I have been in the process of tanning 2 deer capes and a bobcat. One deer cape was dried hard, the other was still green. The bobcat was hard also. I rehydrated in salt and lysol, the hard cape for about 4 hours and the bobcat and soft cape for 2. After pickling both of my deer capes have started to slip. One left a huge clump the size of my hand on my fleshing beam. I called the taxidermist that I bought the capes from and he said that I soaked them too long. I followed the directions that are written in the Whitetail manual by Sallie Dahmes. He said to let them soak for 30 minutes, at the most then sweat them in a plastic bag. Now I am confused as to what the correct procedure is. I followed what the book said to do.
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I forgot to mention that I had NO problem with the bobcat
Check the pH of your LYSOL, you will find its in the upper end alkaline, not acid. They pH of LYSOL is over 9. While you followed the directions, the book was written some years ago. At that time LYSOL small brown bottle, contianed carbolic acid, phenol which is and was one of the best antibacterial cleaners on the market.
There is a ton of post about this.
You were just lucky with the cat, and maybe the shorter time in the soak may have helped.