I can't trim my cats nails so I take them to a grooming school. They only charge $9.00 per cat so it's not too expensive and I take them about every 7-8 weeks or so. I can't take Cirrus though because he's semi-feral and is too scared and can't be handled. He's had his nails trimmed 2 times by the vet and he had to be sedated. Luckily he has plenty of scratching posts to use.