Cat keeps walking/sitting on car

Duck duck Graham

Hi my neighbours cat is always out and sitting on mine and others cars walking on roof and down windscreen leading paw Mark's and small scratches, I have thrown water over it multiple times but always comes back.

I think the cat is after birds that are in trees / bushes near my house now I hate to see him kill a bird . its definitely not a house cat its outside more then anything.

I just dont want the cat to get scratches all over it and ruin it

I am more of a dog person my own dog goes mad when he sees the cat.

TylerRyan28

Duck duck Graham wrote: »

Hi my neighbours cat is always out and sitting on mine and others cars walking on roof and down windscreen leading paw Mark's and small scratches, I have thrown water over it multiple times but always comes back.

I think the cat is after birds that are in trees / bushes near my house now I hate to see him kill a bird . its definitely not a house cat its outside more then anything.

I just dont want the cat to get scratches all over it and ruin it

Talk to the owner first if they dont do anything and it keeps happening, Catch it and bring it for a drive and leave it there

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Basq

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

Talk to the owner first if they dont do anything and it keeps happening, Catch it and bring it for a drive and leave it there

Ah come on.. what's the owner going to do? Ground the cat for it's behaviour?

Atlantic Dawn

Move house, only 'ethical solution' that someone won't moan about.

KaneToad

Take a picture of the cat sitting on the car. Take a picture of the damage. Let owner of the cat know. If they do nothing about it, remove cat from equation.

Take cat to the vet and ask them to put it down.

cruizer101

Basq wrote: »

Ah come on.. what's the owner going to do? Ground the cat for it's behaviour?

Yes, if the cat is causing property damage, which scratches in the paintwork are, then the cat should not be outside, keep it indoors and build an outside catio if you want.

Cherry Blossom

KaneToad wrote: »

Take a picture of the cat sitting on the car. Take a picture of the damage. Let owner of the cat know. If they do nothing about it, remove cat from equation.

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Take cat to the vet and ask them to put it down.

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Buddy Bubs

Tough one. Only thing I can think of is photographic evidence of cat on the car and any damage and threats of legal action maybe...I don't know how a neighbour can control cat once outside though. Is there any deterrent you could put on car, silent whistle or alarm that only cat hears?

Cherry Blossom

TylerRyan28 wrote: »

Talk to the owner first if they dont do anything and it keeps happening, Catch it and bring it for a drive and leave it there

Also permabanned, as per my previous post.

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Duck duck Graham wrote: »

Hi my neighbours cat is always out and sitting on mine and others cars walking on roof and down windscreen leading paw Mark's and small scratches, I have thrown water over it multiple times but always comes back.

I think the cat is after birds that are in trees / bushes near my house now I hate to see him kill a bird . its definitely not a house cat its outside more then anything.

I just dont want the cat to get scratches all over it and ruin it

I am more of a dog person my own dog goes mad when he sees the cat.

How about a dust cover for your car and ask the cat owner to pay for it?

MarkR

Little inconvenient don't you think, to have to constantly cover and uncover their car whenever they want to use it?

Speak to the owner, tell them of the issues. Maybe the cat's claws are too long, and could do with a trim?

I just got a cat recently, but he's indoors so far. If the cat is prone to damaging people's property, I think it should be kept inside.

volchitsa

If the dog "goes mad" trying to get at the cat, maybe the scratch marks are from the dog? I've never seen claw marks from a cat on a car, though I've often seen paw marks, but I have seen scratchmarks from where a dog was trying to get at a cat that was on or above the car.

(In which case, maybe you can sort it - dogs are more easily controlled than cats)

arccosh

burn your car out... you won't have any scratches and the cat will not want to sit on it

Nody

Motion activated sprinkler might be your best bet if you can figure out which route the cat uses to get to the car; it's humane and from what I've heard (never used it) it only needs a few triggers for the cat to learn not to go there.

tk123

I use these to keep cats out of our garden - although they were half the price so I’d maybe set up a price watch for them! I got a very satisfyingly video of the perpetrator fleeing the garden the first night I had them set up

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GingerLily

volchitsa wrote: »

If the dog "goes mad" trying to get at the cat, maybe the scratch marks are from the dog? I've never seen claw marks from a cat on a car, though I've often seen paw marks, but I have seen scratchmarks from where a dog was trying to get at a cat that was on or above the car.

