There's a cat in my engine...and no, that's not a metaphor

[terry78]

There's like an abundance of stray kittens around here, as I mentioned the last time with the one that followed me home. I go up to my car and I open the door, and hear this faint meowing, and I go and open the hood and it gets louder, and I see its face in there looking up, just sitting inside the engine. Don't know how the **** it got up in there, much less where it's sitting, but I'm trying to get him/her out as we speak. I may try to catch it if it ain't a speed demon and take it to the shelter because it looks like it was just recently born, but we'll see. Just glad I didn't start the car before it cried out....

 

[Rando]

i was quite worried that the cat was in there and you started it.

at least you don't have a dead cat on your conscience.

something i have to live with every day.

 

[Logan's Runt]

Cats and other assorted animals often crawl up into engines to keep warm- ours used to do that all the time. They'd sit on top of the tires during the rain, too. I found a groundhog starting at me on top of the air filter once when I opened a hood.

 

[pyromaniac]

Why are there a lot of stray cats in your area?

I see cats basically basking under the car as well - but never have I heard the engine bit. How do they get in there from under the car?

 

[terry78]

Why are there a lot of stray cats in your area?

I see cats basically basking under the car as well - but never have I heard the engine bit. How do they get in there from under the car?

The bottom of most cars is hollow, there's nothing blocking anything from getting up into it. The engine has a lot of small nooks they can squeeze into.

 

[DRUMM3RBOY]

The bottom of most cars is hollow, there's nothing blocking anything from getting up into it. The engine has a lot of small nooks they can squeeze into.

Yeah my cat's did the same thing.....none of em ever got hurt, it happened like probably every other morning

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

During the winter months, one of my cousin's outdoor cats had a habit of laying on top of the hood, underneath my car, or crawling underneath. I would always have to make sure that he wasn't there before I started my vehicle. One time I almost took him home with me when I left my sunroof open and he jumped in. I was descending the drive when a little furry head started brushing against my elbow.

Why don't you keep him Terry? Not a cat person?

 

[AndThePickles]

Terry, all these kittens you keep finding are a sign that you need to keep one!

 

[bullets]

 

[Neto Magnus]

There's like an abundance of stray kittens around here, as I mentioned the last time with the one that followed me home. I go up to my car and I open the door, and hear this faint meowing, and I go and open the hood and it gets louder, and I see its face in there looking up, just sitting inside the engine. Don't know how the **** it got up in there, much less where it's sitting, but I'm trying to get him/her out as we speak. I may try to catch it if it ain't a speed demon and take it to the shelter because it looks like it was just recently born, but we'll see. Just glad I didn't start the car before it cried out....

drive around for a few hours. That'll cook him out. Plus, you'll get a nice bbq car smell.

 

[Nirvana]

Terry, all these kittens you keep finding are a sign that you need to keep one!

What she says!

I remember a few years ago my mom was dropping me off to school and we hear meowing, in the car. I kept getting louder so we pulled over and checked in the engine to find nothing. So we check around the car and above the tire was a little kitten just sitting there. It looked pretty damn scared. It scratched the hell out of me when I tried to get it, too. I missed school that day.

 

[I Am The Knight]

So, what happened to the kitty cat?

 

[knowsbleed]

dinner

 

[Knightsaber Priss]

This is one of the best LOL Cats images I've ever seen. We really need a LOL Cats thread in here.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

There's like an abundance of stray kittens around here, as I mentioned the last time with the one that followed me home. I go up to my car and I open the door, and hear this faint meowing, and I go and open the hood and it gets louder, and I see its face in there looking up, just sitting inside the engine. Don't know how the **** it got up in there, much less where it's sitting, but I'm trying to get him/her out as we speak. I may try to catch it if it ain't a speed demon and take it to the shelter because it looks like it was just recently born, but we'll see. Just glad I didn't start the car before it cried out....

Sell them to a chinese restaurant.

 

[kane9321]

I hate cats

 

[Metamorpho1977]

I love cats, they make great stir fry. Or at least it's good at my local chinese food establishment.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

That's weird. Good thing you found it before you started the car.

 

[The Guard]

What's really fun is when you're inspecting a salvage vehicle and a raccoon jumps out of the engine and attacks you.