Cat on a hot canvas roof

[Quixotic]

'Ahhh, bless. Look at the little kitty sitting on your car roof' says the animal lovin' g/f [and not in that way before you ask!].

'Ahh, bless my arse' says I reaching for the 12 bore.

Damned cats, especially white ones, seem attracted like iron filings to a magnet to my car roof. As soon as I pull in to the driveway I can see the little devils arranged along the garden fence eyeing the roof up. Sadly, shooting the b*stards wouldn't be the politicaly correct thing to do as most of them belong to the neighbours.

I have a full cover but it's a faff having to wait for the exhust to cool before I put it on especially if I'm in and out during the day. I could pick up a shower cap but having just spent 880 quid on new disks / breaks / headlight covers I'm disinclined to fork out more.

I've thought about using some anti-cat spray on the roof but does anyone know if it will damage the canvas / waterproofing???? Short of napalm [which might damage the beast a touch] has anyone else got any anti-cat ideas?

[onedsla]

Tell me about it - the fur seems impossible to remove too

[S Works]

Quixotic said:

Short of napalm [which might damage the beast a touch] has anyone else got any anti-cat ideas?

Does ammonia tarnish canvas?

The little b'st'rds hang around mine like heat-whores too - you can pretty much guarantee that it'll have little pitty-pat foot marks all over it within 5 minutes of completing a good spit 'n polish (and taken it out for a run), especially during the colder months.

Parasitical little nazi's... my personal preference is scaring the bejeesus out of them when they get within 20 feet. Seems to have done the trick of late.

Now the local birds have taken up the mantle though and are using it for target practise... either that or the gimp that left a rude note on it (..."do you want your car to be damaged...") when I parked opposite his garage (with enough room between the car and the garage to 3-point-turn a battleship) has trained his budgie to sh't at will on all Black & Gold Elises in the area. /

[Quixotic]

Does anyone know if it's possible to trip / test the alarm using the key fob? That'd scare the living sh*t out of the little furballs.

Short of that, I may have to break out the clippers and take up a favoutite passtime...Shaving pussy!

[rfoster]

I reckon the easiest way to get rid of the hairs is with one of those fuzz remover rollers you can buy to rub over your clothes (basically a roll of sellotape with the sticky side on the outside.) You can probably get them in Robert Dyas or similar
Try it on the roof. Then try it on the cat!

[Lenny Nero]

You can stop cats from sitting on your roof.

Just sprinkle pepper onto the roof. Cats can't stand pepper, It makes them sneeze like mad so they wont stay on it for long !!!

[MILF]

Easy. Dog. Big dog. Bigger the dog the better. Its merely natural selection and the Darwinian thereum.

[Gfun]

Just got myself the ultimate in cat deterrent a ultrasonic emitter with PID you point it at the place you don’t need cats and if one walks by they get zapped with ultrasonic sound - Mrs cant hear it but to me it sounds like a very high pitched dentists drill a vile noise if you are near when it goes off

£30 squid from B&Q with a 9v battey needed or power supply.

So far it’s had - Ginger Tom, Grey Puff ball, Pie balled scraggy, Tortoise crapper and the Black bruiser.

They wander up trigger it and scarper with a yowl!

Excellent fun fully recommend