If the only surgery he had was being neutered he won't need to have his stitches removed.
Engine oil takes forever to come off. Dish soap works, but cats usually need three or four baths to get rid of all the oil. In the meantime you can use cotton wool soaked in make-up remover, the kind for removing water-proof make-up, to get the worst of it off. It's a long slow process.
The antibiotic shot is going to help a lot. Really, the fact that he is indoors and getting regular food is going to do him the most good.
Cats don't see that well. It's hard for them to identify people by the way they look, particularly as we change our clothes every day. Talk to him quietly before you open the door to his room so he knows that it's you coming. You can get him used to your smell by leaving an old sweat shirt or a pillow case you've been using in the room with him. Leave it near to his food bowl so he learns that your smell means good things.
He might need a dental in the future, but no rush.
Engine oil takes forever to come off. Dish soap works, but cats usually need three or four baths to get rid of all the oil. In the meantime you can use cotton wool soaked in make-up remover, the kind for removing water-proof make-up, to get the worst of it off. It's a long slow process.
The antibiotic shot is going to help a lot. Really, the fact that he is indoors and getting regular food is going to do him the most good.
Cats don't see that well. It's hard for them to identify people by the way they look, particularly as we change our clothes every day. Talk to him quietly before you open the door to his room so he knows that it's you coming. You can get him used to your smell by leaving an old sweat shirt or a pillow case you've been using in the room with him. Leave it near to his food bowl so he learns that your smell means good things.
He might need a dental in the future, but no rush.