Goose acting drunk/falling over/bad balance

[TheKirad]

So, my goose is acting very strange today. He (I think he is a gander) is falling over and having trouble keeping his balance. He eats, drinks and swims like normally.
Also I have him on niacin supplement and vitamins cause in my country, there is not a single feed with these things in it.
This morning was super hot, so maybe it's a heat stroke?
He is about a month and 2 weeks old. Currently curing his angel wing.
Any advice is appreciated!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Could he have eaten anything toxic? Be very careful of him getting into water having this problem.

 

[TheKirad]

I think he did.
I found some mold under his drinking dish. I recently replaced it with plastic container and since it's like 30° Celsius during the day, the water became infested with mold.
I replaced it with his old dish (metal bowl) and gave him clean water.
I also mixed a charcoal with water and injected it into his beak so his stomach gets clean

I'll wait until tomorrow to see if it helps

 

[Miss Lydia]

I hope he improves

 

[TheKirad]

I took him to the vet today, even so they are useless in my country, and she told me that it looks like some kind of poisoning.
I think the most probable thing is that he ate a toxic plant that grows on my garden (Buttercup). But the symptoms doesn't match

 

[Miss Lydia]

How’s he doing?

 

[TheKirad]

How’s he doing?

He's getting worse.
He can't stand up without falling on his back or front, he breathes with open mouth and his like breathing pipe(?) On his neck is once it's normal size
He eats but barely drinks, I have to force him to drink, and his head is wobling all around.
Sometimes he falls asleep for a short time, but he still breathes through his mouth.

I took him to a vet and she told me that he probably ate something toxic and gave him a mix of some antibiotics
I gave him some charcoal with water to his beak and taped him ( with a bandage ) to a box in my room so he doesn't try to get up, because he would fall over and could hurt himself even more.

I'm taking him to a vet tomorrow to see if he gets better.

 

[TheKirad]

Also vets in my country are mainly interested in dogs and cats, because apparently farm animals don't get sick..
So I wouldn't take her opinion as 100% true

Welcome in post-communist undereducated country comrade

 

[Goosebaby]

Also vets in my country are mainly interested in dogs and cats, because apparently farm animals don't get sick..
So I wouldn't take her opinion as 100% true

Welcome in post-communist undereducated country comrade

In a weird way it sounds like my state “California” has met your country half way when it comes to Vetrinary medicine. It seems like most of the amazing farm vets that used to be everywhere are elderly and retired or few and far between now. A lot of vets I’ve come across are useless unless you own a cat or small dog, it’s all they were taught to work with.
Too much of our agriculture has been corporatized here and veterinary medicine has suffered as a result. Most people are so disconnected to where their food is sourced that they no longer even know where it comes from or what it even looks like. What’s considered a “livestock” breed or species is seen as of no consequence and so it isn’t necessary to study medicine suited to them.
California first and foremost is one of the largest agricultural sources of produce, dairy, and meat in my country. This is an Ag state but most residents seem unaware. I’ve even had a vet look at my geese and reply to me coldly “we don’t see chickens here.” I guess basic zoology isn’t always important in vet medicine nowadays.

There are really good vets here, but they can be very hard to find between all the rest and I’ve had a few to many terrible experiences.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do you mind sharing the country @kirad. I’m sorry he isn’t doing better if he ingested a toxin the charcoal should have helped. Did you try any other flushes? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/flushes-for-aiding-in-toxin-removal.700526/