Help! My goose is injured

[GooseMom111]

I assume she caught it on something, but she is in pain and it's hard for her to eat and she's depressed. This happened last night. Anyone with similar experience have some advice?

 

[GEESES Peanut Butter Cup]

I have no experience, but if possible, please find a vet. The vet will likely trim the bill to prevent further tearing and administer antibiotics to prevent infections. As she seems in pain, the vet might also give pain medication.

For now, try your best to keep the bill from being further torn. Also remove suspicious things (ex. garden tools such as shovels, harrows) that probably caused this from where the goose/geese can access.

 

[Goosebaby]

I assume she caught it on something, but she is in pain and it's hard for her to eat and she's depressed. This happened last night. Anyone with similar experience have some advice?

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@GEESES Peanut Butter Cup suggestion of getting that looked at is excellent, a vet can trim it down and prevent more pain.

If a vet isn’t an option it might tear off more but it will heal. It looks like most of the bean is intact so there isn’t going to be severe damage, at most the end of her bill might be a little funky.

From my own experience with beak injuries, I can tell they hurt like a sob by the behavior of the geese so she will be very tender for awhile. The good news is beak injuries heal surprisingly fast.

I don’t expect she’ll want to eat for several days so just make sure she has access to clean water, you can apple cider vinegar to it to keep the wound clean, but don’t expect her to eat much.
After another day or two maybe try introducing a mash to her. Mix some feed with enough water that it retains a soupy consistency so that she can sip it up without having to dig around with her sore beak.

 

[GooseMom111]

I have no experience, but if possible, please find a vet. The vet will likely trim the bill to prevent further tearing and administer antibiotics to prevent infections. As she seems in pain, the vet might also give pain medication.

For now, try your best to keep the bill from being further torn. Also remove suspicious things (ex. garden tools such as shovels, harrows) that probably caused this from where the goose/geese can access.

Thank you for responding. I called a veterinary that treats any animal and I took her right over. Turns out she has broken her beak and it will need some repair. I'll do an update after I pick her up tomorrow. The geese share a space with chickens and we put up chicken wire because they were small enough to go through the fence. I suspect she got her beak stuck and then yanked it loose. Taking It all down tomorrow, just in case.

 

[GooseMom111]

@GEESES Peanut Butter Cup suggestion of getting that looked at is excellent, a vet can trim it down and prevent more pain.

If a vet isn’t an option it might tear off more but it will heal. It looks like most of the bean is intact so there isn’t going to be severe damage, at most the end of her bill might be a little funky.

From my own experience with beak injuries, I can tell they hurt like a sob by the behavior of the geese so she will be very tender for awhile. The good news is beak injuries heal surprisingly fast.

I don’t expect she’ll want to eat for several days so just make sure she has access to clean water, you can apple cider vinegar to it to keep the wound clean, but don’t expect her to eat much.
After another day or two maybe try introducing a mash to her. Mix some feed with enough water that it retains a soupy consistency so that she can sip it up without having to dig around with her sore beak.

Thanks for responding, and for the great advice. I'm fortunate to have a veterinary nearby that sees all animals, and she is there now. Her beak is broken so they will try clean it up and stabilize it with acrylic. I'll do an update when she gets home. She will receive antibiotics and pain medication too, and then we'll have to see how it goes. But I feel encouraged hearing about your experiences.