Interesting Deterrent For Those F*ing Annoying Cats

[StoneChucker]

While this is slightly long, there's a cat deterrent solution near the end!

While I feel uncomfortable mentioning this due to the obvious identity/origin of the cats I refer to, I feel the topic or fact is interesting enough to post, as well as the fact that the problem is hopefully one that is resolving itselft or diminishing due to an unexpected deterrent device...

I took exception to the fact that numerous cats were first walking through the mud and then all over the paintwork of my new car. As you would know, applying directional pressure to a mix of sand and water while on a highly polished (or any) surface would obviously cause at least fine scratches, and over time more noticable damage. These mud-prints were from the tip of the bonnet to the spoiler on the boot. I hurriedly tried to find a solution that would deter the cats from ruining my car. The steps were as follows:

1) I bought a very soft and protective $208.00 car cover, which I fitted every time I came home and which I removed before I left (of course). The first fitting took me (honestly and literally) 25 minutes. Removing was faster, but subsequent fittings took about 15 minutes each (I only have one working arm). Not only that, but I stored it in my "bike" shed, which meant a walk across the muddy lawn twice each time I used the car. When I found that any strong wind blew the cover off, I gave up and stored the cover permanently.

2) I decided againt a pellet gun, and though that some high pitched & loud noise would deter them. This in fact worked, but it had a few hiccups. I bought a PIR (passive infra-red) sensor alarm which was armed/disarmed by remote. The PIR covered the car and set off a 130dB siren when triggered. This worked perfectly, no more prints. However, since it was a cheap to mid priced item from Dick Smith, it stopped working shortly afterwards. When I setup the new replaced item, everything was fine for a few weeks. One rainy day though, it decided to not respond to the remote and since I was in a hurry and annoyed at being deafened by the siren, I kicked the unit into enough pieces to stop the siren from wailing.

3) I now have my current item in place, a more expensive (but still from Dick Smith) PIR Sensor, however this one is operated using a keypad (enter security code to disarm, etc...) Anyway, I've found that it may not be the actual siren that puts the cats off, but rather the infra-red beams themselves! I think this because the very night of the slaughter of the second PIR sensor, the little bastards played "stuck-in-the-mud" on my car!. They might be able to see or sense the beams or something. Anyway, hope someone found this info useful, or got a laugh at my inane and stupid carry-on!

Dave.

[Karma]

Apparently cats, and fish, can see in Infrared, so chances are it's almost like looking into the sun, so they stay away from it.

[Virago]

Nice one! Some interesting results from your experimentation.

So what made you decide against a pellet gun?:blip:

[StoneChucker]

I can't really go shooting cute (to some) and furry animals, afterall I am an avid animal lover. It's just one of those things. As I said though, it looks like it's working.

If not, in a few weeks I'll let you guys know when I'll be selling leather or fur garments / accessories:innocent:

[ab420]

Wow... that is an interesting solution, but hell, if it works, what the hell, right?

[Street Gerbil]

no more prints.
Prints?!!! I found f#$%^$$n scratch marks on the hood of my cage this morning!!!
Where is a flamethrower when you need one?!!

[Lias]

I gave up trying to find nice ways to keep cats off my property.. I just shoot the furry little bastards with an air rifle now. Hasnt killed any of em that I'm aware of but it does make them take off like the devil is after em.

[andrea]

how bout building a garage and putting your car in that, you know you can be had up for cruelty to animals. anyways im in the market for some nice fluffy slippers and gloves pm me when you start selling

[James Deuce]

Cats are subject to the same trespass laws as Dogs. Ring the Cat's Protection League and they will provide you with traps and dispose of the cats for you. Job done.

[fozz rock]

the paintwork of my new car. .

What car did you get???

[Uncle B]

Cats are subject to the same trespass laws as Dogs. Ring the Cat's Protection League and they will provide you with traps and dispose of the cats for you. Job done.
Ummm......I don't think he's going to do that cause the're my cats.

[James Deuce]

Geez you guys are slow! :)

Not much of a reaction - I was expecting flame throwers at 2 paces at dawn.

Where's that book on trolling.......

[ShadeeLady]

Forget the siren a short duration sprinkler system should do the trick. Cats HATE water(ever baptised one) and you get your car washed as well also the car is wet a further deterant plus water doesn't disturb the neibours....

[Uncle B]

Geez you guys are slow! :)

Not much of a reaction - I was expecting flame throwers at 2 paces at dawn.

Where's that book on trolling.......

It's because I know you Jim that the reaction was pretty soft...besides you would have to deal with the roth of my wife.....my money's on her!....you soft underbelly monoab!!!! :killingme

[Fatjim]

Apparently cats, and fish, can see in Infrared, so chances are it's almost like looking into the sun, so they stay away from it.

Then how come it doesn't work inside! Lots of alarmed houses and cats coexist happily.


how bout building a garage and putting your car in that, you know you can be had up for cruelty to animals.

FFS, I hope this is a P/T


I just shoot the furry little bastards with an air rifle now.

When my cat was on heat years ago I managed to shoot the neighbours tom while it was rooting her. She looked quite confused, she'd never experienced coitus interrupus before.

[Finn]

I find a laser works even better, followed of course by a bullet.

I hate cats. Horrible little rodents.

[Beemer]

Cats are subject to the same trespass laws as Dogs. Ring the Cat's Protection League and they will provide you with traps and dispose of the cats for you. Job done.

Not according to our local council - we are having problems with a neighbour's cat coming over to our place and attacking our cats (it even tried to get in through the cat door last week) and when I rang to see if they could suggest a way of deterring it, I was told there was nothing I could do and if any harm came to the animals (like a cat owner would deliberately harm another cat?), I would be in trouble.

