The best folk to ask are RSPCA. In the main detergent does work, but the
difficulty is to stop the cat liicking the oil or whatever you treat it
with. Both can be fatal if enough is ingested.
Brian

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"ARW" wrote in message
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I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?

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Brian Gaff wrote

The best folk to ask are RSPCA. In the main detergent does work, but the
difficulty is to stop the cat liicking the oil or whatever you treat it
with. Both can be fatal if enough is ingested.

The oil is on the back of the cat's head, so that isn't the problem in this
case.

ARW wrote

I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?

On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


With the price of diesel as low as it is, not worth extracting oil from
cats now.

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"polygonum" wrote in message
...
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


With the price of diesel as low as it is, not worth extracting oil from
cats now.



And the oil must have made the cat feel unwell:-). It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

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On Sunday, 27 March 2016 18:18:50 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
... It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

That sounds like a normal day for Cat.

Owain

wrote in message
...
On Sunday, 27 March 2016 18:18:50 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
... It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

That sounds like a normal day for Cat.

I have just left it with the oil for now. This one is really stupid but it
seems to love living in my house so I keep feeding it



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On 26/03/2016 11:54, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/03/16 11:44, wrote:
...
Don't apply any cleaner that you don't know is cat safe, some are
toxic to cats. Also applying any sort of cleaner is the best way to
seriously **** off any cat. Just use wrung out wet cloths heated in
the mcirowave to get what you can off, and go to vet pronto. The oil
may be too toxic to leave it on. You can also ask advice here
http://www.doineedavet.co.uk/


NT

Jesus F Christ.

Shampoo isn't toxic to animals...

Cats have strange metabolisms and can react unexpectedly to things that
are safe on other animals and on humans. The vets I shared with at uni
had a mantra when doing pharmacology 'especially the horse and except
the cat' to describe the reactions to many drugs. As he says, never use
anything on a cat that is not known for certain to be cat safe.


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On 27/03/16 15:12, polygonum wrote:
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


With the price of diesel as low as it is, not worth extracting oil from
cats now.


Also oversupply of oil extracted from babies.

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On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 18:18:39 +0100, ARW wrote:

"polygonum" wrote in message
...
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


With the price of diesel as low as it is, not worth extracting oil from
cats now.



And the oil must have made the cat feel unwell:-). It's been sleeping
all day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on
the settee.

Well, the cat has now been de-oiled but how are you going to treat the
bed and the settee?

On Sunday, 27 March 2016 18:18:50 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
"polygonum" wrote in message
...
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?

And the oil must have made the cat feel unwell:-). It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

Cats sleep 16 hours a day normally


NT

On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 18:18:39 +0100, "ARW"
wrote:


And the oil must have made the cat feel unwell:-). It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

I've been known to do that after coming home well oiled myself.


G.Harman

"ARW" wrote in message
...
"polygonum" wrote in message
...
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


With the price of diesel as low as it is, not worth extracting oil from
cats now.



And the oil must have made the cat feel unwell:-). It's been sleeping all
day. 4 hours sleep on the bed followed by another 4 hours sleep on the
settee.

That’s to recover from you two terrorising it with the sink full of water,
stupid |-)

On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 02:18:05 +0100, David Lang
wrote:

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!


Thomas Prufer

On Monday, 28 March 2016 08:51:45 UTC+1, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On Sun, 27 Mar 2016 02:18:05 +0100, David Lang
wrote:

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective. Maybe the energy efficient future for pressure washers is to be replaced with big tongue machines!


NT

On Monday, 28 March 2016 10:02:38 UTC+1, wrote:
I bet a cat's tongue is more effective. Maybe the energy efficient
future for pressure washers is to be replaced with big tongue machines!

There was a battery powered one on Graham Norton in his Channel 4 days.

Owain

wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Maybe the energy efficient future for pressure washers
is to be replaced with big tongue machines!

On Mon, 28 Mar 2016 03:07:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Monday, 28 March 2016 10:02:38 UTC+1, wrote:
I bet a cat's tongue is more effective. Maybe the energy efficient
future for pressure washers is to be replaced with big tongue machines!

There was a battery powered one on Graham Norton in his Channel 4 days.

Please mark posts about battery powered tongue machines as NSFW, some of us may
be pretending to work...


Thomas Prufer

On Monday, 28 March 2016 19:03:09 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.


NT

wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.


NT

ARW wrote:
I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?


Pretend you're stroking with, but have some detergent on your hand, then
throw it in a shower cubicle to rinse?

In message ,
writes
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!
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On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:24:44 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message ,
tabbypurr writes
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!

Top yes, back of head is definitely licked. The differing appearance is unmistakable.


NT

wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote
Thomas Prufer wrote
David Lang wrote

Angle grinder.

All wrong. Pressure washer!

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag.

I've seen them do it many times.

