Help! Is this head roll normal?? (with video)

[cmh3988]

We've had Puff for 3 weeks now. The last few days he has been doing this weird...head roll? He did it a couple of times Tuesday when I first got him out of his cage after work. Weds I didn't notice it. Thursday he did it right after I fed some lettuce. And again tonight after some lettuce. I thought maybe it was him trying to get the lettuce down, but they're very small pieces and no more than 6 or 7 (I hand feed him). He hadn't been eating well the last few days and I was happy to find some shed in his cage when I got home tonight - he then ate about 10 crix, the lettuce, and then the weird thing with his head .

Anyone seen this before? Know what it is? Other than being not very hungry last few days, he seems fine. Poops, runs around when we get him out. He went to the vet a week ago and had a fecal done which came back with pinworms. Was dosed for that last Saturday. Any help/advice is much appreciated. It's really freaking me out.

He kinda does something with his throat at about 18 seconds in and right after the head roll. Nothing else weird the rest of the vid. Please let me know if you can't access it - haven't posted a vid in here yet http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa83/cmh3988/?action=view&current=1001.mp4.

 

[cmh3988]

Also, it's not 'lettuce' it's mustard greens and it's not really just a head roll, kind of a whole body twitch/roll.

 

[Sashee]

Hmmm... I've never seen that, but maybe he's trying to get some shed off? The throat thing is normal. Yoshi does that. I think it's like when you get excess saliva and swallow, maybe? But the body roll thing, I haven't seen.

Sorry I can't help more.

 

[cmh3988]

Thanks for looking. Just seems really bizarre.

 

[Jess]

LOL, he's just attempting to flare out his beard and show off for you! :lol: Babies kind of fail at this, since they don't really have a beard... That's why it looks so funny. It looks a tad more impressive when they are bigger, but they still flail oddly and look like they are choking or something. Dud does this all the time, and it freaked me out when my baby Wink attempted it the first time.

 

[cmh3988]

Do you think that's with the throat thing or the body twitch/roll thing? I think it looks like he's having like a seizure or something!! Would that mean he's mad at me, LOL?

 

[cmh3988]

After a tiny bit o searching I found a vid on youtube of a bigger one doing pretty much the same thing. Thank you! I feel so much better now!

 

[Jess]

No problem. They do always look like they are dieing when they do that LOL!