oh poor Ron - I hope he turns out to be fine. My max had peepee problems a couple of years ago in that he couldn't and being an outdoors boy and it being summer we didn't see him much anyway. Well one night he came in and was so ill and by morning couldn't move fromthe couch and had vomited blood. Turned out he had a blocked bladder entrance and well we were just hours from losing him he was so ill (he was only 3). Eventually a 6 day stay at the vets put things right and he has been fine since. Apparently (and apologies if your vet has already explained this) in male neutered cats this problem is very common and especially if it has already occurred they are prone to it happening again. Entrance to the bladder is apparently 1/4mm wide only (!) and build of deposits can easily happen. We would often think nothing of dishing out slices of cold sandwich meat and handfuls of crunchy treats for Max. Apparently this meat is very salty and too much hard food can be the cause. Now, these things are very rare treats and he gets soft food all of the time, vet told us to add a wee bit of water into the food bowl too to help. Anyway, maybe worth if his diet sounds like the above looking into this and changing if need be? I do, do hope an end comes to his (and your) troubles soon and he is a better boy for all his family in no time. Please post and let us know how he gets on.

love laura, Max, Candy and Tom XXXX (big Scottish hugs and kisses to Ron)