For a little bit of a guy, he has an insatiable appetite! He ate two entire bottles of his gruel this morning, and then produced a nice belch while I was hot soaking his wounds. He would have eaten more if I had the time to indulge him! The hot soak after feeding seems to work well for cleaning the food dribbles off his chest. It's not easy keeping up with the food that comes out the corners of his mouth. I don't want any food getting in the holes, so I have to keep wiping excess off with my fingers. He needs a bib of sorts! I know without a doubt now that he'll survive, but nobody will know if his tongue will regain function or not. I have confidence it will as he's so young. Off to feed the baby bird..peeep, peeeepp