I uually wait until Izzie is asleep on my lap or at least half-out. If he's facing away from me, I trim his back claws. Toward me, his front claws. Buy a trimmer made specifically for pet's claws at the pet store. There are lots of them and it depends on which one you think you'd feel more comfortable using. If you look through a cat's claw, you can see solid pink inside. You don't want to cut into that. I usually just trim off the "hook" part of their claw. I may not be able to do all four feet at one time. With us, it's a process that takes a week or so before we're finished. I also provide two or three scratching posts around the house for them to use. And, I have gently handled my cats' paws since they were kittens. It gets them used to being touched.

Izadore (Izzie) answered on 9/2/08. Helpful? / 0