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From: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Newsgroups: net.pets,net.auto
Subject: Re: cats sitting on cars
Message-ID: <2410@utcsri.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Mar-86 13:51:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 27 13:51:45 1986
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Reply-To: greg@utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith)
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
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Summary: don't squirt kitties with wiper fluid

In article <2097@cbsck.UUCP> swc@cbsck.UUCP (Scott W. Collins) writes:
>Turn the windshield squirters around (if possible) and zap the
>feline once or twice.  The wet point will be taken.  If the
>squirters don't twist around, use a water gun or the garden
>hose (with the light-spray attachment: we wouldn't want to give
>Whiskers an enema, now would we :-).

  I wouldn't use the wiper trick. Wiper fluid contains a poisonous anti-freeze
compound, and cats clean themselves with their tongues. 'nuff said. I myself
have found that an effective deterrent to cats is to fling them ( carefully,
and not too far) onto a suitable landing area ( in this case, a grassy area).
They are great at landing, but they don't like it :-). I did teach two of our
cats not to explore the fireplace grate, using this as a last resort ( they
could pull the screen open and afterwards track soot all over).
  I will say again that the cat fling should be executed carefully, and in such
a way that Whiskers will land paws down, so he can devote his attention to his
landing and not his orientation. This is not recommended for very old cats
or for big fat cats, obviously.
  And please don't make a habit of this :-).
  I am not responsible for any kitties wounded or otherwise damaged by the
use of this method by other people.
-- 
"No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn" -J. Morrison
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Greg Smith     University of Toronto       ..!decvax!utzoo!utcsri!greg