2-3 week old goslings with curled/contracted legs

[CrazyFeatherLover]

I'm trying to get niacin and silver In the human area at Walmart.. what should I get?? My only successfully hatched gosling has overnight both legs started turning in and she screams as if in pain.. I'm 33 min from any town and no one works on birds within at least a 100 miles from me with the exception of one and the one time I went to get I was unimpressed and a few hundred more broke then when I started, plus my gave feathered baby didn't survive...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Go to TSC and buy liquid B complex it works faster and better than anything else. It will say injectable but we use it orally over a treat they love. it can also be given by mouth but that can be tricky since they can aspirate on liquid.
If this is a niacin deficiency and not a deformity the liquid B complex should help and you should see it helping in a few days. The human b complex isn't as strong so you have to give double. How old is your gosling now?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/niacin-deficiency-in-waterfowl.1367557/
I don't think Silver will help.
can you post pictures of the legs so we can rule out slipped tendons?
you maybe able to feel if the tendons are not properly sitting where they should be. If you feel along the legs.

 

[CrazyFeatherLover]

She , <I think> is about 8 weeks give a week or 2...

 

[Miss Lydia]

It's not the best picture but the hocks look swollen is that true? Which most likely means slipped tendon. If you can get a better pic of the legs maybe hold her so the legs hang and pictures front and back.

Have you done anything for this gosling? Water therapy, vitamine[niacin liquid B complex]

@Isaac 0
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[JRies]

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[FoodFreedomNow]

x2 on @Miss Lydia's recommendation that treatment with the B complex be started, immediately. It may just be the angle of the photo, but the legs look bowed to me, suggestive of an acute vitamin deficiency. She may be, as you (@CrazyFeatherLover) suspect, in pain, but she may also be expressing her frustration if she's suddenly unable to get her legs to work properly.

Ruling out slipped tendon is also a good idea. Best wishes for your gosling's recovery!

 

[casportpony]

Is a vet an option?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@CrazyFeatherLover

 

[CrazyFeatherLover]

Water therapy

It's not the best picture but the hocks look swollen is that true? Which most likely means slipped tendon. If you can get a better pic of the legs maybe hold her so the legs hang and pictures front and back.

Have you done anything for this gosling? Water therapy, vitamine[niacin liquid B complex]

@Isaac 0
@FoodFreedomNow @Goosebaby

And niacin flakes