Help with rescued gosling!

[Margaret50436]

I rescue two goslings one of them have cartridge damage and we wrapped the leg but poor guy have hard time to move around. I wonder if this is splay leg .. he’s dragging that leg in the back

 

[GracePoultry]

poor guys : (
I would go ahead and treat him for splay leg, good luck!

 

[KathiQuacks]

@Jenbirdee @CoriM @ruthhope

I believe these are Muscovy ducklings, by the way, not goslings. I wish you luck!

 

[CoriM]

Yes, ducklings for sure. If you don't have duck experience it might be best to check your local area and see if anyone who does will take them, or is possible a vet to look at the leg. It's hard to say if it's broken or splay leg or something else. Splay leg is generally both slides, where the legs and hips both lean outwards and slip away from the body when the duck tries to stand, not one leg all the way back. The way I treat splay leg is to hold the duckling and put a little loop of vet wrap around each leg, than a larger loop on top of those loops, holding the legs into proper position. While it heals I would keep food and water close by. I would also make sure the duck has a proper duckling feed and give it liquid vitamin B complex - 1 ml a day on treats, for leg strength and healing. This stuff can work miracles if it's splay leg. The leg wraps would most likely need to be kept on a few weeks. Are these wild babies? If so, maybe you have a local wildlife rescue that will take them in and rehabilitate them.

 

[ruthhope]

Almost certainly muscovy ducklings. If you are in the USA , wild life rehabbers are not permitted to take in muscovy ducklings. If you can get a local duck keepers to look at the leg and find out what is wrong, that would be helpful. If you can afford a vet, better still. It's important to not leave the leg hanging behind like that. Can you gently bend the leg at the knee? Using vet wrap as treatment for splayed leg woukd be good as that woukd hold the leg in a better position for future function. It will become functionless of it remains sticking out behind.

Thank you for caring @Margaret50436

You have had good advice regarding giving niacin and duckling food

Let us know how you get on

 

[Margaret50436]

Yes, ducklings for sure. If you don't have duck experience it might be best to check your local area and see if anyone who does will take them, or is possible a vet to look at the leg. It's hard to say if it's broken or splay leg or something else. Splay leg is generally both slides, where the legs and hips both lean outwards and slip away from the body when the duck tries to stand, not one leg all the way back. The way I treat splay leg is to hold the duckling and put a little loop of vet wrap around each leg, than a larger loop on top of those loops, holding the legs into proper position. While it heals I would keep food and water close by. I would also make sure the duck has a proper duckling feed and give it liquid vitamin B complex - 1 ml a day on treats, for leg strength and healing. This stuff can work miracles if it's splay leg. The leg wraps would most likely need to be kept on a few weeks. Are these wild babies? If so, maybe you have a local wildlife rescue that will take them in and rehabilitate the

 

[Margaret50436]

Yes, ducklings for sure. If you don't have duck experience it might be best to check your local area and see if anyone who does will take them, or is possible a vet to look at the leg. It's hard to say if it's broken or splay leg or something else. Splay leg is generally both slides, where the legs and hips both lean outwards and slip away from the body when the duck tries to stand, not one leg all the way back. The way I treat splay leg is to hold the duckling and put a little loop of vet wrap around each leg, than a larger loop on top of those loops, holding the legs into proper position. While it heals I would keep food and water close by. I would also make sure the duck has a proper duckling feed and give it liquid vitamin B complex - 1 ml a day on treats, for leg strength and healing. This stuff can work miracles if it's splay leg. The leg wraps would most likely need to be kept on a few weeks. Are these wild babies? If so, maybe you have a local wildlife rescue that will take them in and rehabilitate them.

 

[Margaret50436]

They not wild, they were rescue from sanctuary. ,mother is Egyptian goose. She killed three of them so I took remaining 2 to foster.

 

[Margaret50436]

I rescue two goslings one of them have cartridge damage and we wrapped the leg but poor guy have hard time to move around. I wonder if this is splay leg .. he’s dragging that leg in the back

 

[ruthhope]

They not wild, they were rescue from sanctuary. ,mother is Egyptian goose. She killed three of them so I took remaining 2 to foster.

I looked Egyotian goose up on line:

The Egyptian goose is a member of the shelduck sub-family, not a true goose. I had not heard about them before. As the Mama Egyptian goose killed some hatchlings, I think it likely the injured leg was as a result of the mama.

Please do bring the leg forward into a better position and lightly binding it as if it were splayed leg. All the nutritional suggestions and advice about niacin are still good!!