Thanks so much for your reply Jerry.   Great that the foundation helps with initial rehab appointments - I checked the foundation page and it seems I would quality even though I live in the UK which is amazing - thank you.   Our vet has a qualified physio so I am going to see the vet and get a referral to their physio,  I'm not sure how it works in the US but here you can only see a physio after a referral from a vet  !  

My cat is called Athena and she is a beautiful Calico.    We have some climbing stairs but she won't use them.  She jumps up to piano stool height otherwise doesn't bother to try - unless she is chasing a fly which I'm sure isn't helping as she just jumps as high as she can in the air and then lands on her remaining back leg! 

Update on Athena.   We saw a physio last week.   She gently went down her spine and poor Athena flinched when the physio got to her lower back.   The muscles all around the missing leg were all a quiver too.  The physio said the pain was going from her spine into her missing limb.  She isn't sure if the pain is caused by the odd way she is walking or if is walks oddly because of the pain.  She put some electrolysis through her missing limb muscles and you could see Athena relaxing and going all sleepy.   I have a few exercises to do to try and get her to stand correctly and not hook or bend her spine and we are to go back next week.    It could be nerve pain in the missing limb too and says she may need to be referred to a specialist although I hope not as they are so expensive and I couldn't insure the leg as it was a previous condition when I adopted her.   

She still runs around like a mad thing chasing everything but she used to do that before the amputation when the vets all said she must be in considerable pain as the knee joint was so damaged. 

I'd be interested to hear if anyone else had this trouble with their tripawd and what helped.   Thanks. 

Update on Athena after her last physio.   So the pain which was obvious on her first appointment wasn't there this time so hopefully the exercises are helping.   Her walking has not improved though.  The physio consulted the vet and they think she could still have phantom limb pain and that I should consider if I want to try her on some nerve pain meds to see if that makes a difference.    The physio can't prescribe these though (physios in the UK aren't allowed to prescribe) so I have to go back for a vet appointment for that.  In the meantime I've found other tripawds who also walk like Athena and their owners don't seem to think its a problem.   So part of me wonders if I am worrying needlessly.   However after our last physio session (where the physio used the electrolysis and laser light) Athena played fetch with me and her toy mouse.   This is the first time she has done that since having her amputation and it was so lovely to see her doing it again.   Could mean that she is in pain and hiding it well!   Will let you know how we get on with the meds.   

Didn't occur to me you could get pill cutters.  Thanks for the recommendation - I have managed to find the blue one on ebay and have ordered that.   

Any idea how long it should be before I see a difference if it's going to work?  We did the first 2 days with just 1/2 a pill in the evening as per Jerry's advice and yesterday was her first day with 2 doses.  I think the vet said try for 2 weeks but he has given me a month of pills!  Maybe after 2 weeks he will increase the dose if no improvement. 

Thanks