I clean bathrooms a lot. Lately I just don't seem to be able to keep my mother's bathroom clean. Yesterday I gave it a good scrubbing and thought I had it clean. It smelled like vinegar -- not great, but better than urine. A few minutes after I cleaned, my mother used the bathroom and the smell was so strong it was like I hadn't cleaned in a week. It is a strong ammonia smell -- like you smell in a dirty bathroom in a gas station.
My mother has no detectable UTI. She is diabetic, but the sugar is controlled. Maybe she needs to drink more water? What I'm hoping is there is something I can add to her diet to improve the odor. Anyone have ideas about this?
When I think of ammonia, I think of breakdown of protein. That gets my imagination working. I am hoping that drinking more water will help dilute the smell. She might be avoiding drinking much because of the accidents. Hard to know what is going on.
Does she have liver failure? Is the urine very dark almost brown? is her skin yellow? check with her Dr anyway.
I see you are using vinegar to clean and keeping everything green. I am a great believer in a little bleach