This....has been a sad morning. One of the feral kittens out of the batch the two dumped pregnant momcats took a ride on the frame of my car this morning (after many precautions taken to keep them out from under our vehicles). I got about 2 miles down the road, turned right at a red light onto the main road, and heard a thump. That dreaded, awful thump. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw a black and white kitten running like his butt was on fire into the state-owned hospital property. I'm assuming it wasn't hurt too bad by the way it was running, but of course I have the "what-if's" going on now and it's killing me. I turned around and drove around looking, but never saw it. The state property is strictly off-limits and posted no trespassing (you can't even pull down one of the roads), so my search was limited to the surrounding county roads. And even if I did see it, it is totally feral, and won't come to anyone. I finally gave up and headed to work. I'm just devastated. I do know there isn't anything I can do or could have done, but it's still just heavy on my heart.
Does anyone have any ideas about how to keep them out of vehicles? Right now we are struggling with this. We are parking far away from the house--last night I left my car almost at the road---and we beat on the hood, slam the door a few times, and if we see one dart up under the car we always get out the leafblower and flush them out. This morning I had actually went out and started my car and let it run for about 10 minutes before I left and it was STILL up in there! Last night we watched them run playing under my husband's truck and his car, and he was parked far away from the house on purpose. We are at our wits end trying to keep them out.
And I still can't catch them! Like I said, I am catching everything BUT them. I've seen dog/cat repellant at the store but always doubted it would work, but now I'm desperate and considering getting some of it and spraying the underside of our vehicles. Ideas???
Does anyone have any ideas about how to keep them out of vehicles? Right now we are struggling with this. We are parking far away from the house--last night I left my car almost at the road---and we beat on the hood, slam the door a few times, and if we see one dart up under the car we always get out the leafblower and flush them out. This morning I had actually went out and started my car and let it run for about 10 minutes before I left and it was STILL up in there! Last night we watched them run playing under my husband's truck and his car, and he was parked far away from the house on purpose. We are at our wits end trying to keep them out.
And I still can't catch them! Like I said, I am catching everything BUT them. I've seen dog/cat repellant at the store but always doubted it would work, but now I'm desperate and considering getting some of it and spraying the underside of our vehicles. Ideas???