Literally, a cat problem...

Lately a cat has decided that the perfect sleeping spot is the roof of my car.

I've tried different parking spots. Leaving the car outdoors in the open garage, and nothing works.

Is there a cat repellent that is safe to use on the car? I swear that if I figured out which cat is doing this, I'd ship it to my worst enemy.

 

You can get a proximity alarm like this one:




And put it on top of your car but you can also just get a car cover and figure the cat keeps the birds off. Be aware if you scare the cat they'll use their claws for traction which will dig into the top and scratch any paint surface they touch (you can buff it out but it is a pain).


I used to have a robotic cat that I'd use to keep my cats off of stuff but it eventually broke down and they don't make them anymore. (It had a built in motion sensor and the eyes would light up and it would move toward the cat scaring the crap out of him).


Good luck!!

 

I have the same problem. My morning ritual starts by vacuuming all of the cat hair off of my convertible top every morning! If you find something that works let us all know.

 

I have a car cover, which desperately needs cleaning and I am only ever willing to use it when the car is spotless. I fear that car covers may cause swirl marks and on an anthracite black Jag that got a respray less than a year ago, I really don't want those.

I don't have a vacuum to get the cat hair out, so I deal with a small dust pan. It's a pain.

My mom said that I should try sprinkling black pepper on and around my car. That doesn't exactly sound convenient.

 

A 22 cal works well. Just saying.....

 

Yeah...

I don't think I'm ready to kill a cat just yet.

 

Favourite spot for ours. I have given up chasing it off.

 

Doesn't it worry you that the cat may damage the top and the paint?

I love animals, I even love the cats that hang around my street, even though I'm certain they're strays, but they're starting to make my car look like one of them.

 

No damage so far, and they always hang around the garage when I am in there.

 

I like your mom's idea, but maybe even ground scotch bonnet seeds.

 

Adopt a retired racing Greyhound. They are trained to chase small objects and with their extremely high prey drive, they cannot tolerate cats or squirrels. We've had three retired Greyhounds since 1994. All of them would run down and catch the cats that were stupid enough to climb the fence surrounding our backyard before the cats knew what hit them. The cats around here finally learned to stay away from our property, and our irresponsible cat-loving neighbors finally learned that if they allowed their cats to roam free and come over here, sooner or later they would become stuffed dog toys....

My eternal thanks to Dash, Daisy, and Flyer....

 

Gian - you are not alone - I finally cleaned out my garage so I can put the car in at nights because I did find claw marks on the side. While they did buff out - it was not something I wanted to deal with.


An easy way to remove any fur the cat leaves behind is to use a lint roller (it also removes pollen and other small particles in the process)

 

I had this issue and if your cat isn't declawed there will be scratches on the paint from where they leap up.. I've buffed them out but decided enough is enough.. put my laptop on the roof and looped this for the cat to watch :