How To Clean Cat Urine & Remove Cat Urine Odor ... Once your cat finds a place to urinate it is drawn by the smell of its own urine back to that same spot time and again... Cats like the smell of their own urine, they have marked their territory and they’re happy with that... To stop your cat urinating in the same place you need to remove the smell of cat urine completely, not mask or hide the smell, as it will just come back and so will your cat...