Gosling with crooked bill/congested breathing

[r00bcub3]

Hey everyone! I’m new here and this site has been very helpful for us being new gosling parents. We found our baby about 3 weeks ago by herself with no mom and no siblings so we took her into our family. She has been eating fine and we are adding nutrients to her water but in the last week or so her bill has become crooked and she sounds congested. What else can we do to help her? We want her to live a long happy life. I will add pictures.

 

[r00bcub3]

Okay thank you for those tips and yes I’ll only give her a little since she’s only 3 weeks. I hope it does go back to normal since she has so much growing to go. But yes this site is extremely helpful and yeah we all can share our experiences which is so helpful. I’m taking her to the vet Sunday too so we will see if they have any extra knowledge on the bent bill. Thank you so much, this has been perfect.

 

[CluckettyCluckerson]

Keep us posted on how the little one is doing and what you learn from the Vet visit.
Hope all goes well in the mean time.

 

[r00bcub3]

I wouldn’t worry about iceing it, rest is all she needs.

@Miss Lydia gave excellent advice too.

Yes I have been giving her the two Durvet vitamins you linked before and she has been drinking iffy every day! Today she is not limping as much! Thankfully! You guys are the best!!!!

 

[r00bcub3]

Yes I have been giving her the two Durvet vitamins you linked before and she has been drinking iffy every day! Today she is not limping as much! Thankfully! You guys are the best!!!!

Here is a pic of her in her pool this morning

 

[r00bcub3]

Beautiful girl!

I wanted to give you an update! Here is how it looks now! She is 11 weeks! It did not correct itself. But she eats just fine!

 

[r00bcub3]

Okay and can you explain more what you mean by moisture or heat discrepancies? She didn’t have it when she was younger at all. It only happened within the last week. I’ll show you a picture of her a couple weeks ago.

 

[r00bcub3]

So strange. I just hope it doesn’t get worse. Is there any other tips to keep them healthy?

 

[Goosebaby]

Looking around the internet ive found a few things suggesting that beak and other abnormalities may be due to contamination like pesticides, https://www.researchgate.net/public...ser_Snow_Geese_Chen_caerulescens_caerulescens

Or injury and nutritional deficiency
https://www.beautyofbirds.com/beakdeformities.html


After reading that last one maybe add a little durvet b vitamin complex and poultry nutridrench to their water and see if it prevents any more developmental issues. The b vitamin complex says it’s injectible but it can be taken orally also.

 

[r00bcub3]

Well that sounds promising since yours had it cover the nostril a little bit because that’s the one reason I was worried about her. Thank you for sending that too! She seems she will have a nice long life then

Pesticides? Eeeeek I better make sure that we keep an eye on that. We get the house sprayed every couple months.

I use the stuff in the picture is this the same stuff you are referring to?