I am bawling my eyes out while writing this, I noticed my male TR gosling was limping terribly and it was easy to see why. His leg band still on his leg with him going on his third week of life. I did not know to remove it and believed due to its design that it would simply move with his leg and fall off when he grew larger. I broke down crying and removed all the leg bands on my young trio as gently as possible. The two females legs are indented but appear to be functioning fine however the male does not put any weight on it. I feel horrible and have been crying my eyes out for over 4 hours thinking what to do. I called Metzer Farms and told them what I had done (mom called seeing as I was a sniffling mess), and they told her his leg will heal on its own. I cant believe I hurt them they are my babies, this is my entire fault. He was not limping at all until today, so I did not realize it until a few hours ago when we went for our morning graze and he kept falling over. Since then I have separated him from the trio and moved him inside, let him swim around in the bathtub to take the weight off the leg, and now he is sleeping wrapped in a towel on my lap.
His leg is indented and was bleeding a bit, but is now indented and swollen. But after the swim some of the swelling went down.
I was so stupid. Is there anything anyone can think of to help him that I have not already done?
Thank you so much.
His leg is indented and was bleeding a bit, but is now indented and swollen. But after the swim some of the swelling went down.
I was so stupid. Is there anything anyone can think of to help him that I have not already done?
Thank you so much.