Cat is scratching our cars

Marvel1

Tom_82 wrote: »

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I have a lot o photos and movies with this cat in main role. I put CCTV to find out why I keep finding new scratches on my cars and after a week mystery solve.

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DoubleDoors

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Gloomendoom

DoubleDoors wrote: »

If they can prove which cat it was and they know who owns said moggie I suppose they could try billing the owners for damages.. Won't do much for neighbourly relations though

Reading up on it, although it is possible, the legal option is more likely to succeed if the damage results from behaviour that would not normally be expected from a cat.

WillowCat

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Reading up on it, although it is possible, the legal option is more likely to succeed if the damage results from behaviour that would not normally be expected from a cat.

I have four maine coons. I can confirm that cats scratch. Ours are pretty well trained (except for the stair carpet) but there are scratches over sofas and furniture simply from where they slip and extend claws to hold on. Stopping on the coffee table when it's just been polished is an interesting exercise....I imagine stopping on a car bonnet is a similarly slippery event.

DoubleDoors

It's for this reason ^^ that my dad would never allow us to have cats. I can see why people get peed off when other people's moggies damage their gardens or property.

weesmiler

I wish cats were controlled in some way like dogs are. I've not had the issue with my car but with them pooing in my garden and I have a toddler who likes to play there. Drives me mad and there is nothing that can legally be done because they are "free to roam" horrible creatures!! I hope you can find some solution...

*Robin*

A couple of sonic cat repellers installed on either side of the parking space could be worth a try?

This example has good reviews:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BESTVA-Repellent-Operated-Ultrasonic-Waterproof/dp/B074R93ZVT/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1506798908&sr=8-2&keywords=solar+sonic+cat+repeller

..You may only need one, mounted on a nearby wall at bonnet / roof height.

calicocat

Tom_82 wrote: »

Water, coins or repelent is is only temporary solution. I want to find somebody who solve the problem legally. Small claims court or through solicitor?

In 35 years of having cats or living around them I have never known them scratch cars. I would have thought that a slippery cover would make the claws come out more and cause scratches though....an uncovered bonnet they would just hop onto without claws.

I don't think cats go to small claims courts in this country.................... :rotfl:

It is reported they may be developing thumbs though, so can flip pages of a book.....open fridges.....and click their fingers at you.

lauretta

Well I think you sound obsessive, Tom-82. Installing CCTV because of a few scratches on your car? Dear God, every other time I visit a supermarket car park, my car develops a few extra scratches - none of them put there by me!

However I'm not planning a) around the clock CCTV coverage, b) legal action, or c) any acts of cruelty towards the domestic pets of neighbours.

At the end of the day, on the 'annoying' scale, a fine scratch on a [STRIKE]lump of metal that you drive from, A to B in[/STRIKE] car, falls in the category 'insignificant first world problem'.

Leave the blooming cats alone! If I caught you throwing buckets of water over one of my cats, I'd throw a bucket of water over YOU. And then report you, to the RSPCA.

hazyjo

What do you expect them to do, have a stern word with it?

Really don't see what you can do other than make your car less attractive for them to sit on. It really can't be that hard. Use your imagination. Maybe something scrunchy they won't like, or something sloped. I wouldn't care if you sprayed my cat with water - it certainly won't hurt it and they don't often go back to places where they're likely to get wet.