Grrrrrrrr....cats.

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Winter is finally letting go it's grip and the boat is still in the driveway (which means it didn't blow away during our latest storms unlike our flowering plum tree). But I digress.

So feeling in a boating mood, I crawled under the cover to prepare her for spring and make a list of "to do's". What do I find? Our neighbor's LONG hair cat has been using our boat as it's own private salon. What a mess! :amgry Fur. Urine. Scratches. Did I mention fur and URINE?!?!?!?!?!!?

To top if off, the F'in bastard is sitting on the forward hatch, staring at me through the windshield! Now cats are cool and we have two...IN THE HOUSE!!!!! Keep your feral beast in your property!!!! Time for a trap. Or my 9mm..."Sorry...haven't seen it".

Grrrrrrrrr....cats.....
 
Yea Mark, I love cats too, but in their place.

I have heard that mouse traps set under some sheets of tin foil will do the trick too. :twisted: Ever see cats fly :?: :wink: I have also heard of using those sticky mouse traps too, take the tops off so the cats can carry the sticky part around with them for a few days. don't ask how I know that works. :?

Harvey
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durn cats, I had cat problems and tried everything to keep them away, mothballs, sticky paper, cat repellant powder, carpet tack strips and found the best solution was one of nature's own...coyotes.
 
I have a live trap if you need to use it. Trap and turn into the pound. I wish I could tell you to talk to your neighbor about the cat but they just wont care.
 
If you live trap it you are sure to have a bit more urine!

But this is no good and you should not tolerate it.

You can deal with it any number of ways, but it would certainly be within your rights to seek compensation for damages. They are responsible for their cat. At the very least, you sending your neighbors a large bill to clean up urine (Nature's Miracle is the only thing that works!!) they may not pay, but may be motivated to prevent any such future bills, and once you have informed them of their negligence (do so in writing, email is subpoenable and agreements made in email correspondence are binding contracts, or you can file a complaint with the police and that will document that the responsible party was made aware) you should have a much easier time seeking compensation for damages resulting from their failure to contain their cat in the future.

Take pictures of the cat in your boat.

Do not harm the cat or you could end up being the one in trouble (different municipalities approach these issues very differently). A cat can be injured in a live trap, and you could be responsible for those injuries if you fail to operate the trap properly.

Regardless, document the damages and document that you informed the owner of the issue and at the very least you should be able to get your future cleaning bills covered with speedy small claims court action if it comes to that.
 
I never had cat troubles, but living in the country, I once had a field mouse use the insulation on my wiring as a snack bar. We keep a feral cat around as repellent.
 
I am not going to harm the cat. However, I am going to attempt to dissuade it from entering the boat again. It is jumping up onto the Permatrim, then onto the swim step and into the cockpit. It's scratched up the Permatrim and I found enough fur to make a coon skin hat ala Davey Crocket.

Perhaps a board with some very sharp screws/nails on it to start. with some sticky paper for good measure. Hopefully, I'll be able to clean it all up. There is no carpet or upholstery; only gel coat etc and our cooler. Can't do anything much about the scratches. If the ideas above don't work I"ll have to resort to a humane, live trap and I'll drop the varmint off with animal control.

I won't get any cooperation from our neighbors. The husband is an ass-hat misogynist and his wife is spineless as a result. We have never seen "eye to eye" since they moved in and their three dogs constantly barked, all day...all night...and they did nothing.
 
My trap has been used many times by a friend of mine and it never hurt the cats. And if you take the cat to the pound those type of neighbors are not going to spend money getting it back.
 
starcrafttom":3ljo61jk said:
... I wish I could tell you to talk to your neighbor about the cat but they just wont care.
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Tell me...
Thankfully our neighbor and his herd of semi-feral cats moved away last year.
Bird killing, pooping ,disease carrying vermin.
 
We have two housecats. Well, actually...my wife has two house cats. Both are rescues and both are fixed. And both stay in the house, full time. They are allowed outside only onto the upper deck, in summer and they don't roam.

This one however, is a mangy, long haired, unfriendly nuisance. It has used our bark beds as it's personal litter box and has crept into our garage on numerous occasions. I would not be sad to see "something" happen to it.
 
They hate tinfoil. Cover everything it is using to access the boat with tinfoil and it won't use it.

I wouldn't want to harm a cat either. I'd like to think the early advice in that direction was tongue in cheek.

Good luck!
 
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