Hi Laurie welcome to you and Joule,

I'm sorry Joule is having litter box/poop issues! 

krun15 said - I am a bit concerned about Joule 'flopping' when he jumps down from chairs- that indicates to me that his one front leg it taking too much weight. I have small dogs, including a rear amp Tripawd and I have stairs or stools next to all the furniture they are allowed on to take pressure off their

DITTO -no different in cats. We need to protect that remaining leg and the rest of their body. Flopping is a concern and one we don't want to see! We expect that or see it right after surgery, learning how to hop, yes, NOT after recovery. This is concerning and hopefully can be remedied for Joule's long-term health.

For a front-leg tripod cat, we need to protect that remaining front leg coming down from any perch or high area via pet steps, ramps, or homemade pet stairs, i.e., boxes, and move furniture closer together. If Joule has not hurt his little body yet, he will, and you will have further issues other than the litter box to worry about, so please assist him in some form in getting down and even getting out of the litter box via a ramp. Such as this

I have several concerns. 

1. Has your vet evaluated Joule since he stopped pooping in the box? 

This is the first thing we want to see when we have NEW litter box issues and rule out any medical reason—Tripawd or not.

2. Flopping and the reason for it -how old is Joule, what is the reason for the amp, and how is his weight?

Since he is peeing in the box and not pooping in, this gives us a clue. 

• Is the box clean, Size of the litter box? Can he EASILY turn around in the litter box?  Have you changed the type of litter since the pooping outside the box began? Any litter box issues before the amputation? How high is the entrance getting into the litter box? (most helpful take a pic of the litter box set up and post it for us to see please.
• What does the poop look like outside of the box? 
• Soft, hard balls, dry poop? 
• Does he appear to strain while going poop? 
• Is there a puke outside of the box?  

"And he still flops when he gets out (and when he jumps off of chairs), but he seems mostly okay with flopping down."

Hear us when we tell you flopping is not OKAY in a tripawd. 

I understand he can get in & out to pee, but he still flops in and out to pee?  Joule may need a ramp placed by the litter box. 

krun15 said

I don't have any direct input for you, I don't have Tri-cat experience.  But while you wait more input you can check out this thread:

Litter Box Tips for Tripawds- Member Tips

 - Krun has directed you to a litter box forum; did you take a look? 

We have many ideas in there. Our litter box set up is in that forum in several places, and how we started to what our current setup is here 

if there's an easy solution, we'd like to try it

As you can see this is not a quick answer, we need to know the reason for pooping outside of the box first. I have a lot of questions above. We have to be detectives when there is a litter box issue in general. 

I will happily help you further if you can answer the above questions.

You can try a ramp outside of the litter box, but we NEED to rule out medical issues first, such as constipation, etc.

I would love to see your litter set up and a picture of Joule.

- This is how adding images to the Forums works.

· Upload pics to a photo sharing site like Instagram, imgur.com or your own Tripawds blog (https://tripawd...../supporter) Pictures and video have to be hosted (live) somewhere other than in the forums.

· Once the photo is uploaded to one of those site, copy the image url and come back here and paste the image into the post.

· Return to your Tripawds Forum post and paste the image URL (or the image itself) in your post. It should automatically appear.

I will watch for your response!

Hugs and Scratches to Joule

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