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From: aptr@ur-tut.UUCP (The Wumpus)
Newsgroups: net.pets,net.auto
Subject: Re: cats sitting on cars
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 20:33:36 EST
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> My neighbor's cat likes to sit on the hood of my new car.  He's a
> pretty nice cat so I don't want to feed him cat poison or anything
> like that. However, I am concerned about him scratching the paint.
> Should I worry and how do you get rid of a cat without hurting him or
> his feelings?
> --

I also know about the problem, except the car is a mint condition 72
Mercedes 300SEL4.5,  and yes the cat (really cats) do scratch the
finish.  The way we deal with it is to not let the cats near the car.
It is easy for us to do this because the car only comes out of the garage
when it is driven (incidently the reason it is still in mint condition is that
it has never seen the winter because it stays in the garage all winter.)
If you can't put the car someplace where the cat won't sit on it, I
would suggest one of two things:
               1) Get a large dog
               2) get a car cover

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