She is a handful! She goes in and out of the chair about every 20 minutes all day long. today she decided she wanted to be in the shower with me. she freaks out if we are out of her five foot radius. so we basically cart her around to wherever we are. I have tried several different types of lettuce including kale. i introduce her to new veggies and fruits everyday. she doesnt like very much but i keep trying. (farmer had her on chicken mash) i havent found a thread on what food is good for geese so i have been following the foods allowed for ducks. I will pick up some cabbage. she will eat the grass when we are outside. i just found a great website on how to grow fodder grass! will that be healthy for her ? i only find literature for chickens and ducks.Well, they will nibble and maybe even pull it off, but binding´s so easy to do, so you just put it back on again. Most goslings have a whole load of other things to be poking at, so they tend to forget about it for the few days that it´s needed.
Do you hang a cabbage up for him/her to pick at there, to avoid boredom? And can your gosling not walk at all now?
since we have the ducks, we are outside a few hours a day. she doesnt walk very welll. her right tibia is rotated to the right. her hock joint ligaments have gotten much stronger with age and good nutrition but not strong enough yet. they went from not holding the joint in place at all. she will stand and prene but when she starts to walk around she trips and then gets upset and screams. i let her continue because i want her to have strength in her legs. when she starts to get tired or way to frustrated i put her back in her chair. i honestly dont have guidelines because there arent a lot of people out there that are taking care of a imprinted disabled goose and then blogging about it. i made her a brace out of a neoprene sports knee brace. it works well! I have spent HOURS searching for a brace online without any luck. they arent available! but i dont leave it on unless she is walking because i am afraid of circulation issues. she has toys that she chews on and a 10 yr old that constantly plays her music and interacts with her. I think she is going to have to be an inside pet. she has gotten to the point to where she doesnt care for the ducks at all. they ignore each other and she screams like she is alone when she is in her coop with the ducks..... we have gotten to the point to where she is inside with us anytime we are home because she seems to be happiest.... i have seen many success stories of indoor geese and think she will end up staying inside permanently...... my husband already has a plan for a wheelchair if the vets (or myself) decide surgery is too dangerous. its a waiting game though until she is fully grown. when are geese considered fully grown?
here is the wheelchair we will make her if it gets to the point where she needs one. Vet said a fitted brace should work but i dont.