wrote:

My poor little timid cat would be really freaked. She doesn't like any
surface she can't get a good grip on (she hates slippery floors) and
without her claws it would make the carpet that much more slippery for
her (she likes to dig her claws in and run when some new person is
coming in, you can hear her run frmo the claws being dug in).

Sometimes when Kiki is in a certain mood, she will grip the carpet with
her claws as she walks. I can hear her claws releasing with each step.