Given that the degree of pressure can't be carefully controlled I would worry about injury. Due to her tripping me and causing me to fall backwards we years ago had a ferret whose neck was slightly stepped on -- basically pinched where a scruff would normally be done. The result was a hematoma and she could never be scruffed after that. I'd worry about the same possibility with a clip. Here is a safer approach: just put a bit of Ferretone oil (or other oil treat) on the ferret's belly. As the ferret licks it off you clip the claws. DO put a towel under the ferret and know that some roll at first till they realize what the oil is all about. Sukie (not a vet) Recommended ferret health links: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/ http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ http://www.ferretcongress.org/ http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html [Posted in FML 5838]