(In which case, maybe you can sort it - dogs are more easily controlled than cats)

I was thinking the same, my cats a divil for scathing certain surfaces but wouldn't ever scratch a car, I'd think it would damage her claws??

the beer revolu

I don't buy the cats scratching cars thing either. As both a cat owner and car owner, I just can't see it happening.
I think people see a cat on their car, then find a few small scratches (most cars have scratches if you look closely), add 2 and 2 together and get 5!

volchitsa

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't buy the cats scratching cars thing either. As both a cat owner and car owner, I just can't see it happening.
I think people see a cat on their car, then find a few small scratches (most cars have scratches if you look closely), add 2 and 2 together and get 5!

In this case there's also a dog "going mad" to get at the cat. Dogs can't retract their claws and I've definitely seen damage done to cars by dogs trying to get at a cat (and I'm a dog owner, so have no beef with dogs!)

I've seen and heard cats on cars, and I've never heard a sound of claws on metal, they always seem to have their claws in.

Duck duck Graham

volchitsa wrote: »

If the dog "goes mad" trying to get at the cat, maybe the scratch marks are from the dog? I've never seen claw marks from a cat on a car, though I've often seen paw marks, but I have seen scratchmarks from where a dog was trying to get at a cat that was on or above the car.

(In which case, maybe you can sort it - dogs are more easily controlled than cats)

My dog doesn't jump anywhere near my car the cat runs off when I go throw water and my dog will chase it then .
I have thrown a good few buckets of water over the cat and seems to have moved on to another car .

volchitsa

Duck duck Graham wrote: »

My dog doesn't jump anywhere near my car the cat runs off when I go throw water and my dog will chase it then .
I have thrown a good few buckets of water over the cat and seems to have moved on to another car .

If the car's out on the street, then other dogs might have jumped up at the cat.
And if it's in your own garden then maybe the dog is out on its own (even just for the toilet) and jumps then (that's how my dog jumped up against my car, which is why I noticed your post, alas :eek: )

TobyHolmes

Duck duck Graham wrote: »

Hi my neighbours cat is always out and sitting on mine and others cars walking on roof and down windscreen leading paw Mark's and small scratches, I have thrown water over it multiple times but always comes back.

I think the cat is after birds that are in trees / bushes near my house now I hate to see him kill a bird . its definitely not a house cat its outside more then anything.

I just dont want the cat to get scratches all over it and ruin it

I am more of a dog person my own dog goes mad when he sees the cat.

get a car cover - shouldnt be too expensive

phormium

My cat used to climb up on my old car to lie on the roof, she definitely scratched it, probably more by using her claws to try get a grip rather than any other sort of scratching, especially if she was hunted off it in a hurry.

It was ancient so I didn't care but I bought a new car and I bought one of those motion activated water sprinklers, has to be linked up to hose and runs on batteries, pointed it in path of car and once she got near it scattered water in a fine arc, it stopped her.

Duck duck Graham

volchitsa wrote: »

If the car's out on the street, then other dogs might have jumped up at the cat.
And if it's in your own garden then maybe the dog is out on its own (even just for the toilet) and jumps then (that's how my dog jumped up against my car, which is why I noticed your post, alas :eek: )

Car is in my garden, well he cant open the front door let alone most doors when they are closed. My dog goes to the toilet out the back garden .

Duck duck Graham

TobyHolmes wrote: »

get a car cover - shouldnt be too expensive

As someone said before thats to much hassle to have to keep putting on and off when I use the car .

TobyHolmes

Duck duck Graham wrote: »

As someone said before thats to much hassle to have to keep putting on and off when I use the car .

fair enough. pity houses in ireland dont have garages.

Autosport

I had that problem too with neighbours cats walking and scratching my car, had a car cover and they still climbed up on the car. A few people told me Oh the cats didn’t scratch the car until I took pictures of their paw prints all over the car and the scratches. Just because it doesn’t or didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Squirting a Water gun helped but alas they have decided to come back. Need a new plan of action now

spuddy4711

Try squirting vinegar on your car, moggies hate the smell and hopefully will pick someplace else. Dilute it first,
or leave it in dishes to protect paintwork

Sarah 1234

Duck duck Graham wrote: »

Hi my neighbours cat is always out and sitting on mine and others cars walking on roof and down windscreen leading paw Mark's and small scratches, I have thrown water over it multiple times but always comes back.

