I finally caught Floki on Friday and brought him to the groomer. You may recall my last effort ended in failure. This time I caught him by surprise, picked him up and almost lost him as he twisted and scratched trying to get loose. My wife helped me get him into the carrier and off I went with him to the groomer.
I bring him to a place called Heaven Grooming where he is handled very well by the groomer.
Normally Floki is well behaved at the groomer, which is very different than at home. It is impossible for my wife and I to trim his nails but a groomer has no problem. I think it is because he is nervous around strangers so he behaves. Unfortunately, the groomer is not as much of a stranger as she used to be so he did struggle a little this time but she handled him well. Hopefully, that trend won’t continue.
Bad Cat Chris 
Teddy doesn’t know yet (shhhhh!) but he’ll be getting his nails trimmed today – by us with “body armor” on ! HAHA
Hugs, Pam
Good luck to you. 🙂
I’ll bet he is sure glad it’s over!
No doubt about that.
Floki is a normal cat, our Kosmo is not, the first cat ever who is humming while his nails are cut.
That is different. 🙂
My suggestion- invest in a thick pair of gloves, the kind those Mongolian hunters wear when those giant eagles land on their arm! That should protect you!
That plus Kevlar body armor.
Boodie and I totally don’t mind pawdicures. Binga generally requires some help to keep her still, but even so, she is nowhere near as difficult as some of the other kitties on this comment thread!
Chris used to be difficult but he is okay now. Floki is twice as difficult as Chris was at his worst.
My Kessy never gets her nails done. She does it herself, with her scratching tree and her remaining small front teeth.
That would be fine but Floki sometimes thinks our sofa and my office chair are scratching posts.
So what? I’d show you the coffee table if knew how. Looks like modern art.
I would never buy expensive new furniture with cats around but my wife doesn’t think like I do. She went out and bought a brand new living room set without asking me.
She’s not really a cat person, is she?
She thinks cats but she also likes the finer things in life. Sometimes those are incompatible.
We never get our nails done, but if needed, we wouldn’t mind too much : Claire trained us to have our paws pawed, and played “out and in” with our claws. Purrs
How do you play “out and in?”
Floki, aren’t you glad that’s over now??
You would think he would be embarrassed about making a big deal about nothing, but he’s not.
I have some difficult kitties too.
I can imagine.
It can be such a challenge getting our kitties into the carrier and off to the vet. I have a system that works, but Bobcat is a wiggle worm and a big boy so it’s not that easy. I do spray Feliway around the house and in the carrier and car about an hour before I go that helps. On another note–cannot “like” your posts and a few other bloggers. It a technical issue that I can’t seem to figure out. I recently upgraded my operating system here on my MacAir. Do you by chance have any ideas?
Thank you for wanting to like my posts. I think you have to be logged into WordPress to like a post. If you are logged in then I’m afraid I don’t know what the problem is.
My Floki Pokie…he’s a real brat with getting his nails trimmed!
He sure is.
When my cat crew visits the vet, they’re okay with the vet techs and the Dr. handling them. At home, someone they don’t know, it’s time to stay in the secured, undisclosed location until the said visitor leaves.
Home base is secure. Once out of there element they behave very differently.
I kinda feel for Floki. I think it feels weird to have someone else cut your nails. He probably feels he can do it by himself.
Don’t tell him but we need to get his nails trimmed again soon.