im re posting & hope this might help others with a goose beak problem , YEARS AGO in the 1970's my young Toulouse goose , about 10 months old, he had ripped his top beak almost off ,in the gate of his pen , i found him like that & his beak was just hanging by a thread OF SKIN , but thank goodness for that ,because AS LONG AS THE BEAK WAS STILL CONNECTED IN SOME WAY I KNEW we had the ability to repair him, & so i did, but firsti called my vet and he told me how they would try to fix him by CUTTING AWAY THE ENTIRE BEAK UP TO HIS SKULL AND THEN SCREW IN A METAL BEAK , I KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS I HAD READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT WILD GEESE WHO HAD THEIR BEAKS COUGH IN TRAPS, AND THE WILD LIFE PEOPLE HAD REPAIRED THEM IN THAT MANOR WHICH I FELT WAS HORRIBLE FOR THE BIRD, SO I ASKED THE VET , WAS THERE ANY OTHER WAY...? HE SAID NO...! SOI TOLD MY VET THAT IF I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX HIM, I WOULD CALL BACK, MY VET KNEW ME WELL...lol.. I had cured many lost cases of every kind of injured animal given to me to heal, and i could always find away , so I said thank you & hung up the phone , BUT AT THAT VERY MOMENT THIS VOICE IN MY HEAD SAID = GET THE CRAZY GLUE..! SO I DID thank goodness i had some on hand, and I knew time was of the essence...! in repairing his beak, so I GLUED HIS BEAK BACK ON, I knew it would be at least a good try , SINCE I HAD READ MANY ARTICLES ABOUT CRAZY GLUE BEING USED FOR ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL REPAIRS, ON PEOPLE & ANIMALS and so it was at least worth a try to save my young goose...!! I HAD THE BEST KIND OF CRAZY GLUE FOR THE JOB IT WAS THE GEL TYPE, SO IT WAS NOT RUNNY AND I COULD CONTROL IT, I felt this repair HAD TO BE DONE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, to be successful , sooo being very careful I glued his beak back on, then put him a big box with his head sticking out the top, to keep his beak from HITTING into any thing that could harm his newly re attached beak , I waited for a wile later to give him some water WHICH I FED HIM WITH MY HAND ONLY , then the next day I fed him home made bread soaked in fresh goats milk & hand fed him that WAY every day for over a week, he stayed in the house in his box, i cleaned it every day and sat him in front of the TV in our family room, i felt the TV might at least give him a bit of entertainment , until i was sure his beak was ok and he could go back out side, so as the weeks went by he healed well..! and we spent many hours watching TV together in our TV room off the kitchen as he healed, his beak up , it was growing normally in a short time, so he could go back out side to play with is family by the end of that month HE DID JUST FINE & HIS BEAK WAS ALL GROWN OUT & THE INJURY WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END , HE HAD A THIN LINE ACROSS IT at the very bottom edge of his beak, showing were he once had his beak RIPPED OFF & reattached with crazy glue.....lol.... but thank GOODNESS he had that chance to live a good long life & he did...! I dont give up easily and would have to think long & hard before killing any of my charges, i knew I would find a way to save him...!!! YES INDEED MY SWEET LITTLE GOOSE BOY WOULD LIVE A GOOD LONG LIFE , THANK GOODNESS...!!
