FTO vs Neighbourhood Cats

Breza · Post by **Breza** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:41 pm

Hi All,

I am sure that I am not the only one with this problem.

Seems that some of the local feline inhabitants in addition to running amok in my yard have taking a liking to sit (and tap dancing) on my parked FTO whilst I am not at home.

Car cover is not an option as it is too much stuffing around and can cause just as many scratches as the cats.

Very tempted to sit outside one night and pick them off with my .22 fitted with silencer and night scope but my fiancee strongly suggests a more humane approach. This unfortunately also rules out trapping and electric fences.

I have tried spraying them with water and other liquids (no acid as yet....) and placing other citrus smelling repellents around the yard with varying levels of success.

Any other suggestions? industrial stregth sonic repellent?

It's going to be 12 months before we gain a canine member of the family.

Cheers

Chris

vivek · Post by **vivek** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:54 pm

just buy a dog. lol

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:55 pm

I understand they dont like perfume or aftershave much at all....

You could try putting a bit of that on the car where it sits or walks....

Never know might attract chicks as well lol

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:05 pm

Ben, Don't worry about .22, silencer, and scope etc... setup
here is what I normally do, when I see a pest in the backyard.

Hop into your 4wd, get a good spot light and chase them across the ray's beds.
Hahahaa so much fun.
PS; Just over 500 foxes last year.

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:17 pm

LOL - do I sense a group buy on tripod roof monts for FTOs

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:29 pm

I am not bullshitting, I have chased few bunnies in my FTO. (Thats the good part with having a car that has been keyed and scratched, unfortunately no more chasing in an FTO for me after the full respray)

And no need for a bipod for an FTO, side mirror is located perfectly for a support.

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:35 pm

Hey Max, how come you don't have a fox tail hanging off your car aerial? Its the height of bling for an FTO!

mxysxy · Post by **mxysxy** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:42 pm

I used to have an Akubra hat with I attached a fox tail behind.
Gave it to one of my ex, asked to have it back when we broke up, she destroyed it.

I also made a perfect skin to take to Turkey as a present to my dad, which has discovered at the customs, but this is a very long storey.

Post by **kazbah** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:05 pm

Hmmm the legalities of exporting/importing an animal skin. Lets not say anything about the deer antler I have that was brought from Ireland shall we?

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:11 pm

Try running a line of bleach on the ground around your car each night. Cats HATE bleach. We did this on our front garden for a week and it took them months before they came back.

Of course, there is the ole panadol in the sauce of milk trick. But only if you don't mind going to hell when you die

afterburner · Post by **afterburner** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:58 pm

Could be worse - FTO's could have bonnet vents. There's nothing that attracts cats more than a nice mesh vent above a nice warm engine.

Guy I know used to have an Evo 6 and almost without fail, half an hour after getting home from work he would have at least 2 cats on his bonnet lying in the vents

Teania · Post by **Teania** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:52 pm

moth balls..... cats don't like them either

I used to have a problem with cats lying on the vents in my old car.... solution, a few mothballs in a couple of stockings - no more problem ...

might be worth a shot and by putting them in the stocking you won't scratch your car

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:31 pm

mxysxy wrote:I am not bullshitting, I have chased few bunnies in my FTO.

dito, got 2 with the .177 and 2 with the car

fto_gurl · Post by **fto_gurl** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:16 pm

Just hit the damn things.. solved all my problems, stoopid cat decided to play chicken or something with his mates... ran out at the wrong time in front of my car and bang... i hit it.... needless to say the fto was fine but i havent seen a cat near it since...

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:43 pm

fto_gurl wrote:Just hit the damn things.. solved all my problems, stoopid cat decided to play chicken or something with his mates... ran out at the wrong time in front of my car and bang... i hit it.... needless to say the fto was fine but i havent seen a cat near it since...

Yeah well I'm sure driving around with a dead cat hanging off your front wing is a deterant for more than just cats

scarecrow · Post by **scarecrow** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:41 am

Definetly, it would deter cats and cat lovers alike... i might have to get me one of these dead cats to hang on the front bar.

HiRAEdd · Post by **HiRAEdd** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 7:15 am

Make sure you get a short-hair. Long-haired stuff your aerodynamics

Post by **Supplanter** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 5:17 pm

And clog up the air filter.

Breza · Post by **Breza** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 12:18 pm

OK,

Thanks to Tanya's suggestion...........

Think I have the problem solved...............without being cast out to the dog house, so to speak.

2 weeks and not one pussy print on the FTO.

Got 2 plastic containers with holes, fashioned hooks to them, placed a handful of moth balls in each, hooked one over the windscreen wiper, hooked the other into the sunroof.

Be prepared to see me in the next season of "The New Inventors" with a product called "Pss Orf Pussy".

...............Just don't try typing it in Google............

Cheers

Chris