I was given an African gosling with a twisted neck. When she tries to stand she tumbles over backwards and even when swimming(ish) in the tub she always leans to one side before going belly up. So for the past week I've had a gosling that can't stand in a box by my side at all times.
She is alert and eats and drinks. Our feed store doesn't offer waterfowl feed, so I usually use a non-medicated gamebird feed. When I got her our feedstore had Nutrino gamebird feed with a higher protein. I grabbed that, fed her a bunch...and found out the feedstore gave me the wrong bag of feed. So she gorged on medicated chick starter.
She keeps losing weight and now has a head tick. I've been putting vitamins in her water and I'm wondering if she has a vitamin E deficiency and read that Polyvisol may give her a boost.
Today she became less interested in eating a drinking, so I now want to jump on another form of treatment before giving up. She's asleep in my arms right now and her eye keeps ticking (her head isn't moving).
Another thing, when she eats or drinks she looks like a sock puppet. She will open her mouth all of the way and chomp down, then keep chomping as she lifts her head. It looks just like a puppet pretending to eat and drink.
Would Polyvisol help? If so, at what dose? She's about two months old but can't weigh more than a pound or two as of today. She isn't feather-light, but she's very close.
Being a Sunday, the only thing open today is a Wal-Mart (and grocery stores, probably a couple Walgreens). I'll be leaving the house in a half hour. Any suggestions on what to get is great.Si
She is alert and eats and drinks. Our feed store doesn't offer waterfowl feed, so I usually use a non-medicated gamebird feed. When I got her our feedstore had Nutrino gamebird feed with a higher protein. I grabbed that, fed her a bunch...and found out the feedstore gave me the wrong bag of feed. So she gorged on medicated chick starter.
She keeps losing weight and now has a head tick. I've been putting vitamins in her water and I'm wondering if she has a vitamin E deficiency and read that Polyvisol may give her a boost.
Today she became less interested in eating a drinking, so I now want to jump on another form of treatment before giving up. She's asleep in my arms right now and her eye keeps ticking (her head isn't moving).
Another thing, when she eats or drinks she looks like a sock puppet. She will open her mouth all of the way and chomp down, then keep chomping as she lifts her head. It looks just like a puppet pretending to eat and drink.
Would Polyvisol help? If so, at what dose? She's about two months old but can't weigh more than a pound or two as of today. She isn't feather-light, but she's very close.
Being a Sunday, the only thing open today is a Wal-Mart (and grocery stores, probably a couple Walgreens). I'll be leaving the house in a half hour. Any suggestions on what to get is great.Si
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