Kelly - I'm with Niina on this one - being very LOUD and squirting water!! The only way we could ever stop Kisi (RB) doing this - and like C&K she used to launch herself straight at your leg and hold on with every needle like claw!!
Come to think of it - I'm sure it was about this time that I started filing her claws with an emery board!! She grew to adore her 'manicure' and would lie in my lap and purr the whole time I was attending to her nails!!! LOL.
Hey try it with Basil - you've got nothing to loose - apart from perforated legs!!!
Good luck

Lynne