Litter box mistaken for meth lab, neighborhood evacuated

[DainBramaged]

Hazmat teams tested a Westland, Michigan home after the landlord said she thought the former tenants were running a methamphetamine lab inside.

The fire department, police and Hazmat teams covered from head-to-toe stormed the home on Palmer Street Monday afternoon after receiving a panicked call from the homeowner.

The homeowner, Sue Walters, said she entered the home Monday for the first time in 20 years after kicking the tenants out and discovered a horrific smell.

"It makes me want to throw up. It's sickening," said Walters.

Walters said the stench smelled like ammonia, which is a key ingredient in homemade meth.

Authorities tested the home several times and determined the smell was not ammonia.

"Not a meth lab. Just an un-kept house with a lot of cats. The cats urine turned to an ammonia-smell," said Michael Magda with Western Wayne County Hazmat team.

http://www.wlbz2.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=116580&catid=109

[Forkboy]

1. after my cat takes a dump the neighborhood SHOULD be evacuated.

Officials clearly did the right thing here. :)

[tammywammy]

2. rofl

I was thinking the EXACT same thing!

[DainBramaged]

3. Purina Indoor formula, solves stinky cat poo problems

:hug:

[Forkboy]

6. Nothing solves it for a 20 pound cat.

:D

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

9. No shit! Tell me about it. Amazing how much a cat can pee!

Our 22 lb'er Roosevelt is hugh, but the 8 pound cat you hear out in the living room, 20 feet away. I have no idea how she does it, but it sounds like a guy after a six pack of beer having to piss!

:wtf:

[Forkboy]

11. LOL

Like a firehose turned on high. :)

[madinmaryland]

21. Heh! And for such a little thing! We adopted her from a DUer, also!

[Ken Burch]

23. That does it. You'll have to make your cat stop drinking.

(...or at least switch to whiskey...)

[madinmaryland]

28. Actually, she does have a taste for Busch Beer.

Apparently for the same reason I do. I drink it and love pissing it Busch out and flushing Busch down the toilet!!

[Ken Burch]

31. You're enabling for your cat, then.

Pet-owner co-dependency is a sad thing.

She'll need to become a "friend of Bill W's cat".

[madinmaryland]

32. We adopted Sonia from a DU'er five years ago. She's a good kitty!

[Ken Burch]

34. I'm sure she is.

(you do realize I've been kidding you, right?...well, I am, in case that hadn't come through somehow.)

[madinmaryland]

36. You must be Canadian!

(just kidding).

Yeah, I know you guys! My sister and bil live in Alaska, also! Seen your posts in the Alaska forum.

[JanusAscending]

27. Tell that to my oriental "Sammy"

He's been on that food all his life, and sometimes his shit REALLY STINKS!! Other times not so bad. He's getting lazy and sometimes doesn't cover his poop well enough!!

[DainBramaged]

29. Mine cover everything BUT the poops....

:rofl:

[DainBramaged]

55. Kitty Poopto Abysmal.........

:rofl:

[gleaner]

52. We have six cats ....

and three litter boxes in different parts of the house. That is why it always amazes me that they know to wait until we are having dinner. It is like the attack of the cape buffalo. Gah.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. An unemptied litter box is pretty close to hazmat.

But although the odor can singe your eyebrows, litter boxes don't actually explode. Now if someone can figure out how to make meth out of cat pee....

[NYC_SKP]

5. Meth and cat pee. Both are deadly.

Cat pee, before and after:



:silly:

[Ken Burch]

35. This sets up a great idea for a low-budget horror movie:

"CAT LADY METH LAB!"

[ddeclue]

7. It was that street gang "Los Gatos"..yeah.. they were running a meth lab

using their own urine and kitty litter.

:rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. In other local news:

GOP finds ideal location in Michigan for 2012 convention, details at 11.

[XemaSab]

10. The urine literally turns to ammonia

This article is not up on the nitrogen cycle at all.

[DainBramaged]

12. True, but the 'owner' obviously isn't a cat person

cat people KNOW THAT SMELL a mile away...........


:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. LOL!

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. Cats are filthy creatures

Disgusting.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. But not as bad as people who hate cats.

[Cronus Protagonist]

18. I just prefer cleanliness to having an animal walking over my stuff

And sticking dander to everything. YMMV.

