Many Thanks to you both for replying,
Im glad to hear that you both had happy endings with your pets. people can be so cruel to animals cant they Liz, that boy will get his cumupance later im sure!!!
luckily my little man can go to the toilet with no problem and with out pain too.it just dosent look right to see the bone protruding up so much, i live in the Cannaries so the vets here are a little different, they say cats dont need joints as us humans do and the muscle and ligaments will grow around the bone and act as a "false" joint.have you heard of this before? im going to try some different vets tommorrow and get a 2nd opinion. many thanks again for your stories, its nice to hear from others what happened to their cats.

Regards
Helen & Alf