chill, cat. chill.

without looking it up on the internet (because I'm on my way out the door), does anyone know a safe way to mildly sedate a cat? Ash really needs his nails trimmed and he keeps putting up such a fuss that I think I damaged one of his nails. so I want to be able to check it out, clean it, and trim the rest of the nails without him struggling and making the situation worse.

I think I heard that a tiny bit of benadryll? yes? no? maybe some bourbon?

* and before you say take him to a professional vet/nail groomer, we all know that financially that is not an option.