Problem with cat sleeping on roof

[Stan_D]

Originally Posted by skates15

Have you sprayed the top with an approved sealant to keep the hair from getting tangled with the fabricate?

Actually its due a resealing - so good tip but doesn't get rid of the pest!

[sd_boxster]

Hit it with the garden hose and a stream nozzle a few nights in a row. It sounds inhumane, but that cat needs some negative reinforcement.

[Stan_D]

Originally Posted by sd_boxster

Hit it with the garden hose and a stream nozzle a few nights in a row. It sounds inhumane, but that cat needs some negative reinforcement.

Thanks but it's happening where I park up for work - not somewhere that can be monitored.

Thinking of getting a piece of carpet, doused with repellent sprays & pepper, carry it in the trunk & throw it on top after my commute. That way I'm keeping dodgy chemicals off the roof.

[sd_boxster]

You might also try one of those metallic emergency blankets - they're crinkly and loud and might be off-putting for a cat, and thin enough that you could just pinch it between the window and the weather stripping to hold it in place...

[mptoledo]

you can take 2 pieces of chicken wire one on top of the other, Seperate them by a couple pieces of 1x1x1" foam. attach one to the the black terminal, attach the other to red terminal. when the cat jumps on the chicken wire and they make contact, well you get the picture.

Now to all you cat lovers, this will not hurt the cat, just scare the hell out of him. It sure beats the heck out of what my daddy would have done

[sd_boxster]

Dang, this is a good idea!

We've got squirrels in our tomato bed - I'm gonna try this (but with a 13,000 volt transformer instead of a car battery).

If it works, I'll have squirrel jerky to go with the tomatoes...

[Mr Kipling]

Hi,
We have a few neighbourhood cats and as my car sleeps outside I've experienced this problem. Both my BMW convertible and Volvo have scratch marks on them where cats have slid on the polished surface.

When I bopught the Boxter I was determined that this would not happen so I bought a car cover. I just throw this over the car at night and it doesn't matter if the cats sleep on it. I expect potentially this could be worse with the Boxter as the front and back are very curved offering little purchase for the cat.

I've heard of cat repellant and chilli pepper on the roof but fear that this might damage the top. Bonkers Bob set explosives in his car and detonated when the cat jumped on board, it worked but at a price

[Brucelee]

Buy a cover. This thread has served its purpose.

[SoCalKen]

We used to have a cat at home. For a while the cat wanted to sleep on my pillow during the day while I was at work. I brought a few goodies home from work, Photoelectric eye, an air valve, and a CO2 tank from the garage. I hooked up the photoeye to a battery pack and the photoeye waited patiently all day while I was at work just looking for any intruder on my pillow. When the family cat arrived the photoeye gave a signal to the air valve and blast went the air from the CO2 tank for just 2 seconds. After a few days, it was never a problem again. :dance:
Ken