Cat Problem ???

[John White]

I have a cat problem. No, I am not going to throw water on them, or smack them with a broom. We have 5 cats (outside) that just adore us and live to just be petted, but here is my problem and I am sure some one has discussed it before but I just missed it. We park our car inside the garage ( where all the cats have a house and bed) but we can just wash the car and 30 minutes later it has cat prints all over it. The cats like to sleep on it because the engine is warm and sometimes on top of it so they can see outside. Then when they slide down the windshield they leave streaks of mud. I bought one of those animal alarms that was supposed to scare away dogs and cats and placed it on the car. That was money thrown down a rat hole. I really don't want to throw a tarp over it ever time we come in. Any suggestions.

 

[RobertBrown]

Stop washing the car.

 

[oosik]

So that's where all my cats went. I had many but the coyotes & hawks have taken them all. I know how you feel - as you are standing there admiring a freshly washed vehicle - they are over stomping their feet in a mud puddle wait for you to leave. I have a jet black Jeep. Prints on the hood & top and slide marks down the windshield. I've even seen cat fights on the hood and the resulting mud & marks everywhere.

All thing considered, IMHO, outside cats are a plus. In my case they dramatically reduce/eliminate the mouse/chipmunk problems. I need to get a couple replacement outside cats.

 

[mkr7734]

Our cat has all is claws but no reproductive equipment. He has his pick inside or outside, it is up to him. No cat box in our house so he goes to the door when he wants out. He spends most of the summer outside day and night and most of the winter inside unless he has business to take care of. And I to have a black truck that he seems he can't help but jump up on it for the heat from the engine or the view out the shed window. So far he has made it 9 years free of the coyotes & hawks. But you always wonder when his luck will run out. :confused3:

 

[TomSeller]

Make them wipe their feet when they come inside

 

[BHD]

get some goats, then the cats will not be a problem then, the cats may still get on the car, but you will not mind them any more,

 

[gghb]

and BHD that's a FACT>>>>>
goats will get on the hood and rip off the wipers the only good about goats is bbq goat.

ghb





































fact...

 

[jerrybob]

Tie a pit bull to your front bumper.......otherwise cats are going to continue to get on your car.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

If you love your cats, put up with it.

 

[r porter]

there are ways, just short of the goats.

my buddy got a new truck and the cats got a surprise when he built a frame and covered it with woven wire. it was hung about 3 inches over the hood ............and hooked to the electric fence.

but i also seriously doubt that the cats will jump on the wire if you hang it over the hood.

 

[MF283]

If you love your cats, put up with it.

That's about all you can do, used to have barn cats, heeler decided he didn't like cats, mice traps took there place.

Ronnie

 

[bcp]

I don't know your arrangement, but you might be able to do something like this so the cats can still shelter in the garage but are kept away from the cars.



Bruce

 

[TomSeller]

Goats in the garage....... Hhhmmm... What is wrong with this picture?

 

[fishheadbob]

When we had this problem a coat of good car wax solved it promptly.

 

[Looking4new]

I think you have two options open to you.....Either get rid of the cats or get rid of the car. As long as you have cats you will have kitty prints on the car. Get rid of the car and no more kitty prints on it.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I think you have two options open to you.....Either get rid of the cats or get rid of the car. As long as you have cats you will have kitty prints on the car. Get rid of the car and no more kitty prints on it.

Exactly. All cats love to walk around on smooth surfaces like glass, hoods, plastic seats etc. If I forget to turn up my seat on the B26 which is most of the time, my neighbors cat walks all over it and the hood. I cant say too much about the hood as it is mostly dirty all the time but I hate the muddy paw prints on my seat that I have to brush off before sitting.
I am a little bit like /pine when it comes to cats but not to the extreme that I would start shooting them on sight. Maybe they are doing something about rats as I haven't seen any around my shop where the cat hangs out at night but I do have some invading my garage when I store an extra sack of dry dog food. This seems to happen about twice a year till I glue trap the buggers out then nothing for months. The sneaky little rascals like to run inside when the door is opened also and then steal food from the dogs tray and hide it behind the refrigerator. Still not worth it to me to have a cat though as the glue traps eventually get them.

 

[Mendonsy]

Young cats prefer to be in high places looking down on things. If you make them a comfortable place up high that they can "nest" they will leave your car alone. As the cats get older they are less energetic, but still prefer high places, mostly not on a cold floor.

 

[jimmyj]

Your only option is to put a cover over the car when it's parked. They'll still walk on the cover, but at least you won't have the paw prints. You can actually by a device at a pet store that is a motion activated compressed air canister. It's called SSScat I think. But you'd have to put a whole lot of them all over the car. Maybe, if you were lucky one SSScat would just make them hate the car and stay away from it.

 

[k0ua]

Young cats prefer to be in high places looking down on things. If you make them a comfortable place up high that they can "nest" they will leave your car alone. As the cats get older they are less energetic, but still prefer high places, mostly not on a cold floor.

This is a good answer. As long as they have a easily reached and comfortable shelf "high up" They will pretty much stay off of the vehicles. They want high up for several reasons, but the biggest, is they feel more comfortable resting up away from predators. They have no problem "slobbing out" on your living room floor, but they feel very safe there. They probably feel less safe in the garage, because you are not in it with them, and you are just one of the "big cats" in their little pride of lions. Young cats are a little less predictable (as are young people ). But for the most part, they want to feel safe and they want to see out, for anything that might be coming to attack them.

 

[xrsrfn]

Our cat discovered our kitchen counter top was a neeat place to lay on above the dogs until the smart one said **** no! She pulled a bunch of the sticky pads off of a lint roller and put them all over the counter. Cat hated the pads gettng stuck to her feet only took a few days cat will not even think of jumping on it now. I didnt thinkmit wouldmwork butnit was afunny sight for a few days:laughing: