Sore hocks

[Dface]

So some background, Yumi lives in a pen with fleece blanket on top of it, the hardest thing in her pen are the wood pellets in herlitter tray, but after a day or so they are covered by a comfy layer of uneaten hay.
The room is civvered in carpet, with childrens foam play mats on top of it to help with cleaning (also I thought they’d be soft enough on their feet) 
Sampras’s feet were in perfect condition, so Im thinking it’s not her environment

She’s also underweight if anything so it’s not that she’s carrying extra weight-she’s a very slim bunny under her fluff.

When I first got her she was very inactive-as in it took her almost a month to do anythiing other than just sit beside me and her little joints click every now and then when she’s lifted or if she moves after sitting too long so I’m a bit anxious there is a serious underlying problem. I was told she was 1 when i got her (making her about 2 now) but it’s hard to tell with rabbits.

She does have bad nails but the vet has previously stated there isnt much I can do about them 

The hocks are inflammed slightly, very pink and irritated. 

I want to get her to the vet, but just right now I really can’t afford it. I spent over 2 months rent trying to save my other bunny, Sampras this week (would spend it all again in a heartbeat) and I just need time to work out some finances before I can take her, like at this stage I’m struggling to afford food for both of us and am running the risk of not being able to make rent.

In the meantime is there anything I can do to keep her comfy? I tried bandaging them, and just took them off as I was worried she’d hurt herself trying to get them off. I’ve been toying with the idea of maybe baby socks with the toe section cut off to help?

[Muchelle]

When K has sore hocks I try to make it so that he can loaf on a surface softer than the floor, may it be a dry grass mat or a few layers of fabric then I massage directly the bad spots on his paws by using a neem oil product for animals (Hypermix). I guarantee you with a few days of treatment you can reverse the effects of a light-medium case of sore hocks.

Sadly I know as well how much care costs for these buns (just burned a lot of dinero on K’s last medical spree), so, to keep Yumi’s care on a budget you could use a few drops of olive oil, which is soothing on the skin and stimulates regeneration.

EDIT: I re-read your post, dface. Reading about her joints makes me think of a rescued pet meat-rabbit that I met yesterday at the vet’s. Nausicaa was rescued as a kit and she had some kind of injury to her hind legs, so even if cured she learned a wrong posture of her feet and suffers from chronic pododermatitis to her heels. The lady accompanying her told me she now has permanent “socks” on her heels (padded gauze secured by a (and I translate literally from italian term) “self-adeherent elastic bandage”, that has no glue and just sticks to itself and hardens slightly. It might be another method to try in case the massages aren’t possible or fail. 

(also sorry for possibly broken English, I didn’t have my morning coffee yet and the brains is slow… )

[Dface]

Haha thank you and your English was perfect! Yeah she does seem to sit slightly more awkwardly with her weight further back on her heels but just put it down to her personal choice.

[Muchelle]

(Whew! yay for sleepy brain!)

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