kitty woes
Pro
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From: LaGrange Highlands IL
I have the same problem with cats. We have outdoor cats that we feed, that was the first mistake we made years ago. They like to jump on my suv now and then that's parked outside and they do scratch the clear coat. The Corvettes in the garage so that's not really a problem. As mentioned above, I would go to a pet store and ask them if they have some kind of spray for that problem.
Joe
Here's a link that might help.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4471883_keep-cats-off-car.html
Joe
Here's a link that might help.
http://www.ehow.com/how_4471883_keep-cats-off-car.html
Last edited by cal55; Apr 10, 2010 at 12:55 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Belmont Michigan
I keep my car in my outbuilding and that's where the cat lives. I didn't mind at first when she got on the cover, that is until she puked on it one night 
I am a builder, so I had some extras of these right in my outbuilding- I took some styrofoam venilation chutes (12"x48", that go between the roof trusses) and laid them on top of the cover, mostly around the edge. The cat never bothered again. It was a pain at first, but it only takes an extra minute, and I'm used to doing it now
I am a builder, so I had some extras of these right in my outbuilding- I took some styrofoam venilation chutes (12"x48", that go between the roof trusses) and laid them on top of the cover, mostly around the edge. The cat never bothered again. It was a pain at first, but it only takes an extra minute, and I'm used to doing it now
Last edited by MidShark; Apr 10, 2010 at 01:04 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
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Cruising
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thanks for all the "expert" advice!! ive never been a cat person but living in the country its a necessary evil!! at one point i gave the cat away and 5 mounths later my wife found him in the pound. so he came back home. i call him my bomerrang cat the harder i throw hi the faster he comes home. i wouldnt hurt him or have him put to sleep but he is trying at times. nothing like spending a afternoon detailing the car and waking up the next day to what looks like had a wwe match on my hood.
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From: El Paso Texas
i call him my bomerrang cat the harder i throw hi the faster he comes home. i wouldnt hurt him or have him put to sleep but he is trying at times. nothing like spending a afternoon detailing the car and waking up the next day to what looks like had a wwe match on my hood.
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From: Merritt Ils Fl
Instructor
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From: Sherman Oaks CA
One solution might be to put the cat bed on the car cover, just throw it up there and they will naturally get in the cat bed cause its warm?
I have also had positive results will keeping kittaah away with apple/citrus sprays, has to be pretty heavily applied tho.
On a positive note you could form a symbiotic relation ship with the troublesome kittaah and use him as a california duster sometimes
Just dont hurt em
I have also had positive results will keeping kittaah away with apple/citrus sprays, has to be pretty heavily applied tho.
On a positive note you could form a symbiotic relation ship with the troublesome kittaah and use him as a california duster sometimes
Just dont hurt em
Race Director
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From: Southside of Western Norte Americano State of Confusion, ColoFornia
St. Jude '13
If i might make a recommendation?? Declaw the lil bugger.. then he can roam around to his hearts content and not scratch anything.
Or there is always the experimental.. CAT-APULT......
just trying to help....
Or there is always the experimental.. CAT-APULT......
just trying to help....
Team Owner
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From: Rochester NY
St. Jude Donor '09 thru '26
You need to invent something which has a taste pleasant to the cat, yet which convinces it to stay away from the Vette. Design it so it can be manufactured as standard equipment on all Vettes. When you do you can call it the
(got it already?)
(you ain't gonna like this)
The Cat'll lick it converter!
(got it already?)
(you ain't gonna like this)
The Cat'll lick it converter!
Drifting
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From: Formerly from the Great White North but now residing in the Desert Southwest NM (The Land of Dis-Enchantment?)
You need to invent something which has a taste pleasant to the cat, yet which convinces it to stay away from the Vette. Design it so it can be manufactured as standard equipment on all Vettes. When you do you can call it the
(got it already?)
(you ain't gonna like this)
The Cat'll lick it converter!
(got it already?)
(you ain't gonna like this)
The Cat'll lick it converter!
You are sick....
Drifting
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From: Chewelah Wa
Our friggin' 3 cats climb on my car UNDER the cover, when I was dumb enough to park it in the carport. I now have to keep it in the garage with all of the doors closed. They love to climb on the Vette, disregarding the 4 other vehicles I have around here. I used to like cats....but no more kitttatas for me.
Drifting
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From: Argillite KY
I put Zaino on my car once and it was so slick that I saw a fly try to light on my hood. He threw little wings out, slid across the hood on his butt and bounced off the concrete floor when he hit. Should work for cats too.
