Screaming Gosling!

[ScoobyRoo]

uhhhhh, as hard as it was, when I had my babies, (humans, of coarse.

) I bit the bullet and let them cry themselves to sleep knowing they have just been fed, burped and diaper changed. Otherwise, I would have had extremely spoiled babies. Can't you do the same with the gosling? Or use the stuff animal method.

 

[rainplace]

Henry'schickens :

uhhhhh, as hard as it was, when I had my babies, (humans, of coarse.

) I bit the bullet and let them cry themselves to sleep knowing they have just been fed, burped and diaper changed. Otherwise, I would have had extremely spoiled babies. Can't you do the same with the gosling? Or use the stuff animal method.

I did the same with mine, and they weren't the worse for wear because of it. As a matter of fact the crying subsided fairly quickly and I ended up with children that were always easy to get to bed until they became teenagers

But the gosling... it just seems so... I dunno, they are way more social than my babies (human ones) were. At night when I go to bed, yeah.. but during the day when it's wake time? Feels like putting a toddler in the closet.

I tried several stuffed animals and it didn't work. She hated it (the duckling she's with loved it though) and kept putting herself in the furthest corner from it.

Good news is that the radio works!​

 

[Windchyme]

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I did the same with mine, and they weren't the worse for wear because of it. As a matter of fact the crying subsided fairly quickly and I ended up with children that were always easy to get to bed until they became teenagers

But the gosling... it just seems so... I dunno, they are way more social than my babies (human ones) were. At night when I go to bed, yeah.. but during the day when it's wake time? Feels like putting a toddler in the closet.

I tried several stuffed animals and it didn't work. She hated it (the duckling she's with loved it though) and kept putting herself in the furthest corner from it.

Good news is that the radio works!

Oh they do that to anything new in their environment...given 24-48 hours she'd get used to the stuffed animal and then even like it. Making them super suspicious of anything new is natures way of trying to keep them alive. Put a new bowl of food in there and she'll do the same thing..at least for a little bit.

 

[rainplace]

It all worked out. I gave away two 4 week old swedish ducklings and kept the 2 four week old runners. The older ducklings are now totally accepting of the two week old gosling and her duckling friend. I haven't heard a scream out of her all day! I'm so happy for her, she's such a sweetie. I am sort of looking for a similar aged gosling for her because it was like the 4 older ducklings knew she was different. They would pick on her but not so much the little duckling. I'm still thinking about it. I'm somewhat suburban and am afraid of the noise level.

 

[Windchyme]

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She can get along fine with them. When you introduce new birds to each other there often is a little pecking to show who is boss, nothing to worry about unless they get really mean and if they are similarly sized what are they really going to do. I got a batch of khaki campbell ducks right after I got my young geese this year and those ducks and geese are fast friends. They flock together, sleep together and the one little male duck is just sure if he keeps trying and climbing up on the females geeses backs that one of these days he'll get it right and breed them- he is SO confused LOL .

 

[rainplace]

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Wow, I can't believe the difference in her overnight. I still have all the little gals in the house, and it had been hard trying to maintain two separate places for them. Last night I put the gosling and her duckling friend with the older ones, and this morning was just amazing. She seems so secure and happy. She came to greet me, rubbing her neck and face against my hand, talking quietly at me, got something to drink and then went back with all the ducklings, sitting up looking all proud and fluffy. Her presence seems to have calmed the runners down considerably also. What a plus!

I'm so proud of her... a little jealous maybe,

but proud nonetheless.

 

[countrybum]

That is how this gosling (biggest one) was until I got it companionship.

 

[3lazyg]

I have two I'm raising in my mud room right now due to extenuating circumstances and when I just had one I had the same problem. My solution? I put a shiny pot lid on the outside of the cage to act like a mirror. It took about 4 hours. She snuggled right up to it, talked to it...pecked at it. Problem solved. Cutest thing ever!

 

[rainplace]

Awww... that does sound extremely cute!

Well, this weekend I picked up two black silky ducks. I was only going to get those two, but something happened! Another gosling entered the picture and I had to bring him home also! Well I dunno if something as large as he is can be called a gosling as he's 4 or 5 weeks old, but I just couldn't help myself.

Talking about cute, my first gosling (she now has a name, Ranaya) was all about dominating this huge thing that entered the pen, and he (his name is Romney) totally let her! I was astounded. He sat down and put his neck as far to the ground as he could until she was happy and picking at grass again. However, he wouldn't have anything to do with any of the ducks or ducklings trying to dominate him. He would just stand up tall as can be and look down at them.

However, for some reason Romney doesn't wasn't want me leave....

How did that happen? Now he's the screamer. He screams towards me when I leave and tries to get out of the pen for about 5 minutes before settling down. After watching Ranaya these past few weeks, I know it will sort out, but sheesh...

Oh yeah, I am loving the geese!

 

[smileysal]

I dunno WHAT was up with my boy Jack this morning , bearing in mind I didn't get in from work til 3am . at which point he was cooched up on the mat in the kitchen and just raised a little cheep when I came in . At 8am when city boy fetched him up to see me while I was still in bed he was chirping at the top of his voice , gave me a few good nips and refused to settle down , all most unusual .
However sanity had been restored by this afternoon when I had a quick cuddle with him and he settled down and cooched quite nicely .
I think teenage tantrums , city boy thinks he's cross with us as we were both out at work last night !!!
What do you guys thinks???