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Knocking on the bonnet of your car before you get in could save a cats life

  • 11-11-2012 11:59AM
    #1
    Pumpkinseeds
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭


    With the weather getting colder I just wanted to let people know that some cats/kittens will seek shelter and warmth in car engines. By doing something as simple as giving a knock on the bonnet of your car you could save a cats life, as it will give them time to get out of the engine. If people aren't interested in the welfare of the animal just think about the expensive damage that could be done to your engine if a cat that is injured or killed in there.

    Its a simple thing to do. We found a cat yesterday that was caked in engine oil and missing from the far side of the town. Luckily he hadn't been injured and we found his owners so he his safe at home now.

    Can people please not turn this into a cat hate thread or derail it for their own entertainment.


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  • #2
    ChunkyLover_53
    Closed Accounts Posts: 901 ✭✭✭ChunkyLover_53


    Can they not use public transport like everyone else?


  • #3
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    Cats damage the engine?


  • #4
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    Surely when you close the car door it's the same thing?
    Pesky cats. Hate them!


  • #5
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    Ah, so that's why my Porsche gets called a 'pussy magnet' :confused:


  • #6
    monkeypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,385 ✭✭✭monkeypants


    I use them as fuel; I've a CAT converter.


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  • #7
    Jester252
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭Jester252


    I had one of my cats make it to Dublin from Laios no problem uder the bonnet


  • #8
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,691 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Bloody Kilkenny people taking shelter under my car. :mad:


  • #9
    Hippies!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 555 ✭✭✭Hippies!


    I hate cats


  • #10
    9959
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭9959


    KNOCKING ON THE BONNET OF YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU GET IN COULD SAVE A CATS LIFE

    I never 'get in' to the bonnet of my car, especially if it's packed to the gunnels with cats.


  • #11
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    I'd rather kill the cat


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  • #12
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    faceman wrote: »
    Bloody Kilkenny people taking shelter under my car. :mad:
    Ahem we have Liam to keep us warm :D On topic this happened to my brother. He went driving off and one of our cats was under the bonnet. Not a happy sight when he opened the bonnet to see the mangled remains of the cat.


  • #13
    marketty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭marketty


    Yep see that's your problem right there, you got a cat in your turbo. Gonna cost ya bud


  • #14
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Doesn't take much no matter how much you despise cats. Plus it saves the possibility of them fvcking your engine right up.


  • #15
    Calibos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,935 ✭✭✭Calibos


    I always knock one out before I head off on a long journey...


  • #16
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,408 ✭✭✭bbam


    1ZRed wrote: »
    Doesn't take much no matter how much you despise cats. Plus it saves the possibility of them fvcking your engine right up.

    That's a stupid post.
    How do you think a cat is going to damage your engine.
    I once saw a cat caught in a fan belt of a van starting. Screech, blood, bits of cat but the engine was fine. Really, an engine is far more powerful and robust than that.


  • #17
    Hilly Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,055 ✭✭✭Hilly Bill


    Pumpkinseeds wrote: »
    With the weather getting colder I just wanted to let people know that some cats/kittens will seek shelter and warmth in car engines. By doing something as simple as giving a knock on the bonnet of your car you could save a cats life, as it will give them time to get out of the engine. If people aren't interested in the welfare of the animal just think about the expensive damage that could be done to your engine if a cat that is injured or killed in there.

    Its a simple thing to do. We found a cat yesterday that was caked in engine oil and missing from the far side of the town. Luckily he hadn't been injured and we found his owners so he his safe at home now.

    Can people please not turn this into a cat hate thread or derail it for their own entertainment.

    Purrfect, i'll do that from now on.


  • #18
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,800 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    I have a decat on my car so I should be good


  • #19
    dudara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    I always check my car engine bay before driving away from my parents' house. Flipping cats everywhere. Came out of the house once to find 6 of them sunning themselves on the roof of the car.

    The parents currently have a real mean moggy - evil incarnate - my Dad joked that if the cat was in the engine, the engine would lose.


  • #20
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    bbam wrote: »
    That's a stupid post.
    How do you think a cat is going to damage your engine.
    I once saw a cat caught in a fan belt of a van starting. Screech, blood, bits of cat but the engine was fine. Really, an engine is far more powerful and robust than that.

    Seen it happen once before.


  • #21
    lost marbles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 455 ✭✭lost marbles


    true story
    my brother started getting a weird smell in his car .seemed to be coming from the aircon ,thought it was stale water in the system .tried everything but the smell was that bad his kids refused to travel in the car
    he was going on holiday so brought the car to his mecanic ,the guy put the car up on the hoist and was taking off the undershield when he noticed something lying in it .
    he got a bar to dislodge what he thought was a sod of grass and down onto his head came a ton of maggotts .
    poor fella was puking on his knees .a bloody cat had got into the undershield and died


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  • #22
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Cats doing damage to engines, don't talk to me about. Fúcker knew nothing about diesels engines and even wanted to know where to put the spark plugs :rolleyes: .


  • #23
    girl in the striped socks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 653 ✭✭✭girl in the striped socks


    I have a dog that keeps cats away.
    He despises them. So if a cat did manage to get past him & into the engine then I'd say his luck would protect him from getting mangled.


  • #24
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Calibos wrote: »
    I always knock one out before I head off on a long journey...


    Knocking them down is better


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,656 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Also make sure to check the surface of your tyres for insects, if they're asleep on the top of the tyre they will get squished when you start moving. Please think of the spiders this winter.


  • #26
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Also make sure to check the surface of your tyres for insects, if they're asleep on the top of the tyre they will get squished when you start moving. Please think of the spiders this winter.
    But spiders aren't insects.


  • #27
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    How about :

    Cat owners, be aware that your pet may crawl up into someone's engine seeking heat and get killed, causing expensive damage to their car. Make sure you keep them in your house where it's warm, and the possibility of them getting shredded by a fan belt is practically nil.


  • #28
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    My cat lost one of her legs because of this, didn't do any damage to the car AFAIK


  • #29
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,965 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Calibos wrote: »
    I always knock one out before I head off on a long journey...
    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Knocking them down is better

    Oh dear.. I don't think you got it... :p


  • #30
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    What if that cat goes on to kill 10 birds?

    Knocking on the bonnet of your car before you get in could kill 10 birds


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  • #31
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I had the misfortune of killing three kittens in this manner. One got mangled in the alternator belt, one fell out on the road and one got baked when it fell in the exposed exhaust manifold.


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