Cats. Grrrrrr!

[ybt1982]

Hiya folks

So, it seems that although they can walk all over your car - leaving nice paw prints and scratches all over the paintwork - they can piss on your car cover and they can fill your shed with st, you are apparently still not allowed to kill cats.

So now knowing this fact, does anybody have any advice on how I can keep them away from my garage? Even better would be away from my house al together.

Nick

[ybt1982]

Mobile Chicane said:

Get your own. A real bruiser of a rescue Tom that will send the neighbourhood cats packing.

Not a chance, hateful creatures. Why have a pet that doesn't need you? I'll stick to dogs, once I get another place with a garden

sherman said:

Next time you see the offending animal thrown the contents of the bucket at it and you should not see it again.

You dont even need to hit it with the water just as long as you get the water close.

louiebaby said:

Perhaps this:

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Be good if I had ever seen it or knew when it was about.

Papa Hotel said:

You're not allowed to kill cats, it's true. However, cats go missing all the time. They're never truly tame, they go off for weeks at a time. Sometimes, they don't come back at all...

You should spread a lot of slug pellets around, you probably have slugs. And cats love to hunt slugs.

Best suggestion yet

skinley said:

Cats do not scratch car paintwork.

Oh dear, we seem to have a cat lover in the room....

syko89 said:

Chuck it in the wheelie bin.

Don't think the Chimp will fit in the bin

[ybt1982]

Just want to clear something up, I DO NOT want to kill cats

I like animals and would not hurt any of them, well, maybe Spiders, but they scare the crap out of me

I am just very annoyed at all of the footprints on my car, piss all over the car cover and st filled shed. I suppose it could be foxes but I have never seen any around here, whereas I see a lot of cats in and around the estate.

It was a serious question, are there any plug in repelants that work or something that doesn't involve me catching them (in the garage, not catching them in order to dispose of them)?

[ybt1982]

Zwolf said:

You could try shutting the garage door with the car inside it.

How do they manage to piss on your car cover AND scratch your paintwork?

Unless the car cover is simply in a pile on the floor next to the car.

Is the job of a car cover not to get damaged in order to protect that same damage occurring to what it is covering?

Or are the cats removing the cover too?

Don't have a garage door, I live in a coach house and neither of my garages have them

I am in the lucky position to have 2 cars, but only 1 car cover.

I would like to admit though, I left the car cover on the garage floor (folded in a corner) and also upon closer inspection there are no scratches from the claws. My own stupid fault for not storing the cover properly I suppose, but it doesn't stop it being very annoying.

[ybt1982]

biggun said:

I know my post may have seemed a little over the top but I really have had enough of complete idiots harming animals.
I just can't understand why anybody would be cruel or want to cause hurt.
Ok animals may cause a mess or whatever but they are animals...they do what they want because they act on instinct.
Humans (well, most of us...) are blessed with sufficient intelligence to be able to understand the consequences of our behaviour and actions and thus we are accountable. Animals can't be held responsible (although clearly if an animal becomes a menace and endangers people or other animals then it has to be dealt with)

By all means find a non-harmful way to discourage animals from scratching etc but don't hurt/kill them.

Just thought I would re-post this from yesterday:

ybt1982 said:

Just want to clear something up, I DO NOT want to kill cats

I like animals and would not hurt any of them, well, maybe Spiders, but they scare the crap out of me

I am just very annoyed at all of the footprints on my car, piss all over the car cover and st filled shed. I suppose it could be foxes but I have never seen any around here, whereas I see a lot of cats in and around the estate.

It was a serious question, are there any plug in repelants that work or something that doesn't involve me catching them (in the garage, not catching them in order to dispose of them)?

Just so we are clear