Is it safe to leave vegetable oil on my cats fur for 24 hours?

I'm assuming your cat has gotten oil on itself somehow, and you want to know if you can wait a day to clean the cat? Yes, you can do that. Vegetable oil isn't harmful; it's edible. It might give your cat the runs, but it's not actually going to hu... read more

It’s safe, but pretty messy. Vegetable oil is edible by animals too, so no harm done. By adding a teaspoon to the cat food will make their fur coat shine and stop dry skin, so you can do it this way without the mess. read more

Yes, it's in their feed, but when you give it to them straight, I would think that's way too much. My two kittens love the taste of coconut oil, that's probably better than your vegetable oil. Not sure about olive oil, but it's probably better than soybean oil too. read more