I'm starting to think my new duck is a goose...?

[Skyfire]

I was originally going to order from goose mother but after reading reviews about flying poo (lol) i was looking into the grow with me diapers.

When i first picked Cas out of a bunch of what i was told were ducklings he was sitting alone in a corner trying to get away from the other things pulling at him. There's just no way i would have gotten another to bring home and torment him further. When i first placed my hands into the brooder, everyone but him scrambled away. He looked up at me with one eye and climbed right into my hand. I was immediately hooked.

Yes i thought he was a duck. For all of about a day until reading here and seeing his posturing and came to understand he's a goose. I have several critters in my home and I'm able to pretty clearly understand their body language. Cas plays with me. Yes plays. He will run after a toy i toss or tug on toys or run after my fingers. He comes running when either i or my husband call his name and jumps and wiggles his butt. In my eyes he's far happier than he was being picked on by those meanies he shared his brooder with. Nothing here will ever hurt him and he's joined right in being a wonderful part of our family.

I saw the posts about flying poo too, lol

I ordered the Grow With Me from Party Fowl on Etsy. It catches poo, but you have to line it just right to make sure the pouch holds its shape. She is almost big enough for the Open Tail Deluxe adult diaper harness I purchased too. It is sooooo nice when she wears a diaper. She can drop 6 to 8 landmines within the span of 3 minutes. It's insane how much they poo!

 

[Carrosaur]

Actually, the wild has already been taken out of domesticated geese.  Jupiter is an American Buff, not a wild goose.  There was no, "being mean to each other" in my situation.  I provided detail in past posts about the situation, so I won't reiterate.  According to the goose mother and father website, there is no pecking order among wild geese.  A pecking order derived when man domesticated the goose and forced a pecking order upon them.  In the wild, the leaders of a goose flock are the best parents, not who can peck who the most.   Yes, it may not end up well, but it also may end up one heck of a positive experience.  My goose does crave our attention, and seeks it often.   I trust the wisdom provided by seasoned geese owners, but above all I trust my own instincts.  

When your goose is full grown and won't accept being petted and held don't say I didn't warn you.

 

[EvenLater]

I saw the posts about flying poo too, lol

I ordered the Grow With Me from Party Fowl on Etsy.  It catches poo, but you have to line it just right to make sure the pouch holds its shape.  She is almost big enough for the Open Tail Deluxe adult diaper harness I purchased too.  It is sooooo nice when she wears a diaper.  She can drop 6 to 8 landmines within the span of 3 minutes.  It's insane how much they poo!  

Oh I'll be looking for you with questions as soon as the diapers arrive I'm sure!

 

[Skyfire]

When your goose is full grown and won't accept being petted and held don't say I didn't warn you.

Duly noted. And thank you so much for all your positive, open minded and well informed posts in support of house goose owners.

 

[EvenLater]

When your goose is full grown and won't accept being petted and held don't say I didn't warn you.

Reading here: http://www.thegoosesmother.com/id6.html on the basics of imprinting...why would a goose raised with humans, bonded with humans, imprinted on humans, etc NEED a goose friend, when they will think they're also a human? I've watched countless videos of others with adult, diapered house geese. They seem happy, well adjusted, and adore their human companions. Most that I've seen actually BEG to be held and pet, and nuzzle their human friends.

I'm not saying I think you are incorrect. I'm just saying, that as in various breeds of other critters, isn't it more how the animal is raised that determines how it will be as an adult? Just trying to educate myself here

 

[Carrosaur]

Reading here: http://www.thegoosesmother.com/id6.html  on the basics of imprinting...why would a goose raised with humans, bonded with humans, imprinted on humans, etc NEED a goose friend, when they will think they're also a human? I've watched countless videos of others with adult, diapered house geese. They seem happy, well adjusted, and adore their human companions. Most that I've seen actually BEG to be held and pet, and nuzzle their human friends.

I'm not saying I think you are incorrect. I'm just saying, that as in various breeds of other critters, isn't it more how the animal is raised that determines how it will be as an adult? Just trying to educate myself here 

No, it's not. My goose was raised in my house, slept next to my bed, let me hold her and pick her up. She did love me, I know that she did. But I knew also that if it were ME, as a human, being in a foreign world that goes against all of my natural instincts, I would always always be much better off with my own or in my natural environment.

All those house geese, if you put them in a pin and socialized them with other geese, (not abandon them, you still being the food and take care of them) they will be happier. They will forget that they need you. Even if you THINK they wouldn't want nothing more than to be with you, they'll always want to be with their own kind. Birds that speak their language, birds they can mate with and eat with and swim with.

