# Fake cats on roof, does anybody else remember this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058 "2011-11-06T15:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/21 "2011-11-07T16:48:22Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Oh, yeah, I remember them. There would usually be a couple of them, I think, one kitty following the other, perched on a pitch that should have scared the ceramic finish off of them (or whatever they were made of). I grew up in Philly, where there were lots of rowhouses with little, faux eaves on the front to create the appearance of something other than a cube. Kitties on the eaves was a staple. > > I remember the gazing balls too. Philly boy, and I remember them well! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/22 "2011-11-07T17:11:55Z")
> [@SnakesCatLady](#): > > the neighborhood cat likes to climb the \*\*loquat trees \*\*and sun up there. LOL cat trees, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JoniMR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@JoniMR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoniMR)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/23 "2013-05-27T20:49:27Z")
Growing up, my dear mother had one on the outside of our home crawling up the wall. We lived in Hershey on 422. I have had cats now for over 15 years and LOVE kitties! My Mom sold her home, she moved twice, and my husband was the only one who took the initiative when I asked him to hang up the cat on the outside of both of her new homes, the last being a rancher. Sadly, my dear Mom passed away in 2007, it took us over a year to settle her estate which was a very sad process. My brother sneakily took down the cat (When he never had the initiative to ever hang it up) and took the cat; never asked anyone else if they wanted it. I am the biggest cat fan in the family, so it is only logical I would love to have it. SINCE HE TOOK IT, I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER ONE. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO FIND ONE??? Hers was a black ceramic cat, flat on the underside, with it’s tail curled hanging down and its black and white face looking up the wall. Anyone know where to buy one, please let me know!! I have scoured the internet, called local garden shops, etc to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![KermitTheFrig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/24 "2013-05-28T00:24:29Z")
In the late '60s to '70s my grandmother had a couple of ceramic cats climbing up the front of the house. None on the roof, though. I’m in Massachusetts. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/25 "2013-05-28T00:29:47Z")
I have a tin roof. It can be hot in the summer. Do I need a cat for it? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/26 "2013-05-28T00:44:07Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I have a tin roof. It can be hot in the summer. Do I need a cat for it? Only if they would be sharing it with a fiddler. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/27 "2013-05-28T02:07:17Z")
The neighbor had a fake squirrel on her shutters. They also had the pink flamingos. ---
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/28 "2013-05-28T02:16:54Z")
For anyone that knows, how are these wall climbing cats installed? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/29 "2013-05-28T04:31:13Z")
Look at this cute [kitty weather vane](http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beautiful-Large-full-size-Cat-and-Mouse-Copper-Brass-WEATHERVANE-/151050811216?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232b547750)! StG ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058/30 "2013-05-28T10:30:39Z")
> [@JoniMR](#): > > Anyone know where to buy one, please let me know!! I have scoured the internet, called local garden shops, etc to no avail. I made the ones for my sister because neither she nor I could find any. She did manage to score one, but I don’t know where she got it. There’s at least one house in my county that has a pair of them, but you hardly ever see them any more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-cats-on-roof-does-anybody-else-remember-this/602058.md?page=1)