Hi there!
I have 2 Toulouse geese that I bought last year. They're about a year old now. Recently, my female, Sniper, has had a limp. It started about 3-4 days ago. She was fine that morning when I put her out in the enclosure, but when I went to put her back in the coop for the night, she had a limp. I don't know what happened to her in that time. It seemed to be her left leg giving her trouble. I looked at her leg and her foot and I didn't see anything wrong. Her legs both looked normal, and there's no swelling.
The next day, she still had a limp, and was a little bit worse, but was pretty much her usual self otherwise. The day after that her limp seemed to be improving. I figured she would be fine, but then today when I went to put my geese out for the day, she was limping very badly. She can't walk very good, and just opted to lay down in the enclosure, rather than walking around, going in their pool, etc, as usual. She doesn't seem to have a huge appetite today. She did eat a little bit and drink, but not as much as she normally would. She's also not as vocal as usual. Her droppings are somewhat runny, but their droppings seem to vary, so I'm not sure if that is out of the ordinary here in this case or not.
I put her in a separate, smaller enclosure just a little while ago, so she could get some rest and not be bothered by my chickens or the gander. I'm not really sure what exactly is wrong with her. Perhaps the gander got a bit too frisky with her while her leg was still having issues, thus causing her limp to worsen?
I've also thought that maybe she could be egg bound? Though I can't know for sure. She started laying eggs about a month and a half ago. Sometimes she'll wander up into the chicken coop and lay them in there too. My chickens eat their own eggs sometimes, so I wouldn't put it past them to eat a goose egg if they seen it. So I have no way of knowing if she did lay an egg recently or not. I've never had an egg-bound bird before, so I don't know if this is the case here or not.
I'm really worried about my Sniper. She's just the sweetest little goose, and I hate to see her like this. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I have 2 Toulouse geese that I bought last year. They're about a year old now. Recently, my female, Sniper, has had a limp. It started about 3-4 days ago. She was fine that morning when I put her out in the enclosure, but when I went to put her back in the coop for the night, she had a limp. I don't know what happened to her in that time. It seemed to be her left leg giving her trouble. I looked at her leg and her foot and I didn't see anything wrong. Her legs both looked normal, and there's no swelling.
The next day, she still had a limp, and was a little bit worse, but was pretty much her usual self otherwise. The day after that her limp seemed to be improving. I figured she would be fine, but then today when I went to put my geese out for the day, she was limping very badly. She can't walk very good, and just opted to lay down in the enclosure, rather than walking around, going in their pool, etc, as usual. She doesn't seem to have a huge appetite today. She did eat a little bit and drink, but not as much as she normally would. She's also not as vocal as usual. Her droppings are somewhat runny, but their droppings seem to vary, so I'm not sure if that is out of the ordinary here in this case or not.
I put her in a separate, smaller enclosure just a little while ago, so she could get some rest and not be bothered by my chickens or the gander. I'm not really sure what exactly is wrong with her. Perhaps the gander got a bit too frisky with her while her leg was still having issues, thus causing her limp to worsen?
I've also thought that maybe she could be egg bound? Though I can't know for sure. She started laying eggs about a month and a half ago. Sometimes she'll wander up into the chicken coop and lay them in there too. My chickens eat their own eggs sometimes, so I wouldn't put it past them to eat a goose egg if they seen it. So I have no way of knowing if she did lay an egg recently or not. I've never had an egg-bound bird before, so I don't know if this is the case here or not.
I'm really worried about my Sniper. She's just the sweetest little goose, and I hate to see her like this. Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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