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Thats a good solution Sherwood.

onefastmoke wrote: wrote:

I normally get the trail of muddy footprints up the centre of the bonnet, followed by the pile of fur on the roof where he's slept off his epic climb up the bonnet, then he exits via the bootlid leaving more prints
options are limited as he belongs to us

That's exactly the same route my cat takes if he gets himself stuck in the garage with the car!


Water guns/plant sprayers work if you catch the cat at it in action a few times, but a hood cover would stop the fur problem.

Short term solution to the fur is to put a rubber glove on and wipe the hood - you'd be amazed at how easy it removes the fur (Also helps removes loose fur from the cat if you stroke it while wearing a rubber glove )

problem i have is that every time the cat gets on it and i see it ... it shoots off as soon as the window or door opens, so can never catch the bloody thing

Whilst not condoning animal cruelty, David's solutions would seem to be the most effective.

Time for a new pet, me thinks.



Alternatively you could try to stop the cats from lying on the hood of your car with recycled coffee grounds. If you are a coffee drinker you will find this is a cheap and useful method for repelling cats. In order to use the coffee ground effectively you would first allow the spent grounds to dry on a paper towel. When they are dry put them in an air tight container. Save the spent coffee grounds from every pot of coffee that you prepare. Create a barrier around your car by encircling it with the coffee grounds. This is a natural cat repellent that works. Reapply the coffee grounds daily to keep the scent potent.

When my kids were young we had a cat called Edward. He would jump on the work top and drink hot coffee from your cup when you weren't looking. And he'd eat coffee grounds out of the machine. Living in our chaotic household full of 5 young kids at the time he was probably Deeply Disturbed. So I'm not convinced that cats hate coffee.

Note: Edward was an abandoned kitten that we were given from an allotment holder: found in his shed.
His eyes were still shut and mean an' hard ole grumpy John sat up every night to feed him milk from an eye dropper. He used to sit on my shoe to travel around the house when a kitten. A real character. He lived to be 17. I used to come out of work at the power station 6 miles from home and find him sitting on the bonnet of the car, waiting for a lift home with me. The kids thought he should have a full name like them so he became
Edward D. Catt. Memories.

Sorry for rambling.

As a cat owner myself I can offer you an elegantly simple solution ....... cats will ALWAYS select the optimum seating position in any given environment .....


















Put an open cardboard box near your car ( preferably where it gets maximum sunlight ) and I'll guarantee the cat will choose to sit there above anywhere else.

mogatrons wrote: wrote:

As a cat owner myself I can offer you an elegantly simple solution ....... cats will ALWAYS select the optimum seating position in any given environment .....

Put an open cardboard box near your car ( preferably where it gets maximum sunlight ) and I'll guarantee the cat will choose to sit there above anywhere else.

that is so true

here's our cat Simba in a cat trap, he weighs well over a stone and sat in the smallest possible box

Must mention the cat trap to my mechanic, every time the car has been there it has a cat hair roof.

Would not mind so much but the wife is allergic to cats (hence why we have ferrets! They solve cat AND spider issues)

David Aiketgate wrote: wrote:

KITTY JIHAD!

onefastmoke wrote: wrote:

here's our cat Simba in a cat trap, he weighs well over a stone and sat in the smallest possible box

Some packing tape and a stamp and your problem is solved.