strange behavior by male goat

[Southern by choice]

yes

 

[Kathy]

 

[Kathy]

oops sorry, have never uploaded a picture...this is the guy that is a pain in the ass...

 

[B&B Happy goats]

He looks like a good boy, is that scurs on his head ? We have a registered buck that was disbudded by a vet..got scurs, i have to work on the one that curls toward his head often as we don't want it growing into his head for sure .

 

[Everett]

hello (I'm new to this page - bear with me), I have a wether named Troy and he's acting weird. today I was outside with him and my doe and he kept kicking and biting me (which he usually never does - he just was acting weirder than usual). then he kept swinging his head to his "private" area and scratching with his hooves - I've read about "urinary calculi and stones" and that might be it... but he's not showing much signs of "struggle with urinating" or "lost appetite and depressed" but he's peeing still. What do I do????

 

[frustratedearthmother]

If he's peeing fine he's probably not struggling with UC...if he's doing a lot of scratching and itching have you checked him for lice? They can drive them crazy!

 

[Latestarter]

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[melody]

Ok, this is really weird and a little embarrassing to post but this goat has been doing this the past couple weeks...

This Lamancha male goat has been "playing" with himself and then he lifts his head and curls his lips back and just stands there. What the heck is this all about? His penis sticks straight out, he crouches and then does whatever and then does the lip thing.

He kinda freaking me out!

Thanks
Kathy

Hi Kathy.
I know the lip thing is what they do when they are trying to capture a smell they like. When my does is in heat she does it especially after she pees. Could also be a release smile, if you know what I mean.