Help!!! Sick goose!

[Emily1991]

I’ve been learning a lot about geese because I’m expecting one soon. With the info you shared, I’ve picked up some helpful tips for treating the goose at home without needing to visit the vet.

If you want to treat the goose at home, starting with amoxicillin is a good choice. It helps with many kinds of infections. The dose is 125-250 mg per kilogram (2.2 lbs) of body weight, given twice a day for 7 to 10 days. You can mix it into a little food or water if the goose is still drinking, or you may need to give it directly with a syringe.

Keeping the goose hydrated is really important, especially if they’re not eating much. If they’re not drinking enough, try giving them electrolytes, sugar water, or warm water with honey or molasses to keep their energy up. Soft foods like mashed peas, scrambled eggs, or soaked pellets might help them eat. If the goose still won’t eat, you may need to hand-feed them small amounts to help them stay strong.

A warm, calm place will also help them feel better. You should see some improvement within 48 to 72 hours after starting the antibiotics. But if the goose keeps getting worse, refuses food and water, or shows more symptoms like swelling, diarrhea, or trouble breathing, it could mean a more serious problem, like organ failure or poisoning.

Have you noticed any strange droppings, swelling, or changes in breathing? Let me know how the goose is doing after a day or two on the antibiotics so I can help adjust the treatment if needed.

Hi there, thank you for the information. I will start amoxicillin today. I was just outside with my goose, sitting with her for awhile. This was the first time I’ve heard a wheeze come from it. Goosey doesn’t seem to be struggling to breathe. Goosey puts her beak in food, moving it around but I’m not sure if it’s eating. It’s been roughly 15 days or more. Goosey appears perky and feisty. Nibbling at my hands like she always has. When I talk to the goose, it talks back to me like always. Just this time she squealed/wheezed. Drinking good amounts of water. Only decline really is the walking. Defiantly can’t take more than a couple steps before wobble or bringing out her wings for balance. Lost ALOT of weight. I mean a lot. I have been giving electrolytes ms vitamins in her water. I will try sugar and honey now! I will bring my scale outside to weigh her now

 

[Emily1991]

Have you tried adding a little sugar to the water? Normally I don't add sugar to water, but it sometimes makes a sick goose drink more.

I will make some fresh water now and add it!

 

[Emily1991]

I’ve been learning a lot about geese because I’m expecting one soon. With the info you shared, I’ve picked up some helpful tips for treating the goose at home without needing to visit the vet.

If you want to treat the goose at home, starting with amoxicillin is a good choice. It helps with many kinds of infections. The dose is 125-250 mg per kilogram (2.2 lbs) of body weight, given twice a day for 7 to 10 days. You can mix it into a little food or water if the goose is still drinking, or you may need to give it directly with a syringe.

Keeping the goose hydrated is really important, especially if they’re not eating much. If they’re not drinking enough, try giving them electrolytes, sugar water, or warm water with honey or molasses to keep their energy up. Soft foods like mashed peas, scrambled eggs, or soaked pellets might help them eat. If the goose still won’t eat, you may need to hand-feed them small amounts to help them stay strong.

A warm, calm place will also help them feel better. You should see some improvement within 48 to 72 hours after starting the antibiotics. But if the goose keeps getting worse, refuses food and water, or shows more symptoms like swelling, diarrhea, or trouble breathing, it could mean a more serious problem, like organ failure or poisoning.

Have you noticed any strange droppings, swelling, or changes in breathing? Let me know how the goose is doing after a day or two on the antibiotics so I can help adjust the treatment if needed.

Her droppings are clear from the water only. NOTHJNG strange from what I can tell. Where is your research or experience from amoxicillin on geese? I haven’t read anything or found any information. Have you directly given your goose amoxicillin before?

 

[Emily1991]

If she is losing energy because she's not getting enough calories you can try tube feeding. I tried tube feeding one of my geese after she quit eating and started getting lethargic. I have no idea what was wrong with her, but getting food inside her noticeably perked her up and she recovered quickly after that. I didn't have any formula or anything like that on hand, so I just tube fed her a mixture of water, her regular feed, and egg.

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The weather here is preparing for a bad snow storm and I don’t feel it’s safe to drive into town to pick up tubing for feeding.

