Hi! I’m new to posting the forums, but I’ve been reading them for quite a while! I have a spayed female Holland Lop named Piper that’s a little over a year old. Excuse the long post as I give you all some history!

About 13 days ago I noticed Piper had not been pooping quite as much as usual but there were still lots of poops and she was eating and acting normally so I didn’t worry too much. Then 3 days later (so 10 days ago) she completely stopped eating. She wouldn’t eat any treats, greens or anything and was acting very uncomfortable (we guess this was GI stasis). My WONDERFUL husband massaged her belly for like an hour until we got one tiny poop and then she began to eat completely normally and was hopping around like normal about 3 hours after we noticed she wasn’t feeling well. Her poops were small and sporadic for a day or 2 but seemed to be coming ok and her appetite was back to normal. She had probably 1 day where I saw a regular amount of poop, but since then, there has not been a lot of poop in her litter box and even though she’s been eating fine and acting fine, I’m nervous that something’s still not right!

Up to this point, Piper’s daily diet has been unlimited timothy hay and Manna Pro pellets (which are alfalfa based?) and greens on occasion. I’ve done some more reading and realized we should be feeding her a lot more leafy greens so we give her a handful of some sort of green every night (sometimes cilantro, a little parsley, trying some kale this week). I’ve also cut back on the pellets I give her and bought some fresh timothy hay to help her eat more hay.

My vet is fairly unattentive but is the only exotic animal vet in town so I’m kinda stuck with him. He said not to worry about bringing her in unless she stops eating or pooping again. Should I be concerned? Should I take her in anyway? Is there something I can do to get her GI tract moving more?