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Okay, so today I was bringing out jugs of water to refill the water bowl, as our water hose out that way is broken at the moment, and as usual, every time I left the goats, a doe and a wether, were yelling at me "Come BAAAAAACK." which is normal.
But it was SO loud and insistent this time! And when I finally had all the water out there and went in to wash out the tub and fill it, they started acting crazy!
:shocked:
It was mostly the doe, Hope. She would leap into the air sideways, and start bucking like crazy. She'd jump onto the upside down bathtub they have to play on and leap off, bucking and twisting in the air. Then they'd race off around the pen, come back and head butt. Then they'd run to me, then run off again.
I thought they were dieing! I caught them and felt their bellies and all over to make sure nothing was amiss, and I couldn't find anything wrong. Then Hope calmly drank some water and went to the hay and starting chowing down, while Uno (wether) hopped onto the tub and nosed me for scratches.
Is this normal behavior? I've never seen them do anything like this before! Were they happy? Maybe the hurricane south of us is freaking them out...or maybe they were just enjoying the nice cool weather from it?
Reassure me please!! :?
But it was SO loud and insistent this time! And when I finally had all the water out there and went in to wash out the tub and fill it, they started acting crazy!
:shocked:
It was mostly the doe, Hope. She would leap into the air sideways, and start bucking like crazy. She'd jump onto the upside down bathtub they have to play on and leap off, bucking and twisting in the air. Then they'd race off around the pen, come back and head butt. Then they'd run to me, then run off again.
I thought they were dieing! I caught them and felt their bellies and all over to make sure nothing was amiss, and I couldn't find anything wrong. Then Hope calmly drank some water and went to the hay and starting chowing down, while Uno (wether) hopped onto the tub and nosed me for scratches.
Is this normal behavior? I've never seen them do anything like this before! Were they happy? Maybe the hurricane south of us is freaking them out...or maybe they were just enjoying the nice cool weather from it?
Reassure me please!! :?