First I had to go Google 'nigerian buckling' to find out what it was. :)

Has it suffered a head injury lately? With chickens,a head injury can sometimes cause inflammation of the brain, and the swelling causes a condition called Twirling, Stargazing, Limberneck or Crookneck. It can also be caused by a nutritional deficiency (not enough Riboflavin). The chicken will spin around backwards, scuttling around and peeping in a frightened way. Sometimes it cannot lift it's head and drags it's head on the ground as it spins. There is a treatment for this by mixing Vitamin E and Selenium which is quite successful. I don't know if goats can suffer from it, but it's a thought. Google the condition I've named and see if it is the same as what you are seeing.

The other thought I had was epileptic seizures. Does your goat twitch or convulse when it falls down? Any other symptoms such as losing weight, weird poops, etc?

Could it have gotten into any kind of toxic or hallucinogenic plants, or moldy feed?

Velvet ~:>

Wildwood, the buckling, is eating, drinking, and nursing normaly. When he falls he does not twitch or convulse nor does he fall asleep. Wild's legs just seem to suddenly relax and collapse beneath him (or he falls to the side). Usually he keeps his head up. Previously, he tryed to get up right away and could not. Now he waits(with his head up and alert but calm)for a minute or two, gets up and is fine. The first time it happened (wich was yesterday) only his back legs gave way. After that we gave him Vitamin E and Selenium. I don't think he hit his head hard. He is only in with his adopted mom and a tiny 2mo old buckling. The only plants in there are pine trees.

I have heard of Myatonic goats or feinting goats. It's a breed that feints when they're under stress or frightened...The good Lord works in mysterious ways... I can't imagine its a very good defense mechanism but they are out there and I'm wondering if there's a chance that your buckling might be part feinting goat.

today, about 4:00pm, he started convultions. He arched his neck back and thrashed around with stiff legs, sometimes screaming. Wildwood did this several times about a minute or less apart. I had to wait untill my mom got home from my grandfather's house that is 2 hours away. I had to bring him in and make sure he did not hurt himself. Between convultions he acted very off balance. Gradually they got farther apart and less severe. When my mother got home and called some goat friends, he only did it three more times. We think he might have a B1 Deficiency. we gave him B complex and probiotics. Then we set him back with his mom and he seems fine for now. We are going to see how he is tomarrow and go from there.

I checked on him this morrning and sat with him about a hour and half. He seems fine. We will continue the B complex and probiotics treatment. Has anyone ever seen this before? How did it turn out for the goat? Thanks for all of the suggestions!

Years ago a neighbor and us had goats.Her one did that.I was gonna say seizure.Well the vet put it down had it tested for rabies.Which meant removing the head...sorry.

I stumbled across a post on the HT forum that sounds somewhat similar. You may want to check it out. I cannot comment on it as I am not a goat person... but when I saw it I thought I should post the link here. Just in case.

Here is a link that might be useful: Meningial Brain Worm

Thanks everone!!! I'm afraid maggie i could be on to something.... I will look into it more. : (

I hope I'm wrong... but follow that thread in case that's what is wrong. They said they were trying to treat their goat.

I'm glad to say, I don't think he has the brain worms. The symptoms are a bit different. Thanks for all the ideas.

I think he is better!!!!! Having said that, next time I go out he will do it again. It must have been a B1 Deficiency. Thanks again!!!!

How is the goat doing? I hope you checked for bad/moldy feed, as it can be a source of Botulism... :(

Velvet ~:>

He is doing fine now!!! :) We stopped giving B complex acouple of days ago. Just so everyone knows, we tried to take him to the vet when It happened the first time, but the vet was on a two week vacation. Thanks for asking velvet. His grain is/was not moldy. I think he did not eat enough hay. He doesn't like alfalfa very much and that's all I had for a few days.

goatworld.com they are wonderful and have helped me tremendously. Her name is Maggie also.

just curious, did anyone mention looking for selenium deficiency or only the B1?

OK, I just found this page- but you better check for something poisonous. I have raised goats for 4 years now- that sounds completely like an neurological response to a poison- had one do it in my field last year. We nursed her through- but if you don't find the source you run the risk of another goat getting it. Goats are kind of smart- if something makes them sick they generally don't go back to it, but another goat will.