Hi everyone,
I hope you can help me with some of advice. Last Monday I woke up to find my bunny Cocoa limping on his hind leg 😔. I took him to the vet and he has fractures on both of his hind legs, mainly his toes. I feel so bad for him. We have no idea how it happened!! He’s a rescue so I’m not sure how old he really is but we’ve had him to about 11 years. Luckily, the vet said he doesn’t seem to need surgery but both of his legs were bandaged and will need to stay like this for about 6 weeks. We have to keep him caged up so he doesn’t move and Cocoa is a free roam rabbit so you can imagine how he must be feeling. I came home after the vet and placed him inside his cage and realized since both legs are wrapped up he can’t really move anywhere. He’s struggling to even lift his upper body and he puts his front legs towards the back which doesn’t look right to me but this is my first time going through this so I’m so lost. On top of that, his hay eating has decreased a lot. He still eats greens and drinks water but I have to feed him critical care just in case. On top of that, the past two days I’ve been waking up to clean his area and he has a poopy butt from cacetropes that come out in small lumps. The vet said it’s normal and can be bc of the pain meds, stress and his lack of hay. I’ve been having to constantly clean his butt from pop and urine and and I’m afraid I’m going to end up hurting him. Can  anyone please give me any advice on their experience with any of this? How was the healing process? Anything I should be doing for his poop to stop doing that? How do I keep him from getting depressed?
I think it hurts me more than it hurts him to see him like this. Any help will be greatly appreciated!