I've noticed that Kaes, our little cat, has had these small horn-like calluses on some of his front paw pads for as long as I can remember, and I never knew what they were. They don't bother him in the least, although sometimes the very tip seems to break off. I've heard of only a few other people who has cats that have these, and they said that they've
clipped them off with no pain or bleeding ...