Good point, Roy. It's Friday; I should relax. My main point was that the cat is just doing what cats do and the owner is really the responsible party. And I happen to like cats. If it's a stray, then I might suggest capturing the cat and taking it to animal control. This would probably result in the cat's death, though, so one might argue that modifying the cat's behavior with a little negative reinforcement might ultimately be more humane. I have the same problem with pidgeons around here, but they don't have owners and you can't capture them.

joe

 

Hey, why not offer to split the cost of declawing the little fur ball? No claw, no scratch /wwwthreads_images/icons/cool.gif
But I still like the attach Chihuahua tied to the front bumper idea.........[shcoked]
And I like cats too. Fried, baked, or broiled they're pretty tasty /wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif/wwwthreads_images/icons/tongue.gif

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John
95.5 YJ with "stuff"
http://SonsofThunder4x4.com

 

FNG, like one poster on this forum says, So many cats...... So few recipes!!!!

Gary

 

This reminds me of a story my wife told me about her brother. Seems that the cat next door was always getting into the garage and making a mess. He and a friend caught it and shaved it - completely. No harm done to the cat, but it was ridculed so much by it's fellow felines, that it never came back. The hair grew back and the cat stayed away - problem solved!

(former user: ddehaan)

 

this is a slightly different scenario, but could be made to work to protect a JEEP from a cat too:

My trash pickup is Monday morning ( about 7:10)
I leave for work at 6:40, my wife sleeps way past 7:15
we take the trash out Sunday night, we have a good sized Rubbermaid trash barrel
it isnt always enough, we sometimes have a hefty sack or two, along wihth teh barrel

several weeks in a row, I noticed the hefty sacks ripped open and trash spread out EVERYWHERE! I was soo pissed!!! so I was late for work since Im a nice guy and I cleaned it up so the neighbors wouldnt have such a lovely first thing in the morning experience...( the first week I did this..)

the next week it happened again!, I was saying things a sailer would have cringed at..I saw the culprit on teh way to work, and my wife later veryfied she had seen it in OUR trash also, and ran it off, she was afraid Id hurt it so she didnt say anything about it to ME!!, a little shaved dog with a beard, somekind of house poodle thing ...
the next day I saw it around my trash leftovers and I followed it home,home to an 80 year old lady down the road..

ok, so Im loosing some steam thinking to my self ( I cant hardly threaten this old lady!)

I told her the dog had been in my trash, and she said " Yes , i know I call, and call her, but she just wont come back into the house, Im letting her go out before I leave for work, you understand I have to let her out of the house right?"

its obvious she isnt going to do anything about the little dog..so I said
" well I DO understand that , Ive got a dog too, I just wanted to tell you, Im remodeling my house, and the trash is full of chemicals I found in the basement, and razor blades from all of the trim work and painting, and Id feel TERRIBLE if the little doggy got ahold of some paint thinner or somehting.."

needless to say, the dog hasnt been into my trash ANYMORE



ozarkjeep
1977 CJ5 looking for a Hard top near NW Arkansas!

 

That's what cats do. It's their job to climb around on stuff. Leave them alone and wipe your Jeep off. People who don't like cats don't like them because cats are just exactly like the people would like to be, if their wives would let them. Try moth balls, I've heard that might work. My cats ride around with me.

JP
'94 YJ and '85 CJ7 with stuff done to it/wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif

 

I live in the midwest.
We are practical people here, and not always politically correct.
When we have pests, we exterminate them.
We don't sue the cats for scratching the vehicles. We have found stray neighborhood cats have no income, and very little personal property. Just the occasional hairball, and maybe a dead bird carcass... So even if we get a judgment, we will never collect.

If a dog bites someone, we put it down. If a cat can't be controlled, we put it down.
If we have former wife problems, we dream of putting her down. (I see you all smiling!!)

If we have termites, exterminate them. ( I never thought of suing the termites... Wonder how hard the termites would laugh at me when they got served...)
Mojo, if you are, as I suspect, a lawyer, will you sue my termites!?!
They are costing me a fortune! I can get some film footage of them if you think it will help my case...

