neutral-patterns.htm

The tan one on this might be interesting with your rug over it

http://www.plowhearth.com/9-x-12-houndstooth-polypropylene-indooroutdoor-rug.htm

There are so many gorgeous features in that room it's hard to image there is anything to despise! I didn't check size, but here is a synthetic seagrass look-alike that might be perfect - look and feel of seagrass without the rough texture and scent that might be triggering your furry friend to pee on it.

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If she peed on one seagrass rug, she will pee on another, kswl2.

i didn't realize that was a foregone conclusion, but I don't know from cats.

Thanks for those links Tib and Rebecca! Those might just work! Morz, I need to order that! and spray it on everything!

Thanks everyone for your helpful advice!

the only thing i would be concerned about with a synthetic rug that is similar to your old one is the texture of it... if the texture is similar enough to your old rug would it bring back 'memories' to your cat and get the same behavior result-? ... cats can be 'funny'... (altho maybe a deterrent spray may help reinforce 'no' for her- i've never used one for cats...)

good luck! :(

A couple of years ago we bought a solid color polypro rug for our study at Home Depot. Our big lab hangs out there a lot, and when I say 'hangs out', he hangs over his bed and drools a lot, so it requires cleaning, and vacuuming his hair from the shedding. It's been great. I think it's a Safavieh but can't remember for sure. If you have a HD close by you might run in and check. We had to order our size and they might have some others online too.

Ak, I'm sure you've determined if the peeing is behavioral/territorial or due to a medical condition, because it really affects your course of action. Plus, who knows what goes through a cat's mind? :) Both of mine have a thing for the knock-down texture on my walls. Glad someone likes it. The sound of their claws on it is like nails on a chalkboard.

Anyway, I used to have a male cat who would spray inside. It was marking behavior, not an urgent need to go. I used Feliway (synthetic cat pheromone) to modify his behavior. The theory is, cats don't pee on things they love and are comfortable with. It attracts, rather than repels, à la Boundary. But in a loving way, like rubbing your leg or their favorite door jamb.

If your cat is squatting to pee, it might be something else.

I have flor tiles in my bedroom where dogs hang out and have lifted and sink washed several tiles. The carpet squares wash well and stay in place for me. They have some interesting patterns including one that looks like a cable stitch.

Several years ago I did a lot of research on cleaning urine. I was not satisfied with Nature's Miracle, or 3 other pet stain cleaners I had tried. The urine causes smells when bacteria, in favorable humid/moist conditions, feed on crystals in the urine. The crystals have a very sharp structure that attaches to surfaces and sticks forever. I found this awesome product WORKS:

http://www.scoe10x.com/

It uses probiotics (beneficial bacteria) to completely digest the urine, and the odor-causing bacteria deprived of food then die.

I used it as directed on a mattress that was soaked in pee. A wonderful quality organic latex mattress. I completely soaked the mattress and wrapped it in plastic to give the probiotics time to work all through the mattress, then dried it with an industrial fan blowing over it. It completely eliminated the stains and the smell, even when the room is very humid (from the humidifier, which helps control cough). The product does not need to be rinsed and leaves no residue.

Also, everyone, especially pet owners, should own a black light. A major challenge with cleaning pet stains is that there is much more urine than you think, that you can't see. With the black light, you will see it. (Because of the black light, I could see that Nature's Miracle wasn't working.) Buy a lot more SCOE10X cleaner than you think you need, because you need to soak every urine crystal.

SCOE10X salvaged this expensive organic latex mattress and left it completely fresh and clean. I'm planning to tear out all of our wall-to-wall carpet soon, so I'm not wasting money or energy cleaning the old pet accidents out of it, but I'm planning to use my black light to find where urine has soaked into the subfloor and SCOE10X it away before installing wood floors!

I have no association with the company, just a happy customer. Too bad we can't readily get it at any pet store, because every pet owner needs it.