Help! Alien goo in my rug :(

[PaleHousewifeOfCumbriaCounty]

Some bright spark bought my son one of those hideous alien in an egg things, which has leaked some sort of slime onto my new rug. Its still squidgy - any ideas how to clean it off?

Oh, I wish this thread was in AIBU (could do with some amusing threads there atm).
I take it the rug is not washable? I have just ordered some dry cleaning spray off ebay which I used to use when I worked in fashion which is rather good for removing stains, alien or otherwise.
hth

the goo is water soluble while still gooey (thank goodness) so you can sponge it out.

Its come out thank god. Looked bloody awful tho, like snot all over it! It only seems to be people with no kids who buy them these things!