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[daze333]

Ruru, do you just treat and turn them back out with the rest?

 

[RURU]

Ruru, do you just treat and turn them back out with the rest?

Daze I treat in the evening before bedtime. We put everyone up and then go get the goose and I spray the vetericyn to clean it good plus it is an antibiotic and I then put bag balm on it really smear it on good for the night. It helps soften up that nasty hard sore. Then put him to bed with his pen mates.

When I started Spice on this I tore off the scab and spray the vetericin on it good and then the big gob of bag balm. So after two weeks it had softened it up enough that another part of this big scab was coming off so I pulled it off. So slowly it is going down from this treatment.

 

[daze333]

Thanks Ruru.

I have started treatment with the TricideNeo and wanted to share my impressions. It is a little spendy. It costs $20 for 1 gal or $53 for 5 gal. Since I have several to treat I opted for the 5 gal packet. When you get it, the directions say to mix with 5 gal. So I had to split it up. I roughly comes to 4 3/4 teaspoons per gallon of distilled water. I mixed it right in the distilled bottle. Once mixed it is supposed to be good for 1 week. I took a 11 qt dish pan, and put about 2 quarts in it. This seemed to be enough to cover the foot. I took the goose, rinsed the feet in the sink, then held in the dish pan for 5 minutes. It got tiring for my back because they want to lay down and I tried to hold their tummy out of the water. I am glad it is not longer, because that seems to be about as much as my geese will take. Then I rinsed feet and tummy feathers afterward. I didn't want them getting into their mouths while preening. I used the same mixture for 3 geese, one right after the other. Then tossed the dirty water.

It recommends using gloves, eye protection etc. I would recommend this, the powder irritated my skin and even though I wear glasses, the gander splashed around and splashed my face with the mixture. I just washed my hands and face after and I am fine. My hands feel dry though.
Over all it is much less work than soaking for 30 min and trying to wrap (unsuccessfully most of the time) and keep separate. I just put mine back out with the rest of the flock. I fed them apples for a treat/apology. Also, I started checking all of my geese's feet and it appears many of them have it to some degree. I am going to treat 3 at a time as that is all my back can take at one time.
I will update with its effectiveness. The pack says to treat for a week every day or every other. I assume I will treat until it is gone.
Any feedback is welcome!

 

[RURU]

Thanks Ruru.

I have started treatment with the TricideNeo and wanted to share my impressions. It is a little spendy. It costs $20 for 1 gal or $53 for 5 gal. Since I have several to treat I opted for the 5 gal packet. When you get it, the directions say to mix with 5 gal. So I had to split it up. I roughly comes to 4 3/4 teaspoons per gallon of distilled water. I mixed it right in the distilled bottle. Once mixed it is supposed to be good for 1 week. I took a 11 qt dish pan, and put about 2 quarts in it. This seemed to be enough to cover the foot. I took the goose, rinsed the feet in the sink, then held in the dish pan for 5 minutes. It got tiring for my back because they want to lay down and I tried to hold their tummy out of the water. I am glad it is not longer, because that seems to be about as much as my geese will take. Then I rinsed feet and tummy feathers afterward. I didn't want them getting into their mouths while preening. I used the same mixture for 3 geese, one right after the other. Then tossed the dirty water.

It recommends using gloves, eye protection etc. I would recommend this, the powder irritated my skin and even though I wear glasses, the gander splashed around and splashed my face with the mixture. I just washed my hands and face after and I am fine. My hands feel dry though.
Over all it is much less work than soaking for 30 min and trying to wrap (unsuccessfully most of the time) and keep separate. I just put mine back out with the rest of the flock. I fed them apples for a treat/apology. Also, I started checking all of my geese's feet and it appears many of them have it to some degree. I am going to treat 3 at a time as that is all my back can take at one time.
I will update with its effectiveness. The pack says to treat for a week every day or every other. I assume I will treat until it is gone.
Any feedback is welcome!

daze do you have back problems the way you talk I assume you do. I have broken my back 3 different times and have very bad arthritis, a pinched nerve and curvature of the spine. Plus since on dialysis I have parathyroid problems that bleeds the calcium from the bones. It is like carrying this chair around all the time.

 

[daze333]

No, I don't have an injured back, just a tired one! The geese have to be held the entire 5 min or they would walk away. So I am leaned over a counter with them under my arm like football hold, then holding up their weight trying to keep their feathers out of the mixture. My shoulder muscles are killing me by the time I am done! And I am holding them up in the air before and after to rinse feet off in the sink. I am sorry to hear about your back issues. It sounds really painful!

 

[RURU]

It is daze but have to live with it like it or not. I can not help that I have had broken my back 3 different times. Plus all the other things causing it to be worse. But nothing I can do but take pain pills. Just keep trucking....

 

[chickery-do]

I hate to jump in but I just got a Sebastopol gander on Wed. and his name is Rag's Ragland. And right now he looks like a wet bag of rags. There doesn't look like any stop in the rain and I have no other place to keep him. His girlfriend looks great but I'm scared for him. Could someone help me! He's hard to get into his house. :Let alone his wife and me all by my self. I just worry about his lungs.

 

[daze333]

I hate to jump in but I just got a Sebastopol gander on Wed. and his name is Rag's Ragland. And right now he looks like a wet bag of rags. There doesn't look like any stop in the rain and I have no other place to keep him. His girlfriend looks great but I'm scared for him. Could someone help me! He's hard to get into his house. :Let alone his wife and me all by my self. I just worry about his lungs.

Sounds to me like he is in too big of a pen. The smaller the run, the easier it is to herd them into a barn at night. He should be fine in the rain during the day, but he should probably have at least 1 period of time a day that he is inside and can dry off and get warm. Can you put up some temporary fencing until he gets used to the routine of going in at night? You could make a pen that is like 30x30 or so with those step in horse fence posts with fencing zip tied to it. I would use like 3 or 4 ft of the 2x4 fencing. Chicken wire is too flimsy and they can climb over it. I would also recommend putting the food near the house. Then at night you both go out and herd him in the house and lock it up. He will get used to it pretty easily. Do you have enough room for all 3 in the house? I hope this helps!

 

[daze333]

PS I also use a command word or sound when I am putting my geese away at night. Sometimes I am herding them from pasture to pasture and they all spread out and start to lolly gag, then I say loudly and in a strong voice, HUP TO, HUP TO over and over again, like a drill sergeant. If they need it I also stomp my feet and act like I am coming after them, but not very often. They always step up and bunch together and head for the barn. If you use the same command every night, they get used to it and know what it means. Good luck!

 

[RURU]

Right now your new gander is out of sink of his routine coming to a new place. He needs to be taught very quickly that he needs to go into his house with the other's. Like Daze said get them all use to a word or words to come in at night. I call goosey goosey, then say to get them going because they lag along like I coming at my own pace. So I say hubba hubba and they start running down to their pens....
But feeding them in the pen is the best way to get them in it..... Because they know when they go in there is food, yummies!