Unfortunately we are out in the country and there is just a wire fence along the boundary so it just wanders over here when it feels like it. As soon as it sees us it runs like hell back home, so the closest we've been able to get to letting it know it's not welcome is tossing a lump of dirt at its retreating rear end - and we missed!

Wish we could afford a motion sensor sprinkler system to give it a shower every time it came over here!

[Maha]

anyways im in the market for some nice fluffy slippers and gloves pm me when you start selling

Does it matter if the cats are not of the same breed?....Like a, tabby and a ginga?
Cos' once you turn them inside out to wear as slippers, you wont notice aye?

[James Deuce]

Not according to our local council

Stoney lives in the Hutt whihc does have a bylaw allowing for the removal of trespassing animals, and I was taking the piss to see if I could change Uncle B's normal affect from inscrutable to imperturbable.

I think I went beoyond that and into mildly annoyed.

[Lias]

When i was having major problems with cats pissing all over our place I rang to try and get one of those cages.. Would have had to wait several weeks, been charged a fair whack of cash for the cage rental, and even then wasnt allowed to kill the goddamn fluffy pricks once they were trapped..

Thats when i just started using the air rifle..

[bungbung]

Anyway, I've found that it may not be the actual siren that puts the cats off, but rather the infra-red beams themselves!

Sorry Dave, the P in PIR stands for passive. There is no IR transmission at all. They are just an infrared receiver. Must be something else then...

[mikey]

i have a doberman you can borrow for a week.
he likes cats.

[Uncle B]

I was taking the piss to see if I could change Uncle B's normal affect from inscrutable to imperturbable.
That's only 2 of my many characters that hide under the Shoei. :weird:







and I bet you say that to all the boys.

[Falconer]

I have fish in a fish pond. I have an electric fence around it. Some times you can see the result of a cat that has got very wet when they get a shock and it biffs them into the pond. Cats piss me off crapping on the lawn so on odd occasions set up the possum cage trap. when you get puss throw a bucket of water over him and it pisses him off for a while. I have few cats that treat me as a friend.:2guns:

[Motu]

Get a water cannon,it's a good sport.Cats like to bury their poo,it's part of their sneaky approach to life.Properties these days are too manicured and they can't find open soil to scratch up - never happens at my place,I have gardens.

[Fatjim]

Cats piss me off crapping on the lawn so on odd occasions set up the possum cage trap. when you get puss throw a bucket of water over him and it pisses him off for a while. I have few cats that treat me as a friend.:2guns:

I would have thought pissing on them would be a deterrant.

Also remember wheeliebins are good places to hide, I mean house cats while you look for the owner.

[badlieutenant]

install little kitty bathing pools so they can wash thier feet before walking on the car. You will also need to pay for a kitty pedicure service so that thier claws are not sharp.
while your at it buy the owner a beer and thank him for the challenge that his cats have presented to you. :blip: :doobey:

I have been told the owner of the cats has trained them to do this all new blingy things. You can imagine his relief when your car arrived as it spared his gsxr from further toment. Sorry U.B, the cat is out of the bag now :D

[Uncle B]

I have been told the owner of the cats has trained them to do this all new blingy things. You can imagine his relief when your car arrived as it spared his gsxr from further toment. Sorry U.B, the cat is out of the bag now :D
Dammm....I was trying to stop my cats from walking all over our cars, so I training them to go for new shiny cars. Lucky he has a hard top.....imagine if he had kept the MX5.

[Lou Girardin]

I hate cats. Horrible little rodents.

Those are rats you're hating. Little brown things with naked tails and buck teeth.
Cats are felines.

[The Pastor]

I think your all missing the obious solution, sell the car and get another bike, My cat used to sleep on my bike seat, I didnt mind that as it didnt scratch anything - it preferd the car bonnet, as it was warm.


Just a quick spray with the hose on the car should stop them, if not a low power bb gun/ slug gun would work (bb pistol might be eiaser with 1 arm) keep it up for 1 month, and then the cats learn not to do it..

[DougB]

My neighbour has an electric fence along the top of the boundry wall. No cats

[Lou Girardin]

We have cats. The neighbours however, are minus one guinea pig.
And their dog is heading for a nervous breakdown.

[rc_36_rider]

humain... narr high valocity led must be the answer :)

[StoneChucker]

Ola - I know PIR is passive infra-red, I never realised it only received though. Although, what does it receive? Infra-red? From where? Serious questions, not being facetious.

Whatever the reason is, if it's disarmed, cats play/sleep/hunt on the car, even if it's actually still there. If it's armed, as usual, I get no pussy.:gob:

I could never harm an animal, as in cause serious physical/psychological pain. I definitely wouldn't have a neighbours domestic cat put down. I could however use a cat trap, and as someone said, tip a bucket of water over it and/or spray cat repellant over it arse and tail - Good luck getting away from that smell:yes:

Again, as someone mentioned, I also can't get close enough to even shout/hiss at the buggers. Anyway, luckily the deterrent works. While I may be annoyed at the past situation, those feelings felt towards the cats by their owner are the same as those I feel about my animals. There's no way I'd harm my animals (but it's not an issue, my siblings are the best behaved and best looking in the world!!!:yes: )

Dave

[Lou Girardin]

I've been watching the 'Zoo', anyone know where you can get a cheetah?
I'd like to see someone shoot that with a slug gun.
I'd like to see them shoo it off their car for that matter.

[mstriumph]

i have a doberman you can borrow for a week.
he likes cats.

............. or i could loan you ms vanessa - she was an alligator 'till we chopped the tail off ................