> Ginny wrote:

>>> as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
>>> under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did
>>> manage to move himself around in the crate after we got
>>> back from the vet, so he was facing away from the food &
>>> water. when i turned him back around (i was showing the
>>> kid how his leg was splinted) he attacked the food. silly
>>> roo!
>>>
>>> lee

>>
>> Just talked to my niece who is a vet nurse and she says
>> 'small cage, no roost or anything higher than ground level
>> for at least a month'. The idea is eat, rest and sleep, no
>> exercise period.

>
> Can you try him something more like slats in the floor of
> his 'room'? Something which would enable him to get a grip
> of which might give him the ability to get his leg better
> positioned underneath him. It would have to be trial and
> error, and careful watching but it might help.