Gosling wont eat and gasping for air!

[Goosebaby]

right now we have them on dry wood chips I have checked to make sure there is no mold where they are sleeping Ill see if we can get flock raiser right now there is no grass available due to snow, and Ill check to see if we have any Baytril or amoxicillin

Could you post a picture of the goslings belly?

 

[OwlTea]

I wouldn’t try to force feed the gosling anything, it could aspirate any liquid or solids.

Okay so Should I let it be for now it has no instinct it seems to eat or drink I lightly rub a small crumb of a snap pea shell on the side of its beak at itll nibble on it but im not sure if that could be harmful?

 

[OwlTea]

Could you post a picture of the goslings belly?

Is this an okay image?

 

[Goosebaby]

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Is this an okay image?

Do you notice any bulging in the lower abdomen with what looks like an open wound?

Goslings can also be stimulated to eat by other goslings eating or by picking at and tapping the food with your fingers, if they’re not feeling well it’s unlikely to work however.

 

[OwlTea]

Do you notice any bulging in the lower abdomen with what looks like an open wound?

Goslings can also be stimulated to eat by other goslings eating or by picking at and tapping the food with your fingers, if they’re not feeling well it’s unlikely to work however.

we have the week old with it eating and drinking we have tried tapping on the food and there is no visible wound or inflamation/bulging

 

[Goosebaby]

we have the week old with it eating and drinking we have tried tapping on the food and there is no visible wound or inflamation/bulging

That’s good, I was worried it could have been a yolk sack infection.
Have you by any chance seen any discharge from the nose or seen the gosling shaking its head?

 

[OwlTea]

That’s good, I was worried it could have been a yolk sack infection.
Have you by any chance seen any discharge from the nose or seen the gosling shaking its head?

Yeah It will sometimes shake its head and jolt up when I was holding it and/or putting it to sleep

 

[Goosebaby]

Yeah It will sometimes shake its head and jolt up when I was holding it and/or putting it to sleep

Goslings often do that so it may be normal unless they’re doing it more often than the other gosling did. Usually with a respiratory illness you might some fluid from the nares which they’ll flick away, sometimes facial puffiness which might be hard to notice, coughing, and sneezing.
Heavy breathing can be an upper respiratory illness but it can also be a lower respiratory infection of the airsacks, or even something that’s unrelated to a respiratory problem, fluid in the abdomen or inflammation of an organ or the digestive tract can push on the lower airsacks and lungs causing open mouthed breathing as can a heart problem.

Dosing medication for a gosling can be tricky because they’re so small, and giving them antibiotics anyway isn’t usually a good idea as they’re at a critical stage where their gut is developing a healthy microbe colony, if you can get ahold of antibiotics I strongly suggest only giving the sick gosling access to any.

Here’s some great advice on Baytril dosing for baby birds https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/medications-for-small-chicks-and-ducklings.1441331/

Another option is tylan/Tylosin, it treats a lot of upper respiratory bugs as well as lower digestive bugs.

If it’s possible a vet might be best for this little one considering its age and that it has open mouthed breathing, which is serious even for an adult bird. If that isn’t possible that’s completely understandable and unfortunatly very common, there aren’t a lot of exotic vets, let alone those who are willing or experienced with geese.

 

[Goosebaby]

In case you can’t find it anywhere else

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https://birdpalproducts.com/products/amoxicillin-capsules-250-mg?_pos=4&_sid=38a341b4d&_ss=r

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[OwlTea]

Goslings often do that so it may be normal unless they’re doing it more often than the other gosling did. Usually with a respiratory illness you might some fluid from the nares which they’ll flick away, sometimes facial puffiness which might be hard to notice, coughing, and sneezing.
Heavy breathing can be an upper respiratory illness but it can also be a lower respiratory infection of the airsacks, or even something that’s unrelated to a respiratory problem, fluid in the abdomen or inflammation of an organ or the digestive tract can push on the lower airsacks and lungs causing open mouthed breathing as can a heart problem.

Dosing medication for a gosling can be tricky because they’re so small, and giving them antibiotics anyway isn’t usually a good idea as they’re at a critical stage where their gut is developing a healthy microbe colony, if you can get ahold of antibiotics I strongly suggest only giving the sick gosling access to any.

Here’s some great advice on Baytril dosing for baby birds https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/medications-for-small-chicks-and-ducklings.1441331/

Another option is tylan/Tylosin, it treats a lot of upper respiratory bugs as well as lower digestive bugs.

If it’s possible a vet might be best for this little one considering its age and that it has open mouthed breathing, which is serious even for an adult bird. If that isn’t possible that’s completely understandable and unfortunatly very common, there aren’t a lot of exotic vets, let alone those who are willing or experienced with geese.

last night it passed away thank you for your information and ill be on the watch for our other little guy and ill make sure we get some better feed or vitamin B, ill see if we can get those medicines for any future run-ins