As far as being 'Infantile'... I resemble that remark!
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Let me see... Cats..., Mammals, Rodents, only slightly cleaner than the basic sewer rat, and just as loveable.
Long hair breeds seem to make the best stews and soups.
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Do you know the difference between a Mexican Hairless and an European Short hair?
I'm pretty sure the Short hair has more dark meat. It's more of a crock pot thing, where a Hairless is more of a microwave thing.
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Available Recipes...
Sesame Siamese,
Tabby Tar-Tar,
Calico & Cornbread,
Bar-B-Que Burmese,
Teriyaki Tabby,
Persian Pilaf,
Mexican Hairless With Red Sauce,

Anybody got anymore?
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It's all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked out!....
Then it's fun & games with no depth perception...
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So many cats.... So few recipes...

 

HAHAHA, I had a "problem" cat around. First time, .22 pump rifle with one pump in it, scared rthe off cat. Next day scenraio repeats but with two pumps in it. No more cat. (not dead, just "edicated")

 

I don't care for cats, my dog feels the same way. Now if I could just keep my wheels clean.

Just a farmer, who drinks to much coffee.

 

Can't keep the wheels clean?
Is that the dog, or have YOU had too much coffee?

All in fun, Aaron.

So many cats.... So few recipes...

 

Sounds like someone needs to come up with a business that rents dogs to keep cats away. Hmmmmm

Steve

Mopar360yj
87yj+20,74CHR.030360,SOA,35BFGATs,46RH,241DHD,
D60-44-4.10

 

Perhaps, we can glean insight from our elders, Mark Twain said this on cats:

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it -- and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again -- and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. --Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.

I think we can learn that a good 'shock' to kitty will solve the problem once and for all. Maybe a remote switch to your windshild wipers on a very cold evening.




Scott,
'85 CJ7 'T.H.O.R.' "Take Him Off Road"

 

After all say and done, but remember cats got 9 lives!! lol..

Nycjeep

 

/wwwthreads_images/icons/blush.gif It was the dog, I swear, it wasn't me. Okay, maybe once or twice, gotta bond with the dog.

I used to have a few cats to keep the mice away. Got tried of cleaning up after those pigs. They would walk in the barn, take a dump in the corner, and then go back outside. So I just quit telling Alex no, when he wanted to tear them up. The cats left. Alex will also keep neighbors dogs away. He catches mice too. He's a big white German Shepard, that thinks he is still a puppy

Just a farmer, who drinks to much coffee.

 

I am a HUGE paintball fan...and the first semi automatic (true blowback) was the Tippmann 68 special. I came about 2 years before sheridan produced the vm-68......still great old 'guns. I got a tricked out automag now.....just another expensive toy along with my Jeep. Jeeps and paintball seem to coincide.

I'm not afraid of dying...I'm scared of not living

chevy-Cj-7

 

I thought the tippman68 was modified into a semi origonally... maybe the vm-68 was the first by sheridan... ? I dunno, all I know is this thing has some serious kick (comparing a .22 short rifle to a 1890's 12G shotgun) compared to today's auto-cockers, spyders, automag, angle, etc... Personally, I didn't like the angle when I tried it... no feedback... My VM, put a rifled barrel on it, I'll snipe ya from across the arena, no sight. with the brasslined, I can fire through broken balls, it cleans itself... Older is better.
now if only I could get it to fire on anything under 1200psi...


Florida Mud CJ-5
'77 RB304, t-150 D20 4" 35" swampers

 

See the superbowl cat ad? I think now-a-days cowboys would use Jeeps to herd cats. To the guy asking about cat recipes- I'll have to ask my dad, he used to eat cat when he was a POW of the 3rd Reich during the big war. Stray cats would wander into the camp, but they never wandered out. I think they also ate horse.

 

That's it! Rope the sucker, and hog-tie 'em! That is one cat that is going to think twice about it's warm sleeping arrangments!

Scott,
'85 CJ7 'T.H.O.R.' "Take Him Off Road"

 

FlMudCJ- I love the VM-68s, the position of the bottle, while making the gun quite nose-heavy, also makes it easy to use two at a time! Now you can cover your own tail when you get in a crossfire.

 

Actually, my VM-68 has been converted to back-bottle, It gives it a perfect weight balance... not like the autococker where its all centealised... mine, with its weigh distribution away from the CG means I can tripple tap it, and have three shots one ontop of the other... - the latest problem with it tho, is my 'magic fingers' (I swear that's what their called) broke... so now I'm doubble or tripple feeding balls into the chamber, kinda cool, its a shotgun effect... no ball breakage either... but it isn't exactly accurate... So I've been using my friends spyder until I can ******* some creative fix...


Florida Mud CJ-5
'77 RB304, t-150 D20 4" 35" swampers