injured gosling wing

[chella]

Hi All, I've had my Sebastopols for 4 weeks now --- both are doing great, personality & feather growth! Yesterday (sun afternoon) a large but light weight fencing slipped and fell, I couldn't reach/catch it and my young gander, although he tried, couldn't get out of the way fast enough. Luckily aside from being light weight it got caught on something so it was partially supported. As upset as I was/am that it happened and that I couldn't stop it, having seen it first hand I know the circumstances could have been a lot worse. Although it did hit him and he crouched/flattened beneath it, I know it didn't crush him. He seemed physically fine, a little startled and scare and I was very upset but once we were both settled all seems okay. In keeping an extra eye on him, maybe too closely looking for any/everything, I noticed his one wing was positioned more away from his body than the other. I re-examined him, looked things up online, and now that it's late at night ... I'm still thinking on it.

For sometime now his larger wing feathers (blood feather) have been coming in, so I am familar with droopy wings (they droop, they pull them back up - I've been observing that for a few weeks now) When I first inspected him after the accident - I realized these wing tip feathers no longer have blood in them. After watching him very closely ... what concerns me is that his left wing feathers near the tip are at a distance from his body (out) compared to the right wing. Of course I can't remember what it was like exactly previously - I'm guessing they were uniform - give or take - and this is a change. on physical inspection, I do feel a little more range of motion/play in movement with the potentially injured wing tip. To be on the side of caution, I looked up online how to wrap it and thought it could hurt & would be best for the night ... however I was compelled to check on him to see if he was leaving the wrap alone and my wrap (wing only) didn't last an hour. (since then I read up on using a figure 8 around the body)

I'm haunted with a few questions:

Will a goose with a fracture wing (joint near tip) or badly bruised wing voice or show any discomfort? he is behaving normally (eating, running, playing etc) doesn't mind me touching him, picking him up or checking his wing.

Is it possible he could have badly bruised it or awkwardly "bent" repositioned those feathers involved and not have done something to the his bone/joint of the wing tip?

What signs should I look for to determine if it is indeed in need of treatment/wrapping?

After writing this - I thought it best to take a photo and attach it even if it meant disturbing them. I was hoping maybe that laying quietly resting it would appear better, much to my dislike & surprise ... I think it is looks worse. Maybe it's just a different environment or him having been resting .... or time and my mind thinking on it ... but it seems further away from his body now. I wrapped it again, should be much more secure around his body, under his good wing and around the front so it wouldn't slip off. I hope it's secure for the night.

I look forward to responses by morning, I'm so concerned for him.

 

[chella]

I couldn't resist I needed to take a peek; it's been about an hour or so since I re-wrapped his wing, he is settled and so far the bandage wrap is still in place and seems secure for the night. good!

however now my mind is worrying how well I've wrapped it. If I've wrapped it in the correct position (this being my first time wrapping an "injured" wing and I had to do it on my own since the whole house is sleeping). Trying to find sanity, I countering myself with encouragement - how wrong could it be - it's close and snug to his body - just hoping to do good rather than more potential harm. He seems fine and was patient and cooperative with me. Now I need to get some sleep.

Not expecting him to be healed by morning but hoping for some advice here.

 

[chella]

please someone.

no one has experience or advise for me on diagnosing wing injury - if, minor or not.

 

[Briana]

I rescued an injured Canada after a dog attached her and the gander defended until his death. She had open wound injuries to her wing (not sure if the wing was broken, but it was pretty bad). I treated her and then wrapped her up. The wing pretty much fold in only one way. I kept her wrapped and isolated for about a week. Then, I reintroduced her to my duck flock (where her sister was waiting for her). She remained wrapped for another week until I could see no more open wounds.

The next fall, she and her sister acted as though she was getting ready to migrate. They would take off and fly around our house and land in the front yard. They never did leave so I can only assume the wing was damaged and she can not sustain the migratory flight. She looks fine to the naked eye. She won't fly long journeys; her sister flies out of the pen often, but never the wounded one.