Gosling with Gapeworm?

[BirdWrangler]

Hello, I have a gosling that’s around 2 months old that I noticed this morning seems to be shaking her head and gasping with a bit of a wheezing noise. I had another gosling about 2 weeks ago with similar symptoms, and he passed away within a few hours of the symptoms showing. Could this be gapeworm? If so what dewormer should I treat her with. Any input is appreciated!
Here is a linked video of her gasping

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

@Eggcessive can you help? OP is my sister. The gosling mentioned is also lethargic and refuses food and water.

 

[BirdWrangler]

@Wyorp Rock

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm sorry about your Gosling.

I'm afraid I don't know much about Geese. I'll tag in @Goosebaby and @NatJ to see if they can offer suggestions.

Don't know if the answers to these questions will help them or not...
How is the ventilation in your brooder?
Any moldy spots within the hay/straw/or feed?

Tell us the temperature of the brooder on the warm and cold sides and what you are feeding. Do you provide grit?

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I'm sorry about your Gosling.

I'm afraid I don't know much about Geese. I'll tag in @Goosebaby and @NatJ to see if they can offer suggestions.

No worries. Appreciate the response and tags!

Don't know if the answers to these questions will help them or not...
How is the ventilation in your brooder?
Any moldy spots within the hay/straw/or feed?

Tell us the temperature of the brooder on the warm and cold sides and what you are feeding. Do you provide grit?

They currently have a coop to themselves. It’s well ventilated and the bedding is clean and dry, no mold. We do provide grit, and they’re on a chick starter supplemented with vitamins. They’ve been off the heat lamp as it’s been warm here, we only turn it on during colder nights.

We did end up getting a dewormer and dosing her, gapeworm was my best guess and we lost the last one so quickly, we didn’t want to just do nothing.

 

[Goosebaby]

I’m so sorry for your loss and your current sick gosling!

Gapeworm is uncommon in geese but not impossible, aspergillosis or another lung infection is my guess for what is going on, some sort of bacterial, fungal, or viral pneumonia.
Head shaking can be a sign of excessive salivation or facial discomfort, like an upper respiratory infection.

A second possibility is something pressing on the lungs, airsacks, or airways. I have seen an infected swollen intestine cause gaping, though it was more subtle than this.

Unfortunately gaping this intense is a situation that really should be looked at by a veterinarian, the gosling isn’t getting enough air and is in a very precarious state. At this point she doesn’t just need medicine, she needs oxygen.

If it is gapeworm there’s a serious danger the worms will dislodge and obstruct the airway now that wormer has been administered also.

If a vet isn’t an option o would suggest putting her on a broad spectrum antibiotic if you have anything on hand, something like tylosin, Baytril, doxycycline, Azithromycin.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

I’m so sorry for your loss and your current sick gosling!

Gapeworm is uncommon in geese but not impossible, aspergillosis or another lung infection is my guess for what is going on, some sort of bacterial, fungal, or viral pneumonia.
Head shaking can be a sign of excessive salivation or facial discomfort, like an upper respiratory infection.

A second possibility is something pressing on the lungs, airsacks, or airways. I have seen an infected swollen intestine cause gaping, though it was more subtle than this.

Unfortunately gaping this intense is a situation that really should be looked at by a veterinarian, the gosling isn’t getting enough air and is in a very precarious state. At this point she doesn’t just need medicine, she needs oxygen.

If it is gapeworm there’s a serious danger the worms will dislodge and obstruct the airway now that wormer has been administered also.

If a vet isn’t an option o would suggest putting her on a broad spectrum antibiotic if you have anything on hand, something like tylosin, Baytril, doxycycline, Azithromycin.

Thank you for the response! A vet unfortunately isn’t an option for us. I’ll look into getting one of those antibiotics

 

[Eggcessive]

SafeGuard liquid goat wormer or the Equine paste from your feed store at a dosage of 0.23 ml (1/4 ml) per pound of weight given orally for 5 consecutive days will treat gapeworm. Shake the liquid well. But a respiratory disease such as fungal or mycoplasma (MG) are more common. You could also try an antibiotic Tylosin in the water for 5 days as well which can treat MG. You can get Tylosin from jedds.com online.

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

She unfortunately passed overnight. Thank you all for the help

 

[Eggcessive]

Very sorry for your loss.