Morning yall, Congrats to the momma with the new baby:') Coochie is going to the vet when I get paid. I'm gonna have him declawed. Every night this week he has wanted to sleep at the foot and catch my feet every time I move them. I lock him up but he still gets out. The claws are going caz If not I'm gonna hurt him, not intentionally but by automatic response. You would think as many times as I've kicked him he would have learned by now. Good thing he finally stopped biting or his saw blades would be going too.
Don't declaw Coochie, he's too old and he'll bleed alot and it'll be horribly painful. Just clip his claws like you do the dog's toenails. Wrap him in a towel and get someone to help you if you have to. It takes both my Mother and I to clip her cat's nails, she doesn't appreciate it and very loudly lets us know it, but we manage. If we don't they start growing into the pads of her feet. We do it about once every month or so. I clip my cat's nails too. He doesn't appreciate it either, but I can do him by myself. He's none to careful with his when they're sharp and will bring blood when playing.
Also, get a squirt bottle full of water and squirt him when he claws you. Either that or a fairly light container of some kind with pebbles in it - something that rattles. Throw that at him. He's a smart cat, he'll learn.