Like hell you have.

Cat's skin can move about far more than ours.

Not on the back of their head as much as that it doesn't.

It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Not on the back of their heads it isnt.

Dan S. wrote
ARW wrote

I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?

Pretend you're stroking with, but have some detergent on your hand, then
throw it in a shower cubicle to rinse?

Toby is too smart for that to work.

He already realised what the sink of water was for and ****ed off as fast as
he could.

In message , Tim Streater
writes

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!

What, front legs or backs of neck?

Expensively fed moggies that should have been out catching mice and rats
in the farmyard.


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Tim Lamb

On Saturday, 26 March 2016 11:54:27 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 26/03/16 11:44, wrote:
On Saturday, 26 March 2016 11:03:07 UTC, ARW wrote:
"Robin" wrote in message
...
On 26/03/2016 09:49, ARW wrote:

I guess the daft sod slept under a car

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/images/6/62/Oilcat.jpg

Any suggestions or just leave it?

Rub with w/u liquid or Swarfega and wipe off with moist towel/rag.

Repeat until cat digs through towel you've wrapped round it/scratches its
way through your welding gloves

Could just be from running under a car and and rubbing against sump plug.
Used to happen a lot more in the good old days when very many cars dripped
oil.


Oh yes - I had a go with the neighbours help. It took Toby 3 seconds to
decide to **** off.

Don't apply any cleaner that you don't know is cat safe, some are toxic to cats. Also applying any sort of cleaner is the best way to seriously **** off any cat. Just use wrung out wet cloths heated in the mcirowave to get what you can off, and go to vet pronto. The oil may be too toxic to leave it on. You can also ask advice here
http://www.doineedavet.co.uk/


NT

Jesus F Christ.

Shampoo isn't toxic to animals

It can be depending on what type as theres so many.
http://pets.thenest.com/human-shampo...cats-6650.html

Humans and cats don;t have the same ph and using human shampoo on cats can cause ittchy flacky skin.
Thre's plenty of things that are bad for cats that might be in some shampoos such a tree tea oil which may well be ok comign from trees but not in teh high concentrations that can be brought off the shelf and while OK for 'some' humans the efect on cats from being a little weak to being in a coma.

I think a Rod may be distilling Austrailain tea tree oil as one of his favourite tipples and you can see what effect that has on him, think what will might happen to a cat.
It might think that grain doesn't appear on the bottom of doors or even trees which is why they are easy to climb up but not down. ;-)





WTF are you doing on a DIY group? You sound like you belong in the NetNannys

Humans and animals are differnt didn't you know.

On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:38:27 UTC+1, wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:24:44 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message ,
tabbypurr writes
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!

Top yes, back of head is definitely licked. The differing appearance is unmistakable.

Not quite the back of the head between the shoulder blades are where the cat finds it most difficult to like that's why you put the anti-flea stuff on such as advocate and spot-on or other remidies.



NT

On Thursday, 31 March 2016 10:49:41 UTC+1, whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:38:27 UTC+1, tabbypurr wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:24:44 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message ,
tabbypurr writes
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!

Top yes, back of head is definitely licked. The differing appearance is unmistakable.

Not quite the back of the head between the shoulder blades are where the cat finds it most difficult to like that's why you put the anti-flea stuff on such as advocate and spot-on or other remidies.

Flea treatments go on the back of the neck. The back of the head is lickable, despite the fact that if you don't appreciate the length of a cat's tongue, their great flexibility & skin mobility you'd swear it was not lickable.


NT

On Thursday, 31 March 2016 12:39:47 UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, 31 March 2016 10:49:41 UTC+1, whisky-dave wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:38:27 UTC+1, tabbypurr wrote:
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 20:24:44 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message ,
tabbypurr writes
On Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:38:20 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote
Rod Speed wrote
tabbypurr wrote

I bet a cat's tongue is more effective.

Not on the back of its own head like in this case.

Cats can and do lick things off the backs of their heads.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

Thank you for confirming I'm correct.

I've seen them do it many times. Cat's skin can move about far more
than ours. It's one of the keys to their exceptional flexibility.

Hmm.. usually done by licking the inside of a front leg and using that
to wipe the top of the head.
My mother had 17 at one stage of her life!

Top yes, back of head is definitely licked. The differing appearance is unmistakable.

Not quite the back of the head between the shoulder blades are where the cat finds it most difficult to like that's why you put the anti-flea stuff on such as advocate and spot-on or other remidies.

Flea treatments go on the back of the neck.

I guess it depends on your termology

http://uk.frontline.com/Pages/How.aspx

For cats: squeeze contents in two places one at the base of the skull and a second 2 -3 cm further back.

The back of the head is lickable, despite the fact that if you don't appreciate the length of a cat's tongue, their great flexibility & skin mobility you'd swear it was not lickable.


NT