I think the cat is after birds that are in trees / bushes near my house now I hate to see him kill a bird . its definitely not a house cat its outside more then anything.

I just dont want the cat to get scratches all over it and ruin it

I am more of a dog person my own dog goes mad when he sees the cat.

I have multiple cats, I nor any of my neighbours have scratch marks on their cars from my cats. Cats can't get their nails into metal & their claws are retracted when they walk. If there are scratch marks on your car they're not from cats.

volchitsa

Autosport wrote: »

I had that problem too with neighbours cats walking and scratching my car, had a car cover and they still climbed up on the car. A few people told me Oh the cats didn’t scratch the car until I took pictures of their paw prints all over the car and the scratches. Just because it doesn’t or didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Squirting a Water gun helped but alas they have decided to come back. Need a new plan of action now

Paw prints definitely but I've never seen paw prints with claw marks: they always seem to have their claws retracted on metal surfaces. Also cats don't climb onto cars, they jump. Claws in.

I really think the scratches come from something else. Maybe dogs trying to get at the cats? I've seen my dog doiong that - and she did scratch the car. Grr.

JustAThought

My neighbours cat used jump up on the bonnet of my car and sunbathe there and then potter up
the windscreen to lay on the roof and aunbatger there. Cat scratch marks accordingly and footprints ( miaow type) on the windscreen. Dunno what you can do as those noise things say they also affect dogs and foxes - might torment yours.

My car cat problem disappeared when catorama decided s/he’d rather be inside the house and sat outside yowling until I opened the door or window to see who was being sawn in half. Now I have a cat carpet problem but the car isn’t being scratched!

Maybe set up a warm bit of carpet and bit of a furry blanket in an upturned plastic lined box or orange crate somewhere sunny - might get
him off your car at least? Cats like heat! Nothing like a nice warm tin box under your chilly aras to start the day off well or for your midafternoon nap!!

the beer revolu

Autosport wrote: »

A few people told me Oh the cats didn’t scratch the car until I took pictures of their paw prints all over the car and the scratches. Just because it doesn’t or didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen.

Pictures of paw prints and scratches does nothing to prove that the scratches were done by a cat.

I could produce a pic of a car with a smashed windscreen and lots of cat paw prints. Would that suggest that a cat smashed the windscreen?

Yester

Does leaving bottles of water lying on the lawn discourage them or is that just a myth?

Nody

Yester wrote: »

Does leaving bottles of water lying on the lawn discourage them or is that just a myth?

Myth.

Graces7

volchitsa wrote: »

Paw prints definitely but I've never seen paw prints with claw marks: they always seem to have their claws retracted on metal surfaces. Also cats don't climb onto cars, they jump. Claws in.

I really think the scratches come from something else. Maybe dogs trying to get at the cats? I've seen my dog doiong that - and she did scratch the car. Grr.

Hmmmm Cats will claw to avoid falling. Instinct .I have the scars to show for that when they have launched at me and fallen. Yes they retract when leaping. But of they need to cling on landing? But never in decades of cars and cats have I known any scratches on cars.

volchitsa

Graces7 wrote: »

Hmmmm Cats will claw to avoid falling. Instinct .I have the scars to show for that when they have launched at me and fallen. Yes they retract when leaping. But of they need to cling on landing? But never in decades of cars and cats have I known any scratches on cars.

Yes but how could they cling onto a metal surface with their claws? Their paws would work better. That's why I'm not convinced they would put out their claws other than exceptionally, out of panic perhaps.

tk123

JustAThought wrote: »

those noise things say they also affect dogs and foxes - might torment yours.

One of my dogs barked the first time I put in on and the other put his head to one side and looked at it the first day and that was it. He’s quite happy to sunbathe in the garden beside one and wee beside the other so they’re not bothering him!

Tr_18

You could try smearing the car with catnip?

Graces7

volchitsa wrote: »

Yes but how could they cling onto a metal surface with their claws? Their paws would work better. That's why I'm not convinced they would put out their claws other than exceptionally, out of panic perhaps.

Exactly. Reflex when they find they cannot cling to a smooth surface and start falling.

volchitsa

Graces7 wrote: »

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Exactly. Reflex when they find they cannot cling to a smooth surface and start falling.

Yeah but TBF, other than kittens, how many cats ever misjudge their leap onto a car and do a cartoon panicky slide down the side of the car??