Thank you TL
Nugget was out late last night making quite a bit of noise. He was chewing on a piece of wood. So he is carrying on doing normal hamstery things. He seems just the same as ever apart from balance a bit when walking on uneven substrate and climbing onto things that catch his lumps. I do think the Metacam is helping.
The dog food/Baytril plate had been tossed around again last night! I put it out at lunch time - it's all gone by teatime and I then put out the babyfood/Metacam along with his other food. But by 8pm the dog food littledish has been knocked over/tossed around so I think he is saying "give me more!" He licks the plate clean at various times.