Does he tolerate grooming? - yes in 24 hour shifts if available. I can see one of those mits would be good for future use, but for now there's fur in that needs to come out!

And I don't know whether this petroleum malt can be bought in the UK, nor whether I could want to dose a cat with petroleum derivative as a lubricant. Are there more natural plant-based products?
Plus Zymyst - it's the neighbour's cat and he goes home at night