matilda the goose

[tillysmomma]

does anyone know what this is? tilly is 5 months old and she is very small. i'm starting to think this showed up by her being so small with a weak immune system because my other geese don't have this. this showed up 3-4 weeks ago and i have looked up everything and i haven't found nothing to figure out what this is.

 

[Goosebaby]

does anyone know what this is? tilly is 5 months old and she is very small. i'm starting to think this showed up by her being so small with a weak immune system because my other geese don't have this. this showed up 3-4 weeks ago and i have looked up everything and i haven't found nothing to figure out what this is.

That looks like some sort of abscess, you could try puncturing it to see if any fluid comes out. It could be a staph infection, it looks like bumbleffot quite a bit.
bumblefoot can be treated usually by opening the abscess and daily cleaning and wrapping but with it being on her face it makes that tricky so you could open the abscess to let it drain and give her a dose or oral antibiotics daily, Baytril “enrofloxaxin“ is a good choice for killing staph.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That def looks like it could be an abscess.
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

 

[tillysmomma]

That looks like some sort of abscess, you could try puncturing it to see if any fluid comes out. It could be a staph infection, it looks like bumbleffot quite a bit.
bumblefoot can be treated usually by opening the abscess and daily cleaning and wrapping but with it being on her face it makes that tricky so you could open the abscess to let it drain and give her a dose or oral antibiotics daily, Baytril “enrofloxaxin“ is a good choice for killing staph.

whenever we tried to inject it with antibiotics it bled very quickly! so we didn't inject it so just blood!

 

[tillysmomma]

That def looks like it could be an abscess.
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

what is that? i looked it up and just see normal geese!

 

[Goosebaby]

Here’s another site that has it if your link isn’t working

https://birdpalproducts.com/products/enrofloxacin-10-liquid-for-birds?_pos=1&_sid=ca96b34a2&_ss=r

its not injectable, you can administer it down the throat via a 12ml needless syringe.

dosage is 0.05ml per pound of weight, given orally twice a day for 5 days in a row.
do you know how much she ways or have a bathroom scale you can use to weigh her?

 

[Goosebaby]

Here’s a guide on how to administer oral meds to birds in general https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...dications-to-all-poultry-and-waterfowl.73335/

the easiest way is to squat over them so you’re pinning them in place with your body and legs but not sitting on them.
with one hand you apply pressure to the corners of the mouth until they loosen their jaw, then you open the mouth up, insert the syringe as far down their right side of the throat as you can and hit the plunger. The faster the process is don’t the easier and less stressful it is.

For adult geese 12 ml syringes are easier to use in my experience, smaller syringes can accidentally slip down their throat and cause them to choke more easily.

If you’re in the U.S tractor supply usually carries them. You can also get them off Amazon.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-luer-slip-syringe-12cc-capacity-pack-of-4

If you accidentally get the ones with the needles it’s no big deal, they just twist off.