goose has watery poo?

[Leader Bee]

What medications are safe for a goose? I have medicated starter feed for chicks with the amp. . .(can't think of how to spell it).
Would that work?

Amprolium, that's the only licenced coccidiostat for use in poultry, here in the UK at least, i don't know if there are others available.

On a side note, my two boys are almost 100% fed on pellets and up until recently I have had no issues (one of my boys has lost a lot of weight and I can't quite pin down the problem) However, what I would say is that their poop is generally quite runny if their diet is mostly pellets as it lacks fibre but shouldn't be something to be too concerned about, however, it seems like you ARE mixing insources of fibre for him, so something isn't quite right

Not sure what to suggest that other people here haven't already - hope he is on the mend soon.

 

[AGeese]

Ok, I know that ducks and geese drink a lot and sometimes their poo comes out runny. But the last few days I've notices that my goose's poo is always watery, sometimes completely liquid. In every other way she is acting normal.
I am feeding a mix of purina flock raiser and manna pro game bird; also nutritional yeast once a day, and ground up greens (cabbage, kale, parsley, spinach) and she usually gets to go out to graze at least once every other day for a while.
I mix grit in their food as well.
Oh, she is just a baby, by the way, about 4-5 weeks old.
All the ducks she is with have normal, solid poo.
Should I be worried? Is something wrong?

It's the green smoothie I'll bet. I haven't heard anything good about serving spinach to geese. I'm not so sure about raw kale either, but it's so popular no one's paying attention to the recent criticisms.

There was noticable difference with my goslings droppings once they were free ranging on green pasture. But in addition I do try things and will select some left overs on hand to toss them. They turn their nose up to spinach every time.

 

[Leader Bee]

I have heard spinach interferes with calcium absorption, so i have always avoided giving it to mine

 

[Chicken_Lover99]

I have a goose about 8-9 Months old who was recently attack by some dogs we've been having problems with, and he was taken to our vet and was given some antibiotics and pain meds for 3 days' worth but now his poop is just really watery, and a neon green color and he won't eat really? should we be concerned.

 

[JRies]

I have a goose about 8-9 Months old who was recently attack by some dogs we've been having problems with, and he was taken to our vet and was given some antibiotics and pain meds for 3 days' worth but now his poop is just really watery, and a neon green color and he won't eat really? should we be concerned.

@Goosebaby Meds may be messing with him you could try grain in a dish of water so he can slurp up the grain. Make sure he has some grit also. goosebaby may be able to help with the med's and diarrhea. What meds did the vet put it on and is it healing from the attack?

 

[Goosebaby]

I have a goose about 8-9 Months old who was recently attack by some dogs we've been having problems with, and he was taken to our vet and was given some antibiotics and pain meds for 3 days' worth but now his poop is just really watery, and a neon green color and he won't eat really? should we be concerned.

How long has he not been eating? Watery droppings that are a bright green color are due to biliverdin not being absorbed back into the body as it should, this can be caused from severe infection, toxins, liver damage, but also anorexia after not eating for a few days or longer which I’m guessing is the case here.

How extensive were his injuries? Pain and shock will make a bird go off their food, meds can do it to and mixing feed into water to make a soupy mash can encourage them to eat as @JRies said.

If he still wont eat you’ll have to force feed him, that’s the only way to keep him alive. I can walk you through how to tube feed a goose if it comes to that but you’ll need a 60ml syringe, a goat/lamb gastric/feeding tube, and some recovery formula or 30% purina game bird start.

In the mean time there’s a few things you can pop down his throat that can at least give him something. Berries and grapes are easy, another hugely beneficial food in this situation is banana due to its high potassium content and that it’s a fattier fruit.
How you feed it to him is the same as administering pills, you start by applying pressure to the corners of his mouth until he opens up, open his mouth and pop the fruit down his throat, hold his beak closed in an upwards position for a moment.
It’s helpful to pre-moisten the fruit, bananas rounds an inch in diameter and thickness are best, they may seem large but if wet will slide right down the throat fairly easily, I don’t advice going much larger or he’ll gag and spit it out.

if he does gag let him spit it out, you don’t want him to choke on it.

Also the faster you do it, the less stressful it is on him and the easier it is for both of you.

 

[Goosebaby]

I have a goose about 8-9 Months old who was recently attack by some dogs we've been having problems with, and he was taken to our vet and was given some antibiotics and pain meds for 3 days' worth but now his poop is just really watery, and a neon green color and he won't eat really? should we be concerned.

How is your goose?