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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2004Cat urine
I have been told that a UV light will make cat urine glow in the dark. I have tried to use a UV lamp to locate areas that my wife's cat has "marked" but I don't see any glowing results even when I turn the lamp on a book with cat urine stains that can be seen in normal daylight. Does anyone have actual experience to tell me what I am doing wrong? Joe >I have been told that a UV light will make cat urine glow in the dark. I have >tried to use a UV lamp to locate areas that my wife's cat has "marked" but I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Joe You're talking about a regular black light, right? The kind we used to use on psychedelic posters. (ack, I'm giving away my age) Maybe your light isn't bright enough. I bought one at Petsmart, specifically marketed for pet owners, and man-o-mister, my livingroom lit up like Chinatown. (I learned later that the black light also makes even spilled coffee glow, and other things tooo) The blacklight is also good to check the cat for ringworm. Sherry >Subject: Re: Cat urine >From: sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >You're talking about a regular black light, right? The kind we used to use on >psychedelic posters. (ack, I'm giving away my age) Yes. It is a flourescent tube that lights up the room and does let me see the security strip in recently printed US currency. >Maybe your light isn't bright enough. I bought one at Petsmart, That's probably a good idea. specifically >marketed for pet owners, and man-o-mister, my livingroom lit up like >Chinatown. I guess I'm glad that I wasn't planning to roll around on your floor. >(I learned later that the black light also makes even spilled coffee glow, I'll try to see if coffee glows too. >and >other things tooo) >The blacklight is also good to check the cat for ringworm. > >Sherry Thanks for the info Joe > I have been told that a UV light will make cat urine glow in the dark. I have > tried to use a UV lamp to locate areas that my wife's cat has "marked" but I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joe Not sure what you mean by UV lamp. They sell "stink finders" in pet stores specifically made for this. I would imagine a fluorescent black light might work as well. If you tried using an incandescent "black light" bulb I wouldn't expect much to show up as they don't work well even with fluorescent paint. I got a stink finder and it works just fine in a dark room. Shows up everything including lint on the carpeting. W >Subject: Re: Cat urine >From: "Wendy" wendypart@nospam.com [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >specifically made for this. I would imagine a fluorescent black light might >work as well. That's what I was using. If you tried using an incandescent "black light" bulb I >wouldn't expect much to show up as they don't work well even with >fluorescent paint. > >I got a stink finder and it works just fine in a dark room. Shows up >everything including lint on the carpeting. I'll try that, but I was hoping my new toy (black light) would do the trick. >W Joe > >Subject: Re: Cat urine > >From: "Wendy" wendypart@nospam.com [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Joe How close do you have the black light? It needs to be pretty close to the surface you're inspecting. W > I have been told that a UV light will make cat urine glow in the dark. I have > tried to use a UV lamp to locate areas that my wife's cat has "marked" but I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Joe Maybe you have too much time on your hands? lol ;-) Nat I just ran across this message and said to myself.... I am a trained expert on UV light, and seem to know more than I should about Cat urine. So, I guess I better put my 2 cents in: First, you need a Black Light Blue (BLB) light. These are the dark purple tubular lights sold at Walmart ($10) and such. Do not buy the ones that look like a regular lightbulb that happens to be purple. You definately want at least a 2 foot long tube. It should also be about 1 inch thick. Thinner or shorter lights wont put out enough power. Also stay away from UV, plant, Black Light White (BL), or cool white fixtures. They dont really do the trick. Now on to the urine. Most urine can be detected by a good BLB light. But it also depends on what your pet ate and how hydrated they are that day. Now if anyone has any questions about how to paint your cat a glow color for halloween, drop me a note. Smiles, Daniel Clark Glow Inc. http://www.glowinc.com > Now if anyone has any questions about how to paint your cat a glow > color for halloween, drop me a note. Every Halloween I come this || close to painting a white stripe on my furry black cat. pat > > Now if anyone has any questions about how to paint your cat a glow > > color for halloween, drop me a note. > > Every Halloween I come this || close to painting a white stripe on my > furry black cat. If you do this, you have to post the pic...I'd die laughing :) I tried to do this to my mom's cat (the one she had put to sleep). This was a black cat and my mom threw a fit. Oh well that's why my family is 1500 miles away now, just the way I like it ;) I'd like to dress up the cats for Halloween but they've never worn anything so I'm not sure how they'd take to the idea of it. I know the perfect outfit for my youngest Zoe, a devil costume. She always has this look at her face at everyone but me like she's going to lay on your chest and suck the air out of you or something ;P. Wylie? Wylie get's into so much trouble if there was a Bart Simpson costume for cats that'd be perfect for her. I'm not big on putting outfits on my cats, in fact I don't do it at all, but at Halloween - we get into that time of the year. Prolly because our anniversary is the 28th of October. My husband tried to convince me to get married ON Halloween but I wasn't having any of that. Anyways if you ever get that skunk look on a cat, you MUST post it :) Just so the rest of us can enjoy the laugh ;P - Leigh >Every Halloween I come this || close to painting a white stripe on my furry black cat. Before anyone gets any ideas...if you decide to paint your cat, please use pet safe paints. They may be hard to come by, but most paints would make an animal really sick. That being said, there is a famous bunny rabbit named Alba that literally glows in the dark. No, this is not a joke or a setup. They crossed her with the fish genes. In any case, a company wanted to do a satire of it and asked us to provide a paint that would make another white rabbit glow. So, we came up with a safe mix that they could use to "glow" the rabbit. Danny Clark Glow Inc. www.glowinc.com > >Every Halloween I come this || close to painting a white stripe on my > furry black cat. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Glow Inc. > www.glowinc.com They just now have crossed a wabbit with a fish? We've had Cat-fish around for a long time! James
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