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Please, watch out for suggesting something's "pet-safe" when it's just "dog-safe"! Cats (unlike most animals) are deficient in hepatic glucuronidation, meaning roughly that they can't eliminate plant hydrocarbons (like those inhaled from essential oils) efficiently. The toxic metabolites of these can build up and have negative effects on your cat's lifespan. Please, re-nest, be careful about pet advice! There's a lot of bad advice out there about cats oils, and you can harm your reader's precious pets by continuing it! Already this is on Lifehacker and spreading further. (Also, even for dogs, I'd be careful with the oils. For the "carpet mister" idea, note that oil doesn't dilute in water, and that a tiny droplet of full-strength oil can and will do damage to your pup if it gets in contact with eyes or skin.) Apartment Therapy Re-Nest \| Make Your Own All-Natural Carpet Refresher Flag this comment	3/29/09 7:01 PM
Just a note to be careful: cats and essential oils may not be a good combination. From www.thelavendercat.com: "Cats are known to be deficient in their ability to eliminate compounds through hepatic glucuronidation (they lack enzyme glucuronyl tranferases). Glucuronidation is an important detoxification mechanism present in most animals except cats. Lack of this important detoxification mechanism in cats may result in slower elimination and thus build up of the toxic metabolites in the body causing toxicity problems. Most people are aware of warnings that focus on the topical and oral administration of essential oils, but they are generally unaware that inhalation of essential oils can also be unsafe for your cat. Oils can affect a cat by absorption and inhalation just like for humans, and precautions should be used when repeatedly diffusing essential oils, since the development of liver damage can be a slow process without any visible symptoms." Apartment Therapy Unplugged \| Re(al)view: Germ Guardian's UV-C Pluggable Air Sanitizer Flag this comment	11/14/08 8:15 PM
Agreed, the results are only slightly better than a dartboard. (And some of the neighborhoods I've honestly never heard of.) It's just a real estate ad dressed up to get blog hits. I don't think you're directed to the "best matches" so much as the ones that have lots of properties that realtors need to get rid of. For most NYC neighborhoods, you don't get their Pittsburgh equivalents by a long shot, but mostly neighborhoods where people aren't clamoring to live. Apartment Therapy Unplugged \| Homethinking Finds You A Familiar Neighborhood In a New City Flag this comment	10/29/08 9:41 PM