Hi all!

I was wondering if anyone has any advice for navigating all the additional care needs that come with caring for a senior, including having to help them more with additional grooming and cleaning, medications and handling. Specifically helping to reduce handling stress for a bunny that can’t stand handling but now needs extra help. Nellie is happy but declining in her health and is on multiple medications twice daily. Medicating twice daily is already stressful enough for her but now the medicine residue has began sticking to her fur making her mouth messy and she doesn’t seem to be able to groom it off herself so I am needing the clean around her mouth with a damp cloth and her eye crusts are building up too because she has gorgeous teddy fur that it constantly picking up all the dirt and debris. Are there any tips or ways on making these processes quicker and less stressful? It’s is likely only a matter of time before she potentially needs help cleaning her hind from time to time as well but just cleaning her mouth and medicating this morning has her shaking :(.

She also won’t take meds from any apple or carrot mashes to make it easier, the volume of meds she is on is not crazy but not easy to hide in foods etc.

Any thoughts or shared experiences, simple or creative would be really helpful, thanks!