Emergency! Beak incision

[Goosebaby]

I just found Dandelion (gosling) with this deep cut on her chin, it’s already swollen but she wasn’t like this when I checked on her two hours ago. I’m still trying to figure out how this happened, I don’t have money for a vet so any ideas on how to treat this myself is appreciated.

I thought about putting something on it but because it’s her chin I don’t see how it would stay on with her constantly washing her face.

I gave her some meloxicam I had left over from my gander Parsnip, I’m hoping it relieves some of the pain because it definitly hurts, she’s still an active little busy body so it was hard to get a picture. She’s still eating too.

 

[Goosebaby]

If you have colloidal silver, you can use a dropper or spray it in her mouth. It will disinfect it, although briefly. The mouth is a dirt place. I use 2000ppm I get from amazon and mix it at a rate of 2 drops per cup.

Is healed though, all she has now is that scar.

 

[Isaac 0]

Sorry to hear about your goose.

If she were mine, I'd isolate her in an area where I could better monitor her behavior, and overall condition. To deal with the wound, I'd slather it with a triple antibacterial ointment like Neosporin, then apply a hydro-gel bandage to keep the infection out. As shown in these pictures,

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2003...aterfowl such as ducks,thinner and softer [7].

 

[Goosebaby]

Sorry to hear about your goose.

If she were mine, I'd isolate her in an area where I could better monitor her behavior, and overall condition. To deal with the wound, I'd slather it with a triple antibacterial ointment like Neosporin, then apply a hydro-gel bandage to keep the infection out. As shown in these pictures,

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2003/november/Cousquer/Avian-Wound-Management-Part-2.html#:~:text=injuries and bumblefoot.-,Beak injuries,often fracture as a result.&text=In waterfowl such as ducks,thinner and softer [7].

I just got done putting some New Skin Liquid bandage on, I tried separating her but she was too stressed so she’s back in with her mom and brothers/sister. She seems calm right now and she’s eating but I know it hurts, she has frequent naps.

 

[Goosebaby]

Sorry to hear about your goose.

If she were mine, I'd isolate her in an area where I could better monitor her behavior, and overall condition. To deal with the wound, I'd slather it with a triple antibacterial ointment like Neosporin, then apply a hydro-gel bandage to keep the infection out. As shown in these pictures,

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2003/november/Cousquer/Avian-Wound-Management-Part-2.html#:~:text=injuries and bumblefoot.-,Beak injuries,often fracture as a result.&text=In waterfowl such as ducks,thinner and softer [7].

Thank you for the advice and link, it’s a huge help!

 

[Goosebaby]

At 2 am when I checked her I could see the swelling had gone down then too, she spent the night inside of a small dog crate I keep with the geese Incase they want to use it. Her brother Roxbury stayed inside alongside her that I know of all night, keeping her company. Geese are such sweethearts

 

[Goosebaby]

Update on Dandelion.

A few days after posting this I realized that her wound was open to the inside of her mouth, it was a small opening but that still wasn’t good. I started putting a little apple cider vinegar in her water to keep it as clean as possible. After a few more days it looked like the hole had sealed itself.
I took this yesterday, the wound is nearly healed.

 

[Isaac 0]

How is she doing this morning?

 

[Goosebaby]

How is she doing this morning?

Thank you for asking! I just checked on her and so far this morning the swelling has gone down quite a bit, she still hurts understandably but she’s up and moving around. I’ll post a few pictures in a little while when the light gets better.

 

[DuckYouMan]

Whenever I had chicken wire covering my coop walls for protection, I'd get this. Seems they like to put their heads through to get grass and what not but since the chicken wire was too small, they'd just end getting scraped on up the top parts. I use colloidal silver to disinfect every few hours if I'm not going to cover it. Otherwise I use a colloidal silver bandage with triple antibiotic ointment and possibly wrap up the beak unless she's eating.