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Iirc either rub butter in and wash out or Fairy Liquid and rinse.
One of mine regularly used to get covered in oil.

Pure fairy liquid? Then wash.

Not sure which of us will enjoy this the least!!!!

Swarfega works. You need to be trapped in a small room (bathroom), wear rubber gloves and probably take paracetamol first.

Washing up liquid is what we use in the clinic to remove oil. It s really really important that the cat does not ingest any of the oil. It can take repeated washings and in between our patients would wear a buster collar to prevent licking.
Engine oil can do really nasty things to the cats stomach lining.

I bet it does, quiet confident he didn't lick it. Thankfully there isn't a huge amount.

It is done now, I'm now officially parnoid there's Fairy still on his fur and he'll get ill from that. Especially as he wasn't licking himself and now he is (whilst I was washing the Fairy out he licked my hand - wasn't expecting that!!!)

A little bit of Fairy liquid shouldn't hurt him.
When daftcat used to get covered I used to wash him in a pillowcase

Thanks for the advice - he's oil free now thankfully!!!