If you raise a tiger or hippo or or bear, yeah it may like people, but there's a huge chance it's going to either turn on you or someone else. It's the same thing. If you raise a goose outside of its environment, it's natural environment which is in the grass and in the water, it will ALWAYS have that need to be in that enviornment.

 

[EvenLater]

No, it's not. My goose was raised in my house, slept next to my bed, let me hold her and pick her up. She did love me, I know that she did. But I knew also that if it were ME, as a human, being in a foreign world that goes against all of my natural instincts, I would always always be much better off with my own or in my natural environment.

All those house geese, if you put them in a pin and socialized them with other geese, (not abandon them, you still being the food and take care of them) they will be happier. They will forget that they need you. Even if you THINK they wouldn't want nothing more than to be with you, they'll always want to be with their own kind. Birds that speak their language, birds they can mate with and eat with and swim with.

If you raise a tiger or hippo or or bear, yeah it may like people, but there's a huge chance it's going to either turn on you or someone else. It's the same thing. If you raise a goose outside of its environment, it's natural environment which is in the grass and in the water, it will ALWAYS have that need to be in that enviornment.

A single point I'd like to make to this... Tigers and bears and hippos are not domesticated, they are wild animals. Any of the geese that we can legally obtain and own are not wild animals. The reason geese come in all the breeds and colors they do is because of human domestication and selective breeding. Do you really think a Sebbie goose would stand a chance at life in the wild with those crazy curly feathers? No they'd be picked off because they stand out. So following your rationality we shouldn't have that breed at all then. Or tufted for the same reason i suppose. Without humans they simply wouldn't even exist.

All persons are entitled to their own views and opinions. But maybe we shouldn't knock someone who's opinions are different than our own. If you tried it and it didn't work for you that doesn't mean it won't work for someone else. I mean, i wouldn't want 8 human children but that doesn't mean i should bash someone who does. Right?

Much love <3 Cassy's Mommy

 

[Carrosaur]

A single point I'd like to make to this... Tigers and bears and hippos are not domesticated, they are wild animals. Any of the geese that we can legally obtain and own are not wild animals. The reason geese come in all the breeds and colors they do is because of human domestication and selective breeding. Do you really think a Sebbie goose would stand a chance at life in the wild with those crazy curly feathers? No they'd be picked off because they stand out. So following your rationality we shouldn't have that breed at all then. Or tufted for the same reason i suppose. Without humans they simply wouldn't even exist.

All persons are entitled to their own views and opinions. But maybe we shouldn't knock someone who's opinions are different than our own. If you tried it and it didn't work for you that doesn't mean it won't work for someone else. I mean, i wouldn't want 8 human children but that doesn't mean i should bash someone who does. Right?

Much love <3 Cassy's Mommy

Alright here we go then.

Go take a horse, a goat, sheep, cow, pig, anything. You raise it in your house and then you let it outside with its other pig friends and you'll see it happier than it's ever been.

 

[EvenLater]

I actually know a pig that would greatly disagree with you lol. Hes a little pot belly and was tortured by older piggies in the pen. His "mama" brought him inside, bandaged him up (pigs can be quite vicious actually) and kept him inside until he'd healed up. That little piggy could not be dragged out or bribed or otherwise convinced that he belonged outside so she ended up keeping him inside. He's happy fat and healthy to this day. So maybe not ALL animals comply. Maybe some are or can be just as happy or happier indoors. I really don't see what's wrong with that. When he's older if Cas wants a goose friend he will get one. If he's happier outside then i will build him a safe outside enclosure. I plan to do whatever makes him happy as HE tells me. Not based on advice of those who tried it and it didn't work for them or their particular goose. Every goose is unique and in time Cas will tell me what he wants and i plan to listen to him.

Blessings

 

[The goose girl]

why would a goose raised with humans, bonded with humans, imprinted on humans, etc NEED a goose friend, when they will think they're also a human?

It seems to me we all agree that geese need company to feel safe and happy.

In my experience, human imprinted geese don't see themselves as human - they see humans as fellow geese. Geese may imprint on other geese, humans, or wheelbarrows, which is no problem - as long as this company provides what a goose companion would: company. And that's what makes me say that geese almost always are better off with another goose.

Us humans have a lot of non-goose related stuff to do. Doing dishes, laundry, shopping, cleaning, cooking, and working. Geese don't need or enjoy that. They only need someone to always be there while foraging, bathing, preening, exploring, napping, and playing. As long as we're prepared to provide that, having a lone goose is no problem. But most of us are not willing to live as geese for the next 15-40 years, so the goose must either suffer loneliness doing all its goose stuff on its own or suffer great boredom and frustration while we do all our human stuff.

Oh, and btw, wheelbarrows are not great for company either. They fail to keep up conversation, and they tend to stay in the same place a lot.