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Old 06 January 2013, 10:54 PM
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We have new neighbours and they have 3 cats. Our neighbours the other side have 2 cats as well but we have never had this problem with them. I seem to go out in the morning and there are cat paw prints all over my scoob. Does anyone have any products that are any good for keeping cats off the car (apart from electrifying the car or broken glass)
Old 06 January 2013, 10:56 PM
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some sort of material - nails through it, attached the material inside the doors and close them.

Only if its on your property though, not on the road!
Old 06 January 2013, 10:57 PM
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I always get cats around the bonnet vent. I have taken to feeding them with cat food and weed killer. Seems to have worked.
Old 06 January 2013, 11:04 PM
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do you have pets of your own?
Old 06 January 2013, 11:23 PM
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A couple of local cats have decided our front garden makes a nice toilet and keep leaving angry looking turds all over it. Tried the old wives tale deterrents, bought a few things from b&q... nothing seems to work. Waiting for the summer weather then we're going to try lion poo, not cheap but apparently very effective. Probably not so helpful in your situation, cat paw prints gone, but car covered in lion crap
Old 06 January 2013, 11:27 PM
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i hear anti freeze is popular..... only joking, a jack russell would be a good alternative!!!
Old 06 January 2013, 11:30 PM
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BB Gun. Won't kill em but they certainly won't come back
Old 06 January 2013, 11:33 PM
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The lion stuff is rubbish dont waste your money. Better off getting a super soaker and give them a bit of a scare seems to work better. U can also buy an automated one which attaches to your outside hose pipe works on a sensor, cost about 30 quid tho
Old 06 January 2013, 11:49 PM
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Claymore tiz the only way to be sure

Face away from the scoob though
Old 06 January 2013, 11:55 PM
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Nice warm little bowl of milk and bleach lol
Old 07 January 2013, 12:34 AM
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A fookin shot gun that will sort them out
Old 07 January 2013, 12:50 AM
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My nan used to put lemon peel around her front garden.....that and ALOT of slug pellets for them!!
Old 07 January 2013, 05:06 AM
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Ha! Some nice people on here. I guess a lot are said in jest, but I I ever found someone doing some of those things to my cats, you'd not have a scoob to worry about. Maybe your neighbour would feel the same?

To the OP, is a car cover a possibility?
Old 07 January 2013, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by gpssti4
Ha! Some nice people on here. I guess a lot are said in jest, but I I ever found someone doing some of those things to my cats, you'd not have a scoob to worry about. Maybe your neighbour would feel the same?

To the OP, is a car cover a possibility?

ditto
Old 07 January 2013, 07:05 AM
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+2 but instead Nitromors would be used to great effect on cruel c@nts car
Old 07 January 2013, 08:09 AM
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I'm sure anything cruel had just been said in jest!

I've got my sons super soaker I could use, but of course you have to catch the buggers in the act first!

To the cat owners - how to you deal with your cats pooping on neighbors gardens?
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Originally Posted by gpssti4
Ha! Some nice people on here. I guess a lot are said in jest, but I I ever found someone doing some of those things to my cats, you'd not have a scoob to worry about. Maybe your neighbour would feel the same?
Just ignore them, these threads always bring out the cretins!
Old 07 January 2013, 08:39 AM
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I don't have cats but I have a dog. My paintwork isn't mint so I am not that paranoid about it to be honest. I have no intention of harming the cats, you lot are a lovely bunch of animal lovers aren't you I don't think I could be bothered with a car cover as I use the car everyday and to take it off and put on everyday would soon get a tedious. I am going to swap my cars over on the drive as the other car doesn't seem to get walked on as much.
Old 07 January 2013, 09:02 AM
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Use a garage?
Old 07 January 2013, 09:06 AM
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Cant my other, other car is in there
Old 07 January 2013, 09:23 AM
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It's the scratches they leave behind that are the problem.

Jack Russell does the job nicely, rips em to pieces, then just stick em on the BBQ with a bit of jerk seasoning.
Old 07 January 2013, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
It's the scratches they leave behind that are the problem.
Indeed

However, you will no doubt be told you're incorrect,



To prevent cats crapping in your flower beds, I find the peelings of citrus fruits keeps them at bay.

