What is your weather like ... today

[Lisak1]

What do they like about your windshield wipers so much @sissy ? That seems like a weird obsession!

@JBtheExplorer - we got about 6 inches here. Majority of the snowfall stayed further south, which is fine with me!

 

[sissy]

I guess they climb onto the roof of my hubby and my truck to get warm at night .There are lots of muddy footprints on the tops of both trucks .These neighbors bring cats here and this is becoming a big problem. 3 of my neighbors have already said the same thing on facebook about their wiper blades also .cat foot prints and ripped wiper blades .

 

[j.w]

That is really strange @sissy
Maybe spray them w/something cats hate but won't wreck your wipers, whatever that may be? You need to put a camera out there for awhile and see exactly what they are doing. What if you lift the blades away from your windshield and then put them down when you need to drive at least till the cats are somehow controlled if that is possible.

 

[sissy]

I tried that and they end up knocking the blades down or bending them .I had to have 1 of the whole parts replace because of the damage they did .55 dollars to replace the whole thing .Wiper blade 7 dollars for the cheapest ones

 

[JamieB]

Cats aren’t supposed to like lemon, but I haven’t noticed it works. However, it may be time for you to start popping the cats butts when you catch them on there. Or maybe a paint ball gun?

 

[sissy]

Not sure i want to ruin my vehicles .I can't even put the garbage out by the truck to take away more than 5 minutes because they will rip the garbage bag apart .They keep hiding under the guest house .I boarded the bottom up but they managed to dig to get under the boards .I put moth balls under there also,I figured the smell would keep them away

 

[JamieB]

Very frustrating. Hooked the pump up, got nothing, figured bad pump, exchanged it, same thing. It’s getting power, just not pulling water.

 

[Lisak1]

Good grief! My daughter used to live next door to a woman who fed all the feral cats in the neighborhood, which only led to more and more feral cats. It was a nightmare. My daughter had a fenced yard, but of course that didn't keep the cats out. My daughter's dogs had constant worms and infections from the cat poop in her own yard. They complained to the city constantly, but they would just come and trap the cats and she would start all over again. And the constant supply of cat food outdoors encouraged all the local raccoons to hang out, too.

The only solution for them was to move!

 

[sissy]

The pump will need primed then or it is not getting any water .Did you check your breaker as it may not be getting enough power also .My 1 1/2 hp has 4 breakers to run it .Some pumps if the water is to shallow it cannot get enough pulling power .

 

[CountryEscape]

What do they like about your windshield wipers so much @sissy ? That seems like a weird obsession!

@JBtheExplorer - we got about 6 inches here. Majority of the snowfall stayed further south, which is fine with me!

Not far enough south. LOL I'm about 4 hours south of Chicago, so I guess it hit in between us. Ho hum .... Calling for some this weekend, but mainly sleet and freezing rain it sounds like. Yuck!

 

[CountryEscape]

My brother who is a bachelor, never married, loves cats, and loves to feed feral cats on his front porch. However, if you saw his front porch, you would understand that ONLY wild animals would go up it. It's a disgrace. I'm glad he doesn't live in my neighborhood! But, he's wayyyy too cheap to feed more than 1 or 2 at a time. I'd be getting traps from the animal control, Sissy, and trapping those suckers and getting them taken care of that way. If they are wild, how can you blame any of the neighbors? They will all say they are not their cats! That's awful that you are having to pay for all those wiper blades. Yep, I'd take the matter into my own hands. I'll just be if you baited live traps with cat food, you would catch several every night. Put the traps side by side, so one cat will be curious what happened to the other one, especially of the caught one is eating the food! Good luck.

 

[addy1]

Bait the traps with sardines, they love them! I had a feral cat spraying my house in AZ it stunk, a live trap a few sardines and poof it was caught and taken to the shelter, skinny sickly.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Well, I woke up to more snow on the driveway. Another hour or so of shoveling is in my future. Oh, and another 2-3" tomorrow. I really hate it.

 

[Lisak1]

Not far enough south. LOL

haha! Where I am, when we say "south" we MEAN Chicago! And like @JBtheExplorer I woke up to more snow, it's currently snowing, going to snow most of the morning and more snow coming tomorrow. Come and get it!

 

[sissy]

WOW addy glad it is winter as sardines stink .Animal control is going to bring traps .I figure also why they are climbing up to the roof of the vehicles is maybe they are looking for prey ..My son ordered a wireless video camera for the carport .I talked to Mary Katherin yesterday and she is may neighbor and her and her hubby are having the same problem under their carport (ripped wiper blades )Her and Dallas (her hubby) are going to put house up for sale in March.They are down sizing .Going to miss them but a 2 story house for 2 people is hard when she has 2 hip replacements .It started raining really hard around 6 am and they say 4 days of rain .