Okay, since we really don't have anything to complain about on our trucks, here's a thread about the worst day in mine's life so far...

Headed out to work this morning and notice a green slimy liquid running down the passenger window. Being as we have been in a drought here for a year, I know the origin of this not natural nor climatically related. Get out and look at my roof, and yep - the damn cat has puked on my sunroof! ACK!

Stop truck, grab water hose, hop in the bed dragging hose over the side to rinse the hell out of the area and all surrounding ones as well, making sure that all feline acidic stomach contents are gone from my paint job. Took a while, but the area was finally rinsed clean. I am thoroughly cussing the cat, who has also been letting mice wreak havoc in my tack room lately, for puking on my truck Worthless barn cat.

Well, now the rinse job sucks, because my water is hard as a rock and leaves horrendous water spots. Just the night before I moved the truck to the far side of the house to make sure the sprinkler spray didn't hit it. So here I am, washing toxicity with less-but-still toxicity, and running late to work with no time to try and dry it by hand. Grrr. Now I'm really cussing the cat for making me put water spots on my truck.

But, okay, maybe that's not so bad - she needed washing anyway. I'll deal with the spots this weekend and get her back to her lovely self again, and it won't actually kill me to see them for one day. I'm still cussing the cat though.

And then, at lunch, I look real hard at the side I pulled the hose up from. Yep, you guessed it - scratches all over my fender flare. I don't have any idea what was on my hose - rocks, dirt, the bubonic plague, whatever - but I didn't see it and it scratched my truck all to hell and back. By now I'm sure the truck is cussing the cat as loudly and strongly as I am. Damn cat!

So now I get to try and compound the scratches out, along with removing the toxic water spots, this weekend. Should be a fun job, and I'll really be po'd if the scratches don't rub out. I know she won't stay perfect forever, but really? Scratches from a water hose? That I put there? Nope, not acceptable.

Anyone want a cat?

 

That does suck...you should shoot your cat

 

Or to be PETA compliant, get some bigger mice that can take out the cat...

 

There is a neighbors cat that walks around and under my truck often at night.
So far there are no paw prints (or scratches) on my truck because the moment that happens, I'll be sitting and waiting...
(I am a dog person, anti cats)

Bigger mice can't have a positive end result either.

For the hose, run it up the lowered tailgate so if something has to get scratched it will be the plastic piece.
So far so good taking that route and someone may even have a better idea.
I accidently melted a small spot on that plasic tailgate piece with a soldering iron a few months back.
It's just a plastic piece but you would have thought I scraped the paint with a nail.

 

Pam,its time for a dog.

 

I agree. Shoot the cat. It is the only reasonable solution.

 

two black labs = zero cat issues

 

Better the cat puking on the truck then the truck puking..

 

Here is the suspected offending cat - it appears she has hired some muscle for protection....



This is just one of my four dogs. The other three are working as backup. The second cat wants no part of the whole messy business, but the chickens are in. The horses just want to know if there's food involved.

 

I wonder why that chicken is not afraid of those cats!!!!

 

The chickens will actually chase the cats off if they get too close to their food. That's a funny sight to see. They are pretty fearless around here, no one messes with them except the occasional raptor bird.

Here they are hangin' with the dogs, their protectors. The dogs are all livestock guardian bred.

 

I had trouble with the neighbors cat on my truck car and motorcycle so i sprinkled the vehicles with pepper. What is this first thing the cat does when it sits on top of your truck? .....It licks its paws! Yaahoo no more cat prints and the pepper rinses right off. send your thank you checks to your favorite charity in my name!

 

Seriously? That works? Sounds better than my boyfriend's idea of grounding the truck out and running some 110 to it.....

 

Worked for me. try it what do you have to lose?

 

I would find myself forgetting I did this.
Guess it would be best to follow the block heater rules; run the cord over the drivers mirror so you remember not to touch your truck.

My beagle had a problem with digging...everywhere.
A bit of cayenne pepper in few holes put a stop to that for a period of time.