Last night I was working at my computer and my little male, Kiwi, was
               running around my office as usual. My husband came in from a late
               meeting, we chatted a few minutes with Kiwi running up and down his
               legs and jumping around, and then he went to leave the room. He heard
               Kiwi over by his cage, turned his head back towards me and took a step.
               Well, in that instant, Kiwi had darted back to jump on his moving legs, but
               instead, got stepped on. My husband started yelling in disbelief, and I
               hurried over to see what had happened. Kiwi was moving around, but
               was limping. He ran under the copier table and was just staring at me. I
               got him to come out, scared to death of what damage was done to him.
               Thankfully, it just seemed to be his front right leg. Several calls to
               emergency hospitals, a very worrisome night, etc. - Anyway, the vet saw
               him today. Xrays show the fracture/break a little bit behind his hand on his
               arm. The vet suggested that trying to splint his arm would be very difficult
               and was fearful that he would try to naw it off. We are going to see how it
               heals and xray it again in one week, hoping for proper calcification. If it is
               not healing properly, we may reconsider splinting it then. Please, if
               anyone has any experience with this kind of injury, please let me know if
               this sounds like the right way to go. It sounded logical to me. It's funny, he
               has never shown any outward signs of pain. Right after it happened, he
               let me hold him and stroke his neck, and even let me touch his arm. He
               soon started walking around and was jumping, all the time kind of
               dragging his foot. I tried to keep him from moving around too much, but it
               was difficult. The nurse said that was common for them not to show pain,
               for in the wild, an injured animal could be preyed upon easily. Any
               opinions are greatly welcomed. (By the way, my husband has been
               kicking himself ever since and apologizing to Kiwi every time his little
               head pops out of his pouch.)

Update
4/5/2000

               Kiwi is doing very well today. He's not "dragging" his leg
               anymore, but not putting any weight on it either. I put his
               food, water and an extra pouch on the bottom of his cage so he doesn't
               have to climb. I think he appreciates it. Next Tuesday after his Xray I'll
               post how the calcification and healing looks.

4/19/2000

               Our visit to the vet one week after the broken leg - The Dr. gave
               him a little gas so he could manipulate the leg to check for any healing -
               too early for an xray to show anything. The bone is still seperated. I will
               take him back in two weeks (next Tuesday) and probably do an xray. If
               the bone has not started to fuse or heal at all, we may consider the splint.
               I showed him the story of "Sug" and the pictures of his splint. He was
               very interested in the story, and is very concerned about stressing him
               out. He has splinted birds, squirrels and other animals, but never a sg.
               Thank you for such a detailed account of this unfortunate situation.

               If you didn't know his leg was broken, you would probably not notice
               anything was wrong. He still jumps, climbs and runs like a wild man in his
               wodent wheel. He doesn't really use that front arm for any strength (like
               pulling himself up on a ledge), but he still moves it like normal, even holds
               food in the hand. He acts like it doesn't even hurt. I asked the vet if it was
               hurting him, and he said that it was probably hurting him some, although
               probably lesser now - but an animal that is showing lameness or not
               using his limb, would not be doing it unless something hurt.

8/9/2000

               FINAL UPDATE on Broken Leg:
               Sorry I never followed through with Kiwi's broken leg ordeal. Anyway ...
               one week after the injury, xrays showed that the bone had not started
               fusing together yet, but two weeks later (3 weeks after the injury),
               calcification was definately taking place. He was still not using that leg to
               full capacity yet, but was improving daily. Within 6 to 8 weeks, I doubt if
               anyone could have even told there had been an injury. Today, he is very
               healthy, happy and a superb glider. His leg is slightly bent where the
               break happened, but not really noticeable. I'm glad the doctor didn't want
               to splint it right away and took a wait and see attitude. I think a splint
               would have been much more traumatic for Kiwi.
               With three doctor visits and one set of xrays, I think the total vet bills were
               about $140. Even though the vet didn't physically have to do anything for
               Kiwi while his bone healed, it was comforting to know that an expert had
               seen him and could tell that fusing was taking place. Thank you all for
               your thoughts.
               By the way, several weeks later, I took him back to be neutered. LASER
               surgery was wonderful! I waited while he did it, and took Kiwi right home.
               He slept that afternoon and was just like himself that night. No stitches to
               worry about, just a little glue.