Even though I've got the big (OK medium) sized Cat in the garage this did not deter the little cat. Yesterday evening I go to take out the cat poop in pops this little cat right in the house. He didn't get two feet in and I grabbed him. Poop in one hand cat in the other. So I carry the little bugger out and put him in the driveway fully expecting that he'll just go away. Wrong! He shoots back in the garage like a rocket. Except this time he hides under the work bench. So being an animal lover I talk to him nice and he comes out and it go to pick him up and he goes wild. Biting, scratching and screaming! I drop him like a hot potato and he hides behind the hot water heater. So I get the broom stick and try to prod him out. Now he's screaming like I'm killing him. All the neighborhood dogs are going wild by now and I'm worried about the police. I wouldn't hurt the little bugger. I go back in the house to get the car keys as the Cougar and T-bird are definately in the way now. The cat transitions from the hot water heater to under the cars alternating between the two. Smart little @#$!%. I back the cars out and he's gone again. I spot him hiding under the shelving where we keep the extra soft drinks. I poke him again, he screams and growls. By now I'm sure he's related to a mountain lion even though he's only about 2 pounds. So, I poke him some more....back to the work bench! Not to be detered I fire up the compressor thinking I'd blow a little air and he'll leave. NOT. Back to the stick. I pull out all the jack stands I have stored there with the stick as I'm not getting my hand within 3 feet of him and he's looking pretty worried, not mean at this point. I figure I'll give him a little space and he'll take off. NOT! So I give him another shot of air while giving him some escape room and he's gone. Party time. Put the cars back in, close the door and I'm done for the night. This morning I go out to take the ole wagon to work and the little bugger sneaks back in and is wanting in the house. At this point I'm a concerned about being bloody and coming down with cat-scratch-fever or something. So I start with another session of small talk and I reach down and pick him up and I do and there's no violence but this time I drop him over the neighbors fence. But I don't trust the frantic feline so I sneak out the side door and take the truck to work instead of opening the garage door again giving him a large target. Apparently that four foot chain link is enough at this point until he figures out how to climb that fence....which I'm sure won't be long. At last sighting he was sitting on the other side of that fence but I'm sure I haven't seen the last of him.
Vinegar keeps cats out of the yard. Or can go to each major marker on the front or back and pee, staking your territory, but vinegar works - just sprinkle a solid line/row in front of the garage door! OR, plant catnip (throwing seeds) on the front lawns on your street.
I can see it now. Man arrested for peeing on his front porch! But officer, a nice man in Canada recommended it.
Well, actually some Officer in Canada wrote an article about raising wolves on his farm in the foothills. Although they were docile and obedient enough, they wouldn't let him get close to his wife when they were outside BBQ'ing or lazing around on the loungers, so he literally did what pack animals do and 'staked' his territory! He could hug her again!
