EMERGENCY!!! GOOSE BIT BY SNAKE!

[chickenbuttsowhat]

someone pls help my male goose Dig was bit by a snake sometime last night dont know if it was poisons or not but he has a snake bite on his neck he was acting funny this morning wasnt honking or nothing just up in the cornor of the run his wife Affie came up to me crawling all over me to get my attention i just fig they was having a fight or something lol i threw out some food and but he didnt come eat just stood there so i went and got him most time he would hiss honk throw out his wings and run if i try to pick him up but it was easy to get him then i really knew something wrong i see that on his neck his feathers was a lil ruffled and there was a drop of blood i look and there was to small puncture marks i gave him love and then put him down and came running pls can someone help if its poisons i dont want to lose him i just got him affie loves him and i want baby geese HELP!

 

[chicmom]

Well, you would truly have to take him to a vet for some anti-venom if he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Alot of people don't take their chickens or geese or ducks to a vet though.

Perhaps you could just give him some antibiotics to be safe, in his drinking water. I wish I had better advice for you. I would make sure he is comfortable too and resting. Give him some vitamins/electrolites and some antibiotics in his water, and use a dropper to get it into him if you have to..........That's truly my only idea...

Good luck to you,
Sharon

 

[chickenbuttsowhat]

would penicillin be a good anti botic to give him for it or do i need to get something else

 

[Fishwife]

If he did not die overnight, he may not.

Is there swelling on his neck? If so that could complicate breathing and would be a bad way to die slowly.

If not, I would say isolate him, make sure he has water and a warm quiet place, and leave him alone if you do not want to take him to the vet.

I know you want goslings, but sometimes the best decision doesn't concern our feelings at all. His "wife" will find accept another if he should die. I had my main flock master die, and the goose accepted the remaining male with no problems at all.

With no way of knowing what bit him, and how long ago, it is difficult to treat.
Down here, we keep guineas to help keep the snake population down, and so far, so good.
Also our chickens are free range too, and omnivors, so it's a double safe guard.

I feel awful for you.

 

[dawg53]

If he did not die overnight, he may not.

Is there swelling on his neck? If so that could complicate breathing and would be a bad way to die slowly.

If not, I would say isolate him, make sure he has water and a warm quiet place, and leave him alone if you do not want to take him to the vet.

I know you want goslings, but sometimes the best decision doesn't concern our feelings at all. His "wife" will find accept another if he should die. I had my main flock master die, and the goose accepted the remaining male with no problems at all.

With no way of knowing what bit him, and how long ago, it is difficult to treat.
Down here, we keep guineas to help keep the snake population down, and so far, so good.
Also our chickens are free range too, and omnivors, so it's a double safe guard.

I feel awful for you.

Agreed. There wouldve been possible swelling at the sight of the bite and possible necrotic tissue forming around the bite. If you dont see any of that, it mightve been a "dry" bite. If that's the case, treat it as a normal wound. Flush with betadine and apply neosporin. If there's swelling and no necrotic tissue; give him 1/2ml children's benedryl only. Dont give him anymore benedryl until a 24 hour time period has elasped. Do not overdose him on the children's benedryl, it can kill him. After 24 hours are up, redose him once more if necessary.
If there's swelling and necrotic tissue, cull him.

 

[chickenbuttsowhat]

theres not swelling or anything at all he is starting to softly talking again and jumped in the pool he's slowly bends his head to get something to drink so ii can deff tell his neck is hurting and it is hard for him to bend his head to get food or water so i held the water up to him im keeping him in the shade and cool i believe it was around 3 am when he got bit cuz i do have a baby monitor outside to listen to them cuz we been having problems with our neighbor's animals i heard them honking like always then went quit didnt think nothing of it cuz fig they was doing their thing like they always do cuz ive have run outside many times and be false alarm and was really tired but then i noticed later on in the morning that still didnt hear nothing from Digs and he likes to talk now i feel bad that i didnt get up