My bun is a rescue and although he's happy here, he's a nervous guy. He's always alert, tolerates but doesn't love petting, & can't stand to be groomed during shedding season. Gave him half a popper (he's 3 lbs) and a tiny sprinkle of the nerves foraging stuff in his hay.
People. Twenty minutes later he was sitting next to me. I pet him for an hour. I removed piles of hair from his shedding self. He then went and stretched out in the middle of the room.
He basically naps all day so our new routine is that in the early evening I sprinkle a tad (a tsp, tops) of the forage herbal mix into his hay. I tried to cut a popper in half and it broke into tiny pieces, so I give him a teeny tiny piece. So that works out perfectly.
He's been consistently relaxed and much more explorative this entire week. He's playing with toys he's always ignored. He's running around in the mornings.
I am deliberately giving him less than the amount I could give him based on his weight, because I want to be able to give him more when he needs to travel or go to the vet etc.
I am honestly surprised he loves the poppers as much as he does because he doesn't like blueberries, apples, bananas etc. He's very picky, even with greens.
I thought that at worst case he'd not eat the poppers but that he'd like the foraging herbs. We truly could not believe my eyes at the positive change in his personality/anxiety levels. I am now a devoted fan of the WKR.