Goat doing weird stuff...

[Mamaboid]

Most of my herd have horns, I only have the two that don't. I like horns, but you do have to be aware of them. Mine are very well mannered with them and that makes all the difference in how you feel about them I am sure. I wouldn't like them either if they wanted to kill me with them. LOL

 

[EggsForIHOP]

I read once that it is normal behavior. Is your goat hornless? Goats will use their horns to scratch their backs, and I think the hornless ones 'forget' they dont have horns to scratch with, but still go through the motions like they do have horns.

I think the behavior is normal though. Sometimes they are just being silly, sometimes they are looking around, other times they have a bad itch they cant scratch.

Yup...my husband calls it the "phantom horn pains" because they have an itch they can't scratch without horns...he's a PITA (the husband) always speaking for the goats like he's the Lorax or something...

RIGHT! Are you the one that posted about this before??? If ya are- thank you for that bit of info! I never would have thought of that myself and it makes so much sense.


(lorax......hee hee, that was )

Yup...that's our house...kinda odd ball His new thing is to tell me what they are thinking as I do things like dose for cocci prevention....you know "OH MY GOODNESS MOM! NO NO NO NOT THAT STUFF AGAIN? Why do you hate me?" Then he walks around saying very quietly "Why? Oh Why?" and petting on the babies and telling them he "doesn't know what they did to make the bad woman mad again"....like I can't hear him...right there...talking about me...He thinks he's some kind of goat advocate, and all he does is disbud and drink the milk....well...and pay the bills

 

[Mamaboid]

 

[goatsintheopen]

I've got two questions,

1. What is a "Lorax" ?

2. What does the Acronym PITA stand for?

I've never heard of either one..LOL

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I've got two questions,

1. What is a "Lorax" ?

2. What does the Acronym PITA stand for?

I've never heard of either one..LOL

LOL
Lorax= character from a Dr. Seuss book...they just made it into a movie too.
PITA=pain in the......