How Does Pet Enzyme Treatment Work
How does pet enzyme treatment work?
You’ve probably heard a lot about good bacteria in your gut that helps to digest your food. Then there are the helpful bacteria that are produced in fermented foods such as yogurt, sauerkraut, even beer. If you are doing laundry, then you’ve heard of enzymatic cleaners that help to break down organic stains from blood, grass, and wine. Bacteria and enzymes work together.
But how does that relate to treating pet urine?
When we use a pet enzymatic cleaner, we are using a liquid that contains large amounts of bacteria. When the bacteria are put into an environment where they sense food they begin to react. In this case, the pet urine is the food.
The bacteria can’t process the contamination (urine) into food by themselves, so they produce the enzymes to break the urine down into a form that the bacteria can metabolize. Once this process is complete the bacteria reproduces and in turn creates more enzymes to break down even more of the urine to consume. This cycle continues until either there is no contamination left or the environment becomes inhospitable to the bacteria.
The process can take quite some time. After all, bacteria are microscopic eaters. Even though we spray the cleaner and allow some time for it to dry, the bacteria will continue to work until they’ve consumed all the contamination possible. Don’t worry, though. We always do a complete carpet and pad replacement over the sprayed subfloor. While the treatment might still be working underneath the carpet, you can rest assured that you have fresh, uncontaminated pad and carpet!
Using enzymes to treat pet urine is completely safe and natural. It’s Mother Nature at work!