[uppityperson]

45. Get one of these...no dander!

[Maru Kitteh]

46. No wonder kittehs are so fast! Look at all that xtra skin!

Little dude looks cold.

[kestrel91316]

15. My cats' litter box smelled that bad the one and only time I bought

Tidy Cat Scoop litter.

NEVER again.

[pitohui]

17. well good for her, i guess, i wouldn't have the nerve to do this

i've often thought the same of multiple cat households but getting people hassled by cops by pretending i thought the stink of litter box was the smell of meth production is a pretty bold revenge...

[Alcibiades]

19. My mom is a cat hoarder

She lives in a trailer with 40 cats, not all of whom are litter box trained, and tens of thousands of fleas. Her house would make a meth lab seem refreshing.

[pitohui]

33. oh hon i wish i knew what to say, not my mom but i have several friends like this

i feel like every day i wake up and they're not arrested is a good day

sooner or later the wall is going to come crashing down and some fucktard pretending they think the admittedly bad smell is a meth lab is just plain malicious

these are good people, they have a brain disease, and i feel helpless to know what to do...
one of the ladies in question now has 80 cats!!

[Alcibiades]

56. Yep

The old lady in the trailer's not the courageous feminist divorcee who raised me back in the 1970's. I'd love to bring the kids around, but I cannot.

[Sabriel]

20. Does this mean I can use my cats' urine to make meth?

I might as well get some sort of return on them.

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Something smells...fishy: "...landlord enters home after 20 YEARS"?

[DBoon]

25. overripe fish also smell like ammonia

Next:

"Unkept Koi Pond Mistaken for Meth Lab"

[asjr]

24. There have been generations of cat lovers

in my family. We mostly name them after friends. But my last cat was a Siamese named Chang. His urine smelled pretty bad but the size of his turds was overwhelming. It could be that he ate until he weighed 33 pounds. Bless his heart, he was so sweet. We buried him under a favorite tree when he was 10 years old. I have not had a cat since.

[DainBramaged]

30. Awwwwwwwwww

:hug:

[Orrex]

26. They should continue the investigation

I suspect that the cats were running a meth lab in addition to stinking up the whole goddamned house.

[Warren DeMontague]

37. How do we know the cats weren't running a meth lab?

Hmmmmm?

[Orrex]

40. Some of DU's finest minds have pondered this very question

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8151625&mesg_id=8151842

[Warren DeMontague]

41. I should read the previous posts before opening my smart mouth, I guess.

Must be all the meth. :shrug:

[Orrex]

42. Just make sure that it's meth and not cat piss.

That's not a mistake you're likely to make twice, I'll bet!

[Warren DeMontague]

43. Oh, man. That stuff'll fuck your shit right up.

[mindwalker_i]

38. A litter box is a weapon of ass destruction (n/t)

[Maru Kitteh]

47. that's beautiful. n/t

[freeplessinseattle]

49. and the kitty a weapon of mouse destruction! n/t

[Mimosa]

39. Need to know: what's the best litter?

'World's Best' cat litter changed it's formula and got too fine. It leaves a flour-y residue over my kitteh's legs. We switched to some other brand but it's dusty and seems like finely ground up concrete.

Any recommendations would be highly appreciated. :D

[DainBramaged]

44. New Arm & Hammer Essentials, made from corn WONDERFUL

no dust, GREAT smell, virtually trackless, light

Keep your home naturally odor-free. This biodegradable litter, formulated with a proprietary blend of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda and natural corn fibers, absorbs more liquid and eliminates odors instantly. Natural clumping litter absorbs 2x the liquid of regular clay litters, and has a softer footing for cat’s comfort. *Contains Natural Corn Fibers



http://www.armandhammer.com/pet-care/cat-care/Products/arm-and-hammer-essentials-natural-clumping-litter.aspx

[freeplessinseattle]

50. wow, cool, thanks for the info! n/t

[Withywindle]

48. Get a dog.

You'll never need to scoop a cat turd out of the litterbox again. Just let the dog eat them all. It has the added benefit that when money is tight, you REALLY only need to feed the cat. :evilgrin:

[Vinca]

51. New motivation to clean the box everyday: avoiding a meth bust.

:rofl:

[rucky]

53. I wonder if anybody's tried to freebase used cat litter?

there's some potential here

[RonSunn]

54. People stop! I cant stop laughing

OMG this thread is funny! Have to be careful with my coffee at the PC !