This is what I used for Coco – and I have to say, as long as the hocks aren’t split or open in any way, I found it to be a very good option.
Her Spots will look very red when I first put it on, but two or so days later, they are looking much more like callouses and not as inflamed.

I tranced Coco and applied it – blew on it while it dried. She was Not impressed with the trancing aspect, she fights it tooth and nail for everything, but once it dried, she didn’t chew or pick at it at all. I got some foot flicks as she disappeared into the Maze. The back part of that hock is a hard one for her to get at anyway, but she was more annoyed at the being tranced that having me put something on her foot.

It does smell quite strong, but that dies down after an hour or so. The best is that the newskin is waterproof, so even if she gets some urine on her foot, or steps in her water bowl, the protection stays put.

I am actually now in the habit of checking weekly and applying some more if her hocks look red and applying some if they look any darker pink than normal. My hope is that over time The callous will return to its normal tough state.

I seriously feel you on the trancing – I do more of a burrito Hold than a trance, cause I have never fully gotten her to trance. I have appeased her by letting her sniff the lid of the papaya tablets as a kind of promise for a treat to come.

As to why she has ended up with tender hocks…I honestly Do not know. Her litter is Very soft – carefresh and YN and Aspen Shavings. I have rugs on the floor for them because we have hard wood floors. She isn’t overweight and her nails are in good shape. She is free roam 24/7, so I know she is fairly active and moving around

The irony is that she lived in entirely caged filthy cedar litter for a good year and a half – damp, changed once a month or so, never had her nails clipped before me – so The fact that she ended up with sore hocks AFTER rescue is mystifying.

I have been reading things on the internet that it just may be wear from rugs – that it may not be entirely related to what we have known about sore hocks in previous times – I think the hypothesis is that as we learn more about long term living with rabbits we can tell you some of the reasons Why, but not all of them.

My vets other suggestion was a little ace bandage with the cream – and the idea of attempting to get a bandage ON her foot, let alone worrying about it staying Clean? Oy vey. She would have shredded me. Literally.

Good Luck with it tomorrow, May your bunny butt punishment be short lived!

That is a really interesting product, I had not heard of it before. I definitely can agree that it sounds much better than the idea of an Ace bandage, I would think that a bunny would love to try to pull that off.

Juli has pretty bad sore hocks, she was found on the street on the 4th of July so I don’t know what kind of conditions she was living in before, but her sore hocks never really healed.

Puffy-where are you going to buy it? I’d love to put some in the first aid kit-sounds pretty miracle cream-ish And if you have a store-well us canadians share stores-so hopefully I have one near me too.

(I’m not allowed to shop online anymore… lol )

I got mine at a Pharmaprix, but I’ve seen it at the Walmart too.

My husband cut his finger the other day and we put the NewSkin on it and it worked Great!

Any update LPT?

My rabbit had REALLY bad sore hocks that even bled, but now they are completely better! I don’t know if this will work for you, but for him, I filled his cage with bedding and changed it immediately when it got wet so his sores wouldn’t get wet. I let him out of his cage whenever possible, so he could rest on the carpet or wherever he wanted. After about a week or so, his sores started improving and fur started growing back on his feet. Soon, his sores were completely gone and the fur totally back. So basically, he just healed naturally! I’m not sure if this will work for you, but it’s always worth a try since all these products could be irritating his feet :/

Good luck with your bunny!

Thanks puffy yup we have sobey’s I gotta go in anyways and get some cream for Mikey’s paws anyways since his are a bit dry.