we have been to the vets and maisie had a urine sample taken. it was painful for her and her urine had alot of blood in it, and also some lumpy little gritty bits. so it is possible she might have sludge or even stones afterall. her bladder was actually small and had moved upwards so the vet couldn't really feel much because it was too uncomfortable for her to have it pressed.
anyway, aswell as the metacam, she's now also on a new antibiotic and also something for the bladder wall aswell.
her urine is being tested in the next few hours and then the vet will let us know the results and whether he is going to send it to the lab for a more in depth culture.
if this lot of meds don't work either, then she will be going in to have xrays to check that whole area.
i also got him to check her back end as she seems more stiff. she has had some slight stiffness in her back right leg for a while now, but it's got worse and it's her ankle joint. so we are going to be doing physio on that for her. the metacam will help for now, but physio would be best and can even reduce how stiff it is slightly for her. basically, as long as the physio is working for her, she doesn't need to go on long term metacam for it. so we'll see how we get on with that aswell.
good news is that she hasn't lost as much weight this time. she's 960g now.
poor maisie. so she's on all these meds, and physio now, and we'll just take things a step at a time.
she drinks all the meds and water herself, i don't really have to syringe much. x
maxie would be so cute for a girl piggy actually wouldn't it. 
She's not had a good time of late. Keeping fingers and paws crossed here that she picks up again soon! Gentle Wheeks to you both x
