Strange head arching

[Wispy55]

I have a year old nd that is constantly arching her head and swiveling it as if she is trying to see overhead. is this normal?
My pygmy buck does the same thing evry once in awhile too.

 

[bonbean01]

No clue....hoping the many goat experts answer you soon!!!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Never seen that

 

[Wispy55]

We only got her a couple of months ago but she has done it ever since she came. It is like a small child looking up and twisting his neck to se every thing at once. She does it when she inside and outside. My pygmy buck does it too, but only evey so often, nothing like the doe. Could it be an inner ear problem? She does seem to be clumsier than the other goats at times.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Wonder if she has a problem with her vision or her vision in one eye
And she is turning her head like that to get things in her line of sight

 

[Wispy55]

Thats possible but she never runs into things and runs and jumps with the other goats and she doesn't constantly turn herself in one particular direction all the time. She seems to be aware of everything going on around her.

 

[Wispy55]

We have a serious deficiency of selenium in this area and she was seriously anemic when we got her. Could that have an impact on her sight?

 

[OneFineAcre]

Doesn't sound like its vision
I have no clue

 

[Wispy55]

Well she seems to be doing fine after we dewormed her and have put some weight on her. She does nit seem to have any other odd habits so we will just keep watching how she does.

 

[Wispy55]

Thanks for your imput though. If anyone comes across something to explain it, would love to hear it.