BB gun is only of use when you're on guard
Old 07 January 2013, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by urban
Indeed

However, you will no doubt be told you're incorrect,



To prevent cats crapping in your flower beds, I find the peelings of citrus fruits keeps them at bay.

BB gun is only of use when you're on guard
We've tried orange peel all over the lawn to no effect, also some foul smelling garlic stuff - I stank for days after using that and still found fresh droppings If it were just the flowerbeds I could stomach it, free fertiliser, but in the middle of the lawn is a different story as it means I don't want to let my young son play on the grass. It annoys me that I'm left picking up the crap from someone else's pet. I could rant for quite a while about it... but I'm thread hijacking now and its not helping the OP and his paintwork
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Originally Posted by hill79
We've tried orange peel all over the lawn to no effect, also some foul smelling garlic stuff - I stank for days after using that and still found fresh droppings If it were just the flowerbeds I could stomach it, free fertiliser, but in the middle of the lawn is a different story as it means I don't want to let my young son play on the grass. It annoys me that I'm left picking up the crap from someone else's pet. I could rant for quite a while about it... but I'm thread hijacking now and its not helping the OP and his paintwork
Its quite alright, rant away I do have the same issue of the cat crap in the back garden as well. I know the wife bought some cat repellent stuff which slows down the amount of crap.
Old 07 January 2013, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by hill79
We've tried orange peel all over the lawn to no effect, also some foul smelling garlic stuff - I stank for days after using that and still found fresh droppings If it were just the flowerbeds I could stomach it, free fertiliser, but in the middle of the lawn is a different story as it means I don't want to let my young son play on the grass. It annoys me that I'm left picking up the crap from someone else's pet. I could rant for quite a while about it... but I'm thread hijacking now and its not helping the OP and his paintwork
peel works for me in the flower bed - never tried the lawn as its just too big of an area.

When you catch the cat, be sure to put it in the bin
They like bins
Old 07 January 2013, 11:18 AM
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There's a chaps car on my street with one of those huge spaceship body kits on it. Big wide arches and a bumper inches off the ground. Unfortunately it's a bit of a cat killer going by the splattered blood/head/guts I found on the Subaru's bumper a couple of weeks ago. Cat was obviously crossing the road (between mine and a neighbours car on the street) as they do, this guy has ploughed through it leaving splatter all over both cars, the road and a broken fibreglass front bumper on his car. Tw@t!

Strange though, once the owners found out (undesirables private renting), he started getting regular punctures and blemishes on his bodywork

I'm not a car lover at all but can't justify ploughing through one on a residential street at silly speeds.

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Originally Posted by chocolate_o_brian
There's a chaps car on my street with one of those huge spaceship body kits on it. Big wide arches and a bumper inches off the ground. Unfortunately it's a bit of a cat killer going by the splattered blood/head/guts I found on the Subaru's bumper a couple of weeks ago. Cat was obviously crossing the road (between mine and a neighbours car on the street) as they do, this guy has ploughed through it leaving splatter all over both cars, the road and a broken fibreglass front bumper on his car. Tw@t!

Strange though, once the owners found out (undesirables private renting), he started getting regular punctures and blemishes on his bodywork

I'm not a car lover at all but can't justify ploughing through one on a residential street at silly speeds.
Could just as easily have been a kid. Anyway someone who has a car that looks like that is obviously a moron like some of the posters on this thread
Old 07 January 2013, 11:42 AM
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These!!


http://softclawsforcats.co.uk/cats/
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i was getting at least 1 cat turd a day in the gravel around my drive, i bought this in november and turned it to the highest setting and have only had 1 incident since then. your dog wont like it but it wont hurt him

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PESTBYE-UL...item4d01868d0e
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Originally Posted by hill79
We've tried orange peel all over the lawn to no effect, also some foul smelling garlic stuff - I stank for days after using that and still found fresh droppings If it were just the flowerbeds I could stomach it, free fertiliser, but in the middle of the lawn is a different story as it means I don't want to let my young son play on the grass. It annoys me that I'm left picking up the crap from someone else's pet. I could rant for quite a while about it... but I'm thread hijacking now and its not helping the OP and his paintwork
Pick it up and post it back to the owner (they will soon get the message)


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