Goose standing around, not grazing or moving--update she's ALIVE

[desertdarlene]

I hope she can stay alive, I haven't seen her eat, yet. But, she was responding to what was going on around her, so that's a good sign.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I hope she can stay alive, I haven't seen her eat, yet. But, she was responding to what was going on around her, so that's a good sign.

Maybe she got hold of something nasty and it took her a while to get over it, anyway I hope she gets her appetite back. Do the people who work at the park feed them?

 

[RURU]

Do you have any feed that you could offer to her? Like romaine lettuce, kale, turnip greens, tomatoes, corn?

 

[desertdarlene]

The people at the lake don't feed them and don't want anyone else to feed or care for them. Fortunately, people don't seem to be dropping off geese as often as they did in the past, so we haven't had any new domestic ones in a few years. Some people do feed them lettuce and other vegetables, but most people feed them junk. I've fed them romaine lettuce when I have any extra, but I haven't been buying any lately.

Jill is currently the lowest ranking goose there, so whenever I try to give her something just for her, she gets chased off by the other geese except for Louie. She is also picky about who she takes food from, especially after Jack disappeared.

 

[desertdarlene]

Here are some photos I took of her today. She was in a grooming stance and usually the area between her legs is much larger:





And here are a couple from before. The first one was taken this last March:



And last year:



So you can see that some of her roundness and fullness has gone.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Here are some photos I took of her today. She was in a grooming stance and usually the area between her legs is much larger:





And here are a couple from before. The first one was taken this last March:



And last year:



So you can see that some of her roundness and fullness has gone.

Beautiful Pics dd, Where they live at is their plenty of grass and other good stuff for them to eat, I'd say a diet in junk will take it's toll eventually breaks my heart to think they are getting proper nutrition.

 

[RURU]

She could have worms because geese need worming in the fall before winter comes and in the Spring before breeding season starts.

 

[desertdarlene]

They actually have a big green lawn to munch on when the area gets dry. They keep all the weeds down pretty good, but the lawn still has to be mowed because they make it clumpy and graze unevenly. There's a smaller lawn nearby, too. In the winter, there's more greenery. There's also a lot of algae right now, but she doesn't seem interested in that.

She might need worming, I would put it past them having worms because they live out in the wild all the time.

Though she is moving around more and doing more normal things, she still seems out of it and not reacting to her environment as much as she used to. I know she can see as I see her looking at me when I get close, but I'm wondering how well she hears. I don't think she would take food from me if I were to offer it to her.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They actually have a big green lawn to munch on when the area gets dry. They keep all the weeds down pretty good, but the lawn still has to be mowed because they make it clumpy and graze unevenly. There's a smaller lawn nearby, too. In the winter, there's more greenery. There's also a lot of algae right now, but she doesn't seem interested in that.

She might need worming, I would put it past them having worms because they live out in the wild all the time.

Though she is moving around more and doing more normal things, she still seems out of it and not reacting to her environment as much as she used to. I know she can see as I see her looking at me when I get close, but I'm wondering how well she hears. I don't think she would take food from me if I were to offer it to her.

And not knowing her age this could even been age related. There are wormers that can be mushed up in bread but if she won't take food it won't work.

 

[desertdarlene]

Yeah, I can't be certain about her age, though I know it's at least five years old. Louie, the gander, is much older than her.