Question.........

Goose

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• Jan 25, 2011

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Does anyone know a good way to keep cats off of a car, particularly inside a garage?

We have two cats with access to our garage, and they've figured out that when I park my car in the garage the hood is warm. They then wind up doing a war dance on it with muddy feet.

And in doing insurance inspections, I need to maintain certain appearances such as a respectable looking, reasonably clean car.

 

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spanky

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Close the door so they can't get in is about the only way.

 

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Allan in NE

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Yep,

Get the cats out of your garage.

Allan

 

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Detmurds

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

It might not keep them off, but you could put little buffer pads on their paws?

But really,....put a cover on the car(s). Or omit the cats from the garage.

 

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DeltaRed

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Goes with the territory,if ya got cats,ya got footprints.be glad the dog doesnt !

 

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Lurch.

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Electric fencer and dangle wires. AND people say you can't train cats!!

 

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Unruh

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Provide a better, more comfortable, warmer place for them to rest. Who wants to sleep on a car hood when you can sleep in a nice, warm, soft bed with an electric blanket?

 

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supergrumpy

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

friend had cat that liked to crawl into warm engine compartment

cat is now past tense along with lots of engine disruption

 

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armand tatro

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Build a cats only mud room with in the floor heat away from cars. Armand

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

We always found that BB guns were helpful as well, especially when properly aimed at Tom cats. (he quit urinating in the bushes by the front porch after that)

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

A long time ago on a cold winters' morn' wife and I fired up our 1978 Olds 88 403 V8 and it had a solid knock. I said "Listen dear, our automobile has thrown a rod." Actually, I cannot post what I really said. I reved it a little the knock got worse and then suddenly disappeared. I didn't know a cat could run that fast!:^)

 

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Mike (WA)

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Makes sense, about the warm bed vs. car hood. Which is exactly why IT WON'T WORK! We're talking about cats, here, not reasoning beings.

Back when I cared about such things, I thought about suspending a car cover on ropes with pulleys above the car- pull the rope to lift, then lower it onto the car when you come home at night.

 

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Bill in IL

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

I have had some luck training cats using the air hose to chase them away. I am just trying to keep them out of the garage but you have to catch them in the act.

Don"t you really hate it when they slide down the windshield with muddy paws?

I had a couple of kittens make it 20 miles to the dealer garage alive.

 

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jwmfarms

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

I knew a fellow that used to have a "bench leg" beagle that slept on the roof of his Cadillac! Funny sight to see. Of course there wasn"t much paint left on the hood, and the vinyl roof had lots of scratches too.

 

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Two Dogs

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

That way you'd have claw marks instead of muddy tracks. TDF

 

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old

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Location

Camdenton Missouri

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Simple buy a car cover and put it on when parked. No paw prints but a pain in the back sides. I have cats that do that and I do not have a garage

 

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C.R.

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

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sprinkel hot pepper flakes on the hood that might help

 

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rrlund

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• Jan 25, 2011

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I've gotta laugh. Not at you,but this reminds me of a call that they got on Car Talk one time. Some guy called and wanted to know how to keep his goats off of his girlfriends car when she was visiting him. Wanted to know if it would hurt anything if he hooked an electric fencer up directly to the car so if they walked up and touched it before they jumped up,it would shock them. He was concerned about hurting the electronics in the car.
Oh boy that was a funny call. They finally told him to just put an electric fence AROUND the car.

 

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PJH

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Yeah - you don't want them to spin their wheels. . .

 

glennster

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

get some wood victor mouse traps. set them and put em scattered on the hood, roof and deck lid. then cover the traps with a single sheet of newspaper. the cat will set the traps off, scare the heck out of it, and it will not go back up there. works good to keep em off countertops too.

 

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James Howell

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Park your tractor either in or near the garage.

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Hope this helps.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 25, 2011

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We had a bench beagle one time. It acted just like Snoopy and could outclimb most cats.

 

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PJH

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• Jan 25, 2011

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I had a cat that liked to crawl into the radiator shroud of my Chevy truck after I came home from work. One evening after supper I needed to move it and he got in the fan. I knew what it was and figgered I'd drive it over to the shop in case he'd jumped the belt off. When I got out in the driveway, he jumped into the fan again (I figgered the first time had killed him) and there was hair floating in the headlights like snow. It shaved that cat on his left side all the way from his hip to where his ear used to be, and still didn't kill him.

He stayed away from my truck after that.

Paul

 

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Ray

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Get a car cover!!!

 

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ChrisinMO

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• Jan 25, 2011

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An interesting air cleaner you've got there, James.

Christopher

 

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James Howell

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• Jan 25, 2011

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That's a recycled flexible cotton filter ( old sock ) used for dirt/mud dauber and red wasp control.

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Have one installed on all the A's and B's.

 

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Nebraska Cowman

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• Jan 25, 2011

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They do be up high where they can see around, a heated bed bench top height might work. Myself I'd shut the cats outside. But then, it's not myself so I don't suppose that's an option. And then you might even cover the car with some soaking wet rugs or something for a nite or two. I'm thinking they'd like the bed better.

 

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NIK O.

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• Jan 25, 2011

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SIR, WHERE WE ARE, IT IS PROTECTION FROM DOGS/COYOTES. OURS EVEN USE ROOF TO JUMP UP ON TAIL OF ULTRALITE PLANE, WHICH RUDDER TOUCHES ROOF. BE BLESSED & BE THANKFUL, NIK

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

get a gun and shoot the damn things

 

MarkB_MI

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Location

Motown USA

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Plug in one of these heated pads in your garage and your cats will never go close to your car. You'll think they're glued to the pad.
Heated pad

 

MarkB_MI

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Location

Motown USA

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Justin, I think he prefers footprints to bullet holes.

 

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bingo

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Lay some rubber snakes on your hood and top.

 

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Gilbert in IL.

Member

• Jan 25, 2011

• #1

Sprinkle some liquid bleach(cheap) all around your garage...the cats don`t like the smell. Don`t get it on the paint or clothes....sure worked here!!!

 

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tractorhead

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• Jan 26, 2011

• #1

Cat claws will go right through a car cover!!