 

[Emily1991]

Her droppings are clear from the water only. NOTHJNG strange from what I can tell. Where is your research or experience from amoxicillin on geese? I haven’t read anything or found any information. Have you directly given your goose amoxicillin before?

Okay, I saw her dropping just now. It’s a watery light green

 

[Emily1991]

I’ve been learning a lot about geese because I’m expecting one soon. With the info you shared, I’ve picked up some helpful tips for treating the goose at home without needing to visit the vet.

If you want to treat the goose at home, starting with amoxicillin is a good choice. It helps with many kinds of infections. The dose is 125-250 mg per kilogram (2.2 lbs) of body weight, given twice a day for 7 to 10 days. You can mix it into a little food or water if the goose is still drinking, or you may need to give it directly with a syringe.

Keeping the goose hydrated is really important, especially if they’re not eating much. If they’re not drinking enough, try giving them electrolytes, sugar water, or warm water with honey or molasses to keep their energy up. Soft foods like mashed peas, scrambled eggs, or soaked pellets might help them eat. If the goose still won’t eat, you may need to hand-feed them small amounts to help them stay strong.

A warm, calm place will also help them feel better. You should see some improvement within 48 to 72 hours after starting the antibiotics. But if the goose keeps getting worse, refuses food and water, or shows more symptoms like swelling, diarrhea, or trouble breathing, it could mean a more serious problem, like organ failure or poisoning.

Have you noticed any strange droppings, swelling, or changes in breathing? Let me know how the goose is doing after a day or two on the antibiotics so I can help adjust the treatment if needed.

Okay, so I just saw her poop and it was a watery light green color

 

[GEESES Peanut Butter Cup]

How do her feet look? Do they look paler than usual? How about the bill? Does it look paler than usual? If so, it might be a heart issue. If it's a heart issue, it can be bacterial or non-bacterial. If possible, take her to the vet for diagnosis and treatment. Also make sure the temperature is OK for her.

 

[Emily1991]

She is wheezing once in awhile. Like a high pitch squeak when breathing. Still standing and talkative… any thoughts?

 

[Emily1991]

How do her feet look? Do they look paler than usual? How about the bill? Does it look paler than usual? If so, it might be a heart issue. If it's a heart issue, it can be bacterial or non-bacterial. If possible, take her to the vet for diagnosis and treatment. Also make sure the temperature is OK for her.

Her feet look ashy but still bright orange

 

[Goosebaby]

What feed was she on?

There are a lot of things that could cause this, the amoxicillin may help but it’s critical that she eats.

If you have any banana take a 1 inch sized piece, moisten it, apply pressure to the corners of her mouth until she opens it, then shove the banana down her throat as far as you can get it, then gently massage her throat. Banana is fattening and will strengthen her heart and it slides down the throat easy when it’s wet.



If you don’t have the supplies to tube feed her you should get them asap, if a feed store doesn’t have them a vet will, Amazon usually also has them.

You’ll need something like these
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I’m not sure where you are but if you can get a high protein start feed that would be best, something like purina 30% game bird start. That usually isn’t great for geese but it’s perfect as a recovery formula.


Instructions on how to make syringe formula.

Take a little of the start feed and mix it with boiling water in a cup, it expands as it soaks so you may need to keep adding water or it will get too gummy, it needs to stay soupy. When it’s cool enough to stick your finger in it without burning but still warm add some vitamins to it, you can also add probiotics. While it’s still warm suck it up into the syringe or pour it in, try to keep as few air bubbles as you can out, this can be a bit of a hassle, fill all 60 ml.

Then apply the tube, dampen the tube with a little water, squat over her back but don’t sit on her, you just want to use your body to restrain her. With one hand apply pressure to the corners of her mouth until it opens, open her mouth and insert the tube down the RIGHT side of HER throat and slide it down, you’ll see a little bulge on the right side of her throat and if you can’t see it you should feel it slide down.
When the end is near the base of her neck hit the plunger until it’s empty.

The faster you feed her the less stressful it is for her and she’ll struggle less.

Two feedings a day will keep her alive, three to 4 will start to put weight back on her. You want to wait at least an hour and A half between feedings.