Is this stress or stasis?

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Haru the Lionhead

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Hello guys, haru has been pooping in different shapes and sizes almost every day now, but it’s only for a short time and it would go back to normal by itself. Like yesterday, her poops were fine, I went out and when I came back there was small poops i played with her, she ate well, and her poops went back to normal. Today too, it was fine, I tried to brush her, I didn’t really force her or anything, when she refused I left her, after that she ate and her poops were in different shapes and sizes. Every day it’s the same, if she has Gl stasis would her poops go back to normal? or is this stress? she slept for an hour or more today, but before that she played alot so i think she just got exausted from jumping around and that she isn't in pain. also about the stress thing, these days no one is allowed to touch her at all, she doesn't evet let me pet her, if she was sleeping and i touch her, she would get up and go sleep somewhere else. i don't think that she is scared of me or anyone else because she chases us everywhere and if someone was sitting on the floor, she would climb them like a monkey. how do i fix that? i'm thinking maybe she gets stressed when we touch her but i don't even know why, she doesn't look scared.
 
Also yesterday she was eating and when I called her she came and there was a trail of cecotropes, but I don’t think that she has pain or anything because after that she sat down and ate it from her butt, I gave her the ones that she left behind, she ate some of them and refused to eat the rest which was only two, a didn’t see other cecotropes laying around so I didn’t think about alot. And the day before that my mom gave her more pellets, I always give her half of an 1/8, my mom gave her 1/8 so I think that this is the reason. She gave her the amount that she is supposed to eat but I thought maybe she isn’t used to it because I always give her half of it, I’m not sure
 
It doesn't sound like stasis and more like stress. What type of hay does she get? Is it high-quality hay or dusty? What brand pellets? How many per day? What veggies does she get? How many cups per day?

If she doesn't like being touched and she runs away when being touched, you could limit her space so she gets more used to y'all.
I know cats and rabbits are different, but I had a cat that hated being touched. Every night when she was eating I would stroke her from her head to her tail just once. Eventually, she was ok with being stroked once so I began stroking her twice, and added on every time she got used to the number of strokes. After I was able to stroke her 10 times, I would begin picking her up for 2 seconds and then letting her eat her dinner. Now she is super sweet and loves being cuddled!
 
It doesn't sound like stasis and more like stress. What type of hay does she get? Is it high-quality hay or dusty? What brand pellets? How many per day? What veggies does she get? How many cups per day?

If she doesn't like being touched and she runs away when being touched, you could limit her space so she gets more used to y'all.
I know cats and rabbits are different, but I had a cat that hated being touched. Every night when she was eating I would stroke her from her head to her tail just once. Eventually, she was ok with being stroked once so I began stroking her twice, and added on every time she got used to the number of strokes. After I was able to stroke her 10 times, I would begin picking her up for 2 seconds and then letting her eat her dinner. Now she is super sweet and loves being cuddled!
She eats timothee hay, not very dusty, it’s the best I could find here. The pellets are burgess excel I give her half an 1/8 of a cup. The veggies are one cup (not packed), she eats romane lettuce, rocca, coriander, dill, and mint. I used to give it to her through out the day, but now I’m giving it to her all at once because I noticed that she doesn’t eat a lot of hay and keeps waiting for veggies.
 
I would slowly up her pellets to 1/8 cup per day for now. It sounds like she is still hungry because she isn't getting enough pellets. Rabbits need around 1/4 cup per day even if they are small rabbits because small rabbits burn more energy.
 

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