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I'm afraid I run a pretty tight ship. The cats will fool around, but they know when I'm serious and they straighten right up. When I first started clipping the middle girl's claws she would get completely hysterical (now she's just pretending to be hysterical on purpose) so I wrapped her in a beach towel. I think it's in "All Creatures Great and Small" that somebody tells the vet, "Herriott, you have your limitations, but by God you can wrap a cat." I really CAN wrap a cat. Zip-zip-zip, and they look like an ancient Egyptian cat mummy from Bubastis before they can say meow. She finally decided that it was such a blow to her dignity to be trussed like a turkey that she would rather sit wriggling and complaining for the minute or two it takes to clip . . . ;-)

Siamese are easy to claw-clip because their nails are clear. Clipping my dog's nails makes me very nervous because she's a Chocolate Lab and her nails are jet black, so I can't see the quick and have to judge length by the angle of the claw. Fortunately she is a very energetic dog and wears her own nails down to a decent length.

Exactly how many cats do you have?

We have two kitten/cats. We let them stay out all day last Saturday for the first time. When they came in that night their paws were filthy from all the dirt romping. We took them in the bathroom and washed their feet with washcloth and you should have seen them enjoying the foot wash. Sheeeesh! They even spread their toes so we could get in between. It was so funny! They haven't been interested in going outside since then. I love my kitties.

Four stray cats looked us up and moved in when we were down to one who was 22 years old. So we have four unique females now who all showed up in less than a year. The first one actually came from the ASPCA to keep the 22 year-old company because she'd lost a buddy. Then the most emaciated cat in the world showed up and we just had to feed her. Then the poor helpless feral gray tabby tiny kitten - couldn't say no to her. Finally the most gorgeous cat in the world came into our lives, Sam "don't call me Samantha" Siames.

Never did get that wrap right though I always clipped my cats claws. Circumstances are different now and I need to have the vet do it.