Intruder in my garage.

[hood]

I have just been into my garage, basically just to check on my Chim as i haven't been in it for nearly a week
when i got in there the roof was covered (and i mean COVERED)in hair, cat's, dog's, foxes or whatever but it was ALL over the roof i had to get the hoover out to hoover the roof.
I gave the car a quick wipeover (will wash and polish tommorrow) ready for Sunday (as there was paw prints over the bodywork) have now put my car cover over it aswell.

[njw 77]

Place some orange peel on the car. Keeps them damn puddy cats away

[hood]

njw 77 said:

Place some orange peel on the car. Keeps them damn puddy cats away

sounds like you've had the same problem

but it sounds like some kind of witchcraft ritual

[hood]

los angeles said:

Cat burglar.

didn't see any signs of forced entry.

[Platinum]

njw 77 said:

Place some orange peel on the car. Keeps them damn puddy cats away

They don't like it do they.

[grahamw48]

I always keep the car covered - inside or out.
It's amazing how much crap can come floating down, even inside the garage.
Saves accidental scratching too.

[RUSSELLM]

Leave the engine running & pretend it was suicide

[groucho]

A pigeon must have seaked in the garage once while I was out. The next time I went in there was feathers and sh*t everywhere - no sign of the pigeon though. Perhaps it was a new species - the Houdini pigeon.

[Toffer]

hood said:

los angeles said: Cat burglar. didn't see any signs of forced entry.

...on the cat? That's wrong!

[rev-erend]

Do you want to borrow my dog - you can replace the cat fur with dog fur

[hood]

rev-erend said:

Do you want to borrow my dog - you can replace the cat fur with dog fur

Only depends on what dog it is.........i love Boxers so could have the slobber aswell

[pigeondave]

groucho said:

.....no sign of the pigeon though. Perhaps it was a new species - the Houdini pigeon.

there is a family of pigeons known as the Houdini line. it kept getting out of the loft. it did win some big races though.

sorry geek fact

[yellow peril]

pigeondave said:

there is a family of pigeons known as the Houdini line. it kept getting out of the loft.

How did it do that without all the others going with it?

YP

[rev-erend]

hood said:

rev-erend said: Do you want to borrow my dog - you can replace the cat fur with dog fur Only depends on what dog it is.........i love Boxers so could have the slobber aswell

Siberian Husky - nice white fur.. loads of it

[pigeondave]

yellow peril said:

pigeondave said: there is a family of pigeons known as the Houdini line. it kept getting out of the loft. How did it do that without all the others going with it? YP

no one is quite sure. hence the name Houdini.
every year i have one that gets out if the sputnik trap.
when they land they drop through a hole in to the (pigeon)loft. the hole is at an angle and height that they cant get back out, but one always manages to figure out a way.

[zumbruk]

Beware of mice, also. If you take your P&J off the road for the winter, they regard it as a nice comfy safe place to live. In my case, I had to vacuum about 10lbs of bird seed (stored in the same garage) out of the engine compartment of my Cossie which the mice had stashed away for a rainy day. Now I place a mouse trap by each wheel.

[wedg1e]

zumbruk said:

Beware of mice, also. If you take your P&J off the road for the winter, they regard it as a nice comfy safe place to live. In my case, I had to vacuum about 10lbs of bird seed (stored in the same garage) out of the engine compartment of my Cossie which the mice had stashed away for a rainy day. Now I place a mouse trap by each wheel.

Yeah, I've been spotting mice the last couple of weeks. Might have to get some traps on the quiet (Julie's not keen, bloody hard luck )... but as we live next to a field, could be an uphill battle.

[tvr keith]

I used to work in pest control and several times heard of mice nesting in the engine cpmpartment of cars parked in garages, resulting in ruined wiring looms(they need to gnaw constantly).
If you can get a pencil under a door a mouse can also get through. Fit bristle type draght excluder to the base.
The rubber seal type will not work, they don't like the bristles on their whiskers.
Fill any other hole with cement, checking once it's dry that they didn't go through it before it went hard.
Traps are usually not very effective.
Get some poison from an animal food place (cheaper than DIY shop), and place around wall/floor junctions. A single garage would need about 8 of these, small quantities, about a tablespoon full. Check and top up every 3/4 days until activity stops. If any risk of children or non target animals have access get some bits of plastic gutter downpipe about 1' long and put bait inside a small freezer bag. The mice will chew through it.
Once they have a lethal dose which is accomplished after several feeds, the simply die in their sleep, take 3/4 day from ingesting lethal dose.
A mouse has a litter of between 4-16 young, females are sexually mature after 7/8 weeks, the gestation period is 3 weeks.
Now you don't want that lot anywhere near you P&J do you?
Hope this advice is usefull to someone
Keith

[v41ley]

tvr keith said:

Once they have a lethal dose which is accomplished after several feeds, the simply die in their sleep, take 3/4 day from ingesting lethal dose.

Nothing beats my 'Little Nipper' mousetrap. Old fashioned but effective.
1 second from instant death. Much more rewarding when you have the body.
Keeps my jackdaws well fed !

[Mustang Baz]

njw 77 said:

Place some orange peel on the car. Keeps them damn puddy cats away

Nick - does this really work? I keep my Tuscan outside, but a bloody cat appears to have ripped parts of my £300 cover and crapped on the car! Not sure what to do as it reappears every night