Oil Slick

I've been away for the last few days at a sales conference. These are always quite draining so the idea of getting home for a quiet night is a good one. Getting home to find a cat that seems to have taken a bath in an oil slick is not quite such a good idea. Strangely the oily footsteps only seem to be on the stairs, as if the cat were dropped into the house at the top of the stairs and then airlifted out again when he reached the bottom. But his legs and undercarriage are black. Now less black because we rubbed him down in Swarfega and then washed him but, even so, he still smells oily. Every other step he stops and shakes his legs. Not a happy cat.