Keeping cat off car hood

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I park in an underground garage in an apartment complex. It's gated, but the gate itself is a bunch of bars. There's a cat that has been sleeping in the garage for over a year. There are over thirty other cars in the garage, yet I keep finding the damn cat on my car hood. Every single morning (and even in the afternoons) when I go to drive out, I have to spray and wipe the hood of the cat stains. I neglected to do this last year, and the cat already left permanent etching onto the clear coat. Any suggestions to get this critter off my car? It must enjoy the smooth, clean, waxed surface. But it is unacceptable for it to leave sweat smears on my car.
 
trap it and take it to the pound. I bet your local shelter or animal control will have a trap they will loan you for free.
 
At least you have someone that loves your car as much as you but
he needs to be free not in a pound or shelter think of it like this would you wanna be traped/in jail but only thing I can suggest is putting a car cover
 
How can your board allow over 30 cats in the parking garage?
 
car cover.. yeah I have a neighbor that had nothing else to do so he would call animal control daily on cats. He also had traps loaned to him by anuimal control.. they got sick of it and quit letting him use them.

Enclosed garage or cover is the only way.

If it's not a cat (there are hundreds of strays BTW) it will be a bird, mouse, rat, squirrel, raccoon, etc. that could cause harm to your car.
 
^^^30 other cars, LOL! Yes, I agree with Coopers. Trap it and take it to the local animal shelter. Feral cats are bad for the environment as well as the surface of your car!
 
Any recourse with Property Mngmt? Allowing them to keep breeding and growing in numbers is inhumane. I volunteer at a shelter and they have over 500 cats looking for homes.
People can be irresponsible. In my sig. pic the sheltie was brought home my first day at the shelter.
 
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Depending on your location, cats typically look for places to keep warm and to keep them safe so this "may" be a seasonal thing. My suggestion is to simply cover the front of your car with an appropriate cloth or cover. Possibly a padded tablecloth cover that's soft on one side and waterproof on the other...
 
I don't think my property manager will do anything (prior experience with other issues). And I've seen this cat run outside before, so not sure how animal control will deal with that. It was meowing at me as I tried to gently shoo it off the car without it burying its claws into the paint. I think covering just the hood with something will do the trick.
 
BobbyG said:
:welcome: To Autogeek Online....

Depending on your location, cats typically look for places to keep warm and to keep them safe so this "may" be a seasonal thing. My suggestion is to simply cover the front of your car with an appropriate cloth or cover. Possibly a padded tablecloth cover that's soft on one side and waterproof on the other...
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Thanks. Haha, I've dealt with this thing for at least two years already. Plus there's a ton of other cars it can sleep on. Any recommendations where I would be able to find these tablecloths?
 
I got this from ask.com

Sprinkle cayenne pepper around the car. It has been known to keep cats away, and you don't even need to sprinkle it on the car, though that might be even more effective. After a few days, the cats should leave and not come back. If they return, try again or move on to another possible remedy.

Set up an ultrasound pet alarm. An alarm, set off by a motion detector, scares off cats. It costs about $30 and is very easy to set up, even on the roof of a car.

Try a CatStop. This product works for up to about 20 feet by emitting a high-pitched sound that humans can't hear. It runs on batteries or electricity.

Use a ScatMat, which scares the animals off, teaching them not to go on your car. However, instead of an alarm, it uses static to alarm the cats. Depending on the size of the mat you buy, the ScatMat can cost anywhere from $20 to $420. After the cat learns to stay away, you can put it away until you need it again.
 
xilex said:
Thanks. Haha, I've dealt with this thing for at least two years already. Plus there's a ton of other cars it can sleep on. Any recommendations where I would be able to find these tablecloths?
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Sure! Places like WalMart or Target will have these. If you want to be doubly sure the cat's claws won't scratch grab one of those polar fleece blankets and lay it down first then the plastic tablecloth over it. :props:
 
Your best bet is going to be to catch it and turn it into the pound. Nothing pisses me off more than cats getting their dirty paws all over my car.

A month ago I found scratches on my fender from where a cat jumped up on it and must've slipped and dug its claws into the paint. It had to have been a cat because they were spaced about 4 inches apart.
 
Put a dab of Coyote urine on a cotton ball and put it under you wiper
 
Put a little cat food on the cars of the kitty cat supporters.
I have a few other ideals but this is a family forum,,

@ allenk4,, a dab of Coyote urine on a cotton ball ?
Hey that might work?

Maybe AG needs to start offering Coyote urine.
Top shelf PBL pure urine not some cheap watered down wizz.

On second thought a cat on the hood is better then a pack of yotes ?


Bob ;)
 
Rsurfer you beat me to the punch ;)

Dang Bob! and I was afraid to post my other ideals because it's a family forum.
The cat vid still has me laughing out loud,, :xyxthumbs:
 
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