I too have a cat that poops outside the litterbox. Her name is Snickers, and I have been told she is a "Tortos". She is an inside cat. She too is front declawed, and I have taken her to the vet a few different times in regards to this "pooping" problem. I had also heard about the possibility of "declawing problems" (after it was too late). Nothing was found wrong with her paws though. She has had x-rays, urine/stool samples, blood tests. Nothing has been found wrong with her. My husband and I used to live in a condo, where she began this behavior at about 2 years old (she is almost 6 now). I clean the litterbox at least every day, if not more when it's possible. We scoop out any poop or urine that we see. We have tried two large litterboxes in different locations, but our other cat seems to be terretorial, and jumps in them first. I bleach clean the litterbox frequesntly, and we have tried many types of litter. We have tried the covered and uncovered litterbox...changing locations. Nothing seems to work. When we lived in our previous home, she always went in the same room (our guest bedroom). After always cleaning the carpets, we had to replace them finally. We have been living with my parents for the past year, while re-building our new house. Snickers has found a "new" area to poop in. Now it's in my mother's formal dining room (which we will replace for her once we move to our new home). She goes in the same area every time, and it's never in the room the litterbox is in.

I would NEVER even think of getting rid of Snickers. She is an absolutely wonderful, loving cat.....our other cat, Casanova does not have this pooping problem. We spend lots of time with our cats. They both would be considered spoiled......but I am at the point of giving up, and just cleaning the poop every day. My husband put hardwood floors and tile in our new house through out, hoping this would help the problem (she has never gone on hardwood or tile in the past two homes). If you have any suggestions, I would be open.......we even tried putting foil on the areas she was pooping (we had heard this would help since they don't liek foil)......she just pooped around it.

Please help!!

She too is one of the sweetest cats you have ever met (matching right up with my male cat). It is hard to see a pattern to her pooping, besides the location.

I also have a male cat named Casanova, and both are wonderful animals, the pride of my life.