This is very reminiscent of what we just went through with Grady, our 2 year old. He broke his left rear leg right before Easter. Had surgery with insertion of nail and screws - no cast. He was supposed to be caged for EIGHT WEEKS!!

We ended up putting him on tranquilizers twice a day - to take the edge off. We worked out a way to let him eat most meals outside the cage, and turned a front hall, with doors at both ends, into an alternative place for him to stay during the day.

We ended up letting him out during the day after 6 weeks - with supervision.

We all survived, and actually he has become much more of a snuggle bunny since he spent all that time one on one with us.

He never did hang from the top of his cage - and it looks to be about the same size as yours.

I do know what you're going through -