cat on my hood!

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thesacrifice

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Discovered today that a cat was on my hood!!! Dirty little footprints all over. Pisses me off... I haven't been a wash nazi this long to have a cat screw up my paint.



Anyhow, my car sleeps under a carport. Are there any car safe chemicals or other products that works to deter those little bastards?
 
oh i wish i knew . . . . i cant keep the cat of of our three cars . . . whatever you do dont buy a cover!!! my kitty wont use her claws (which i trim anyway) on the car hood, so she basically just moves surface dust around which swirils the paint, and they come out very easily. . . i have learned to just live with it . . but with a cover she clawed it. Every cat is different, some dont even go on cars, but mine does, and I wish I had another way short of my paintball gun, which i just dont have the heart to do . . :furious:
 
I've suggested this to someone else before, might work for you: fill up a super soaker with ice cold water, and if you ever see a cat on top (or coming near) your car, squirt them well. Eventually they should be trained to stay away from your car (I think? I don't own a cat, but it is an animal after all, so).



And obviously cold water won't hurt them
 
with winter coming and all, and when i get home driving...i notice the next day the little paw prints as cats like to lay on the hood for the warmth it provides...
 
JUST GO TO THE WINDOW . . AND WAIT . . . . (beer usually helps) Give that kitty a super soaker filled with quick detailer . . . kill 2 birds with one stone.
 
I just keep up the wax job on my car and the cats don't/can't stay long on my car. It actually kinda funny seeing then slip off. No, actually REAL funny.
 
themightytimmah said:
If that doesn't work, Gamo makes some great air rifles that are pushing 1000fps with a .177 cal pellet, and not usually illegal to shoot in town.
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Yeah, that's a great idea, especially the part about missing about half of the rounds into the paint which does more harm than good.
 
nailzer said:
I just keep up the wax job on my car and the cats don't/can't stay long on my car. It actually kinda funny seeing then slip off. No, actually REAL funny.
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As soon as they start sliding, out come the claws. It would be better to try and keep them off to begin with.
 
I've been told that cats don't like citrus. Maybe spraying an orange cleaner or lemon water under the car would keep it away.



Also, it seems like a lot of work, but it is better than getting pissed about a scratched hood. Possibly giving the cat (a stray I am guessing) another nearby heat source to keep warm would keep it off your hood. If he's been on the hood, there is a decent chance that he's climbed up into the engine compartment to do the same. I'd recomment knocking on the fender before starting up in the morning. Dead animals stink up everything and are disgusting to remove. Besides, it is just trying to stay warm.
 
jp2175 said:
I've been told that cats don't like citrus. Maybe spraying an orange cleaner or lemon water under the car would keep it away.



Also, it seems like a lot of work, but it is better than getting pissed about a scratched hood. Possibly giving the cat (a stray I am guessing) another nearby heat source to keep warm would keep it off your hood. If he's been on the hood, there is a decent chance that he's climbed up into the engine compartment to do the same. I'd recomment knocking on the fender before starting up in the morning. Dead animals stink up everything and are disgusting to remove. Besides, it is just trying to stay warm.
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yea really, the little guy is just trying to stay warm. He has no clue hes doing harm to the car..
 
jp2175 said:
I've been told that cats don't like citrus. Maybe spraying an orange cleaner or lemon water under the car would keep it away.
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Yea, orange peels are great for this. Only downside is you'd have to use quite a bit of them.
 
My advice is to layer up. I live next door to the cat lady ( a good person, just very tenderhearted to kitties.) and had to store my wife's fully restored 67 Mustang (aka the Garage Queen) in our carport for a while. I used three old blankets on the car with a cheap (Walmart) car cover on top of that. The cats were comfy and the car was protected. Or you could use the cheap cover over a high quality cover.
 
Before you try Krodad's suggestion (and I'm sure you wouldn't) you might wonder what does the Tylenol do to the cat? Tylenol causes the hemoglobin in the blood to convert to methemoglobin, which can not carry oxygen. The cat's tongue and mucous membranes will turn chocolate brown and it will gasp for the oxygen that it's blood can not carry. If the cat does not die slowly and painfully from lack of oxygen, then the next day the liver becomes necrotic (rotten) and the cat slowly succumbs to liver failure over a period of 2 to 3 days. You can live trap the cat (some animal control agencies provide the traps as loaners) and let animal control handle the problem or follow any of the other non-lethal suggestions. Just step away from the Tylenol. :p
 
This topic comes up several times a year, and always ends up with the same result: decent suggestions of how to deter animals from your vehicle mixed with "internet tough guy" suggestions of cruelty.



Any more posts advocating cruelty to animals will be met with a three-day timeout. Any posts or PMs whining about how I'm a pansy animal-lover will be met with my ban stick.



Thanks,

Tort

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