Loose horns?

[boermommy]

This must be the week for weird stuff at my house.

Nutmeg, a boer cross born doe Dec. 28, 2005, has loose horns. They wobble just like a loose tooth. It's the oddest thing I've seen.

Now, I lost her mother when she was three weeks old so she probably didn't have all the calcium she needed as a baby. Would that be it?

[mygoat]

My friend had a fainter wether with this problem, but with one of his horns. Kinda felt like she could pull it right out. It was from him slamming the fence/tree/ anything else he could. It was quite painfull for him, and he no longer slamms stuff from his painful experience. If the horns are severed from the skull they might recconect and continue to grow as her goat's did... but if the blood supply is severed the horns will probably fall off. Keep her from ramming anything, maybe separate her from the herd. They will need to knit just like bone, I would guess.
Oh, I forgot to ask... Is it painful for her at all?

[boermommy]

No....doesn't seem to hurt her at all.
Lots of my goats love to play by standing up on their hind legs and ramming each other's heads....especially when the weather gives us a cool evening or morning.
She must have knocked them loose playing.