Nermal: Bad News and Good News

          It's been a few days since I have been on to talk about Nerm.  He is now 8-9 weeks old.  My 6 year old was trying to open Nerm's crate (he sleeps in a dog crate) and my husband told her "No, stop!" so she promptly slammed the crate shut.  On Nermal. I was not in the room, and everyone was freaking out and nobody could tell me where the door actually hit him.  My daughter thought maybe it was his leg.  I took him out, poked and prodded him all over looking for sensitive spots.  I agree it was most likely his leg, he was holding it kind of limply at first but he will bear weight on it, although he occasionally limps.  I kept him quiet the best I could for a few days, and he seems to be doing okay, although he still limps periodically. I am guessing it is bruised/sprained/strained.  So that was the bad news. 

         Earlier this week I had to attend a two day orientation for school, so my husband was left in charge of feeding Nerm for the first time.  He is not good with the dropper feeding at all so I was worried.  Halfway through the first day, he sends me a video.  Nerm is drinking water from a dish, eating kibble and wet food.  On his own! I worked so hard for this, and would he do it for me? Noooo! My husband feeds him once, and boom.   Yesterday, Nerm gained an entire ounce, which is saying a lot since he is now only 12 ounces!!!      Should I just let him go to town on the food?  Should I limit him at all or let him go wild?  Let me know what you think!

That's funny.  It's because you were so efficient with the bottle feeding he was content to just sit there and let you do it.  Then your husband tries and wasn't good enough and Nermal decided he had to take matters into his own paws.   LOL  Well that's one way of weaning!  

  Let him eat what he wants!     Feed him several meals of wet food a day,  and leave some dry kitten food for him to snack on.  

   I sure hope his leg will be fine.