It isn't narcolepsy, it's congenital myotonia (sp?). It's more common in goats, and there was a video surfing around not long ago that showed the same phenomenon in a bunch of goats on a farm. Anything that is remotely startling, particularly loud noises, will make their body seize up and they collapse.
Anyway, it's kinda cute and sad at the same time. I get conflicted with how I should feel about them. Haha!
Comrade Stalin
DJ RANN
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Originally posted by Theresa
It isn't narcolepsy, it's congenital myotonia (sp?). It's more common in goats, and there was a video surfing around not long ago that showed the same phenomenon in a bunch of goats on a farm. Anything that is remotely startling, particularly loud noises, will make their body seize up and they collapse.
Anyway, it's kinda cute and sad at the same time. I get conflicted with how I should feel about them. Haha!
Absolutely tru but the title wouldn't quite have the same ring.
It's actually weird though how closely it's related to Narcolepsy - in most cases if you suddenly scare a narcoleptic they'll also "faint".
kadomony
i once went to a farm where they had a herd of all of this fainting goats. absolutely hilarious.
Ang ' ela_ie
So is someone making loud noises and they freeze up? And why does the black one always freeze before the tabby?
Ang ' ela_ie
Oh no I just read that Spike (the black one) died a couple days after that was shot! :(
Theresa
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Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
So is someone making loud noises and they freeze up? And why does the black one always freeze before the tabby?
Probably. They don't typically just fall over without something inciting the reaction.
As for one freezing before the other, it probably just has to do with varying response times.
