Keeping Cats Off My 360 Spider Top

I used plastic snap tops from some product as dishes, I smeared some colgate original white toothpaste on them and set them on my car cover (on the car). In my experience, they don't like the mint(?) smell. After a few weeks I think the cats just learned to stay off and I didn't have to use them anymore. Good luck.

 

There are cat repellants available at pet stores designed to keep cats off the furniture and out of the trash. Most involve some sort of spray that you need to reapply daily.

There is one product called "Scat" that will do absolutely zero damage to your Ferrari. It has a motion sensor and when the cat gets within 1 meter it gives a warning sound then sprays the cat. The spray is supposed to be odorless and stainless (and harmless). I think it costs like $30.

 

Antifreeze

 

A local pet store recently started carrying a product designed to keep curious cats off kitchen counters. It is an annoyingly loud airhorn triggered by a motion detecting mechanism, and is compact enough that you could set it on the roof of your car without damage. The owner tested it on her own cat, and told me the cat is quick enough to respond to the sound of the motion detecting mechanism so that when the horn propellant can was empty she didn't need to replace it. I can get some details if you're interested.

Gary

 

Yeah, that's the one I was thinking of. I did a search and found a link to it on the Petsmart website: http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441807985&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025622&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023690&bmUID=1123549054849

 

Try the cat scat mat. It shocks the little buggers when they walk on it. One zap and they'll get the hint

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i thought rats only come around if there is a food source... get rid of the cat food , and both will leave...?

 

(scratching head) Get a dog?

 

You might try the following: hang at least a couple of hooks from your rafters ending about a foot above the spider top and spaced 3-4 feet apart (above the driver & passenger seats would be ideal). Then get some light netting material (1" mesh like used in gardening) and cut a big square piece that can be hung from the hooks and will drape all around your top and overhang the windows by 2-3 feet. If you get the height of the hooks right, then most of the area above your top will have several inches of gap between the netting and your top, which should foul the cat trying to walk or lay on it. It should also be easy to hook & unhook the net each time you drive, driving in/out from under the hooks should be OK, and it is non-chemical (I would worry about chemical residue migrating to the car and having an unintended effect).

I haven't tried this specifically for a car, but it did work for getting my cat off some other stuff he liked to lay on.

 

Just don't forget to tell your wife about it before she walks out to the garage.

 

poison them, pure and simple....

 

Some spray that will settle on the cloth but wont smell or damage it.

 

Get a scat mat, works great. But the easier solution for me is to keep traps and poison in my garage. I keep the cats in the house.

 

I have two cats that love to sleep on my 348. Especially with the red satin cover on. I started putting a large clear sheet on 1 mil plastic (from Home Depot) over the satin car cover and they don't like the plastic. I can still see the nice car cover under it and it keeps it nice and clean. The sheet is 10x20 and I just cut two slits for the mirrors and tuck it in on the ends. Fits great.

 

Damn, I thought this was another hi flo cats post!!!

 

What, poison the cat?

Cats go crazy for standard ethyline-glycol antifreeze. I always have to chase a few neighborhood cats away when doing cooling system work on my cars ... and then have to check the garage for hide-outs before closing the doors.

Supposedly, there are pet-friendly antifreezes out there -- but they're supposed to be non-toxic, not cat repellants.

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs might as well get used to it." -- Heinlein? (Possibly quoting someone else)

 

I've heard that aluminum foil is a good material to put on things you want the cats to stay off of. They apparently don't like the sound it makes when they step on it. What can it cost to try it out?

 

I have a friend who successfully used the shock mats on his S2000. Set to the highest level, those things give a hell of a zap!

The 1 mil plastic wouldn't work at out house, it would just be a pee target.

Cats can be trained, you just have to find a way that works for the particular cat.

 

I have the same issue with my cats but...
if your car is already covered what's is the problem?

 

Do a search. I think de-catting has been discussed like a zillion times.

Just be careful in California. They'll make you get the car tested with cats on it.

 

I have heard that simply sprinkling a little household pepper on the top will teach them it is not the place to go and will not harm them.

 

Odorless and stainless? Like.. water? Thats what I would fill it with.

 

Household pepper

 

Yep, the pepper works.
I found a can of "safe for cats" repellant, its main ingredient was white pepper.