Severely injured juvenile Snow Goose

[Iain Utah]

I think it is wonderful you are willing to do what you can to help this goose. I've nursed a muscovy duck and a magpie bird back from broken legs. The key is time and keeping her still. I kept my duck in a barn stall for about 3 weeks, and otherwise trusted her to use good sense with leg. She ultimately recovered 100%. We kept the magpie in a kennel until it could bear weight, that took about 30 days. Magpie also recovered well and even stuck around for a while to show us he was ok after we released it.

The goose will eat what all domestic geese eat. Best choice is mazuri waterfowl, followed by an all-around grain like Flockraiser, with whole grains like corn. Greens (grass/hay) are great if you can find it in the winter.

Good luck!

 

[chickencheeper]

Looks like a female, will you be keeping her? If so what will you name her? Flake?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Look up chicken sling. That will help her until she feels comfortable enough to put weight on the leg. Maybe go to a vet for x-rays and maybe painkillers

 

[Miss Lydia]

We did first thing. They never responded. We placed two calls.

That's a shame. Sure hope you can get her back to walking again, one thing you have to watch out for is wrapping the leg too tight and cutting off circulation.

You have gotten some great info here .

Please keep us updated on how she is doing.

 

[casportpony]

@Lelilamom , how's your goose?

 

[Lelilamom]

Hey Everyone! Thanks for all the suggestions! The Goose is doing very well. She's flapping her wings and trying to bear weight on her broken leg, but thankfully, I bound it straight so she can't yet. She's eating greens but doesn't seem interested in cracked corn or other grains.

She still lets me pet her a bit but she's definitely feeling better because she's ready to bite and hiss at me whenever I reach in. Not keeping her. Hopefully we'll get her ready to fly in a week or two. The flocks are still on the open water around our area. Not naming her either. I just want to see her join her kind.

P.S.
She doesn't care for collard greens and prefers Romaine Lettuce.

 

[chickencheeper]

Hey Everyone! Thanks for all the suggestions! The Goose is doing very well. She's flapping her wings and trying to bear weight on her broken leg, but thankfully, I bound it straight so she can't yet. She's eating greens but doesn't seem interested in cracked corn or other grains.

She still lets me pet her a bit but she's definitely feeling better because she's ready to bite and hiss at me whenever I reach in. Not keeping her. Hopefully we'll get her ready to fly in a week or two. The flocks are still on the open water around our area. Not naming her either. I just want to see her join her kind.

P.S.
She doesn't care for collard greens and prefers Romaine Lettuce.

Yay! That’s great. Happy to help

 

[Miss Lydia]

Awesome news !!

 

[Iain Utah]

Wonderful news!! It takes 3 weeks for bones to initially fuse, and another 3-5 weeks for it to really set and recover. So please wait at least 3 weeks (30 days is better) before you release her.

My birds do not like collard greens either. If you can find grass anywhere to pick by hand, she would probably appreciate that the most. Mazuri feed is definitely the easiest grain to get birds to eat, and will provide her complete nutrition, but I know it is expensive feed.

 

[Lelilamom]

Wonderful news!! It takes 3 weeks for bones to initially fuse, and another 3-5 weeks for it to really set and recover. So please wait at least 3 weeks (30 days is better) before you release her.

My birds do not like collard greens either. If you can find grass anywhere to pick by hand, she would probably appreciate that the most. Mazuri feed is definitely the easiest grain to get birds to eat, and will provide her complete nutrition, but I know it is expensive feed.

Thank you for the information. I have been looking for the time frame for healing, so this is especially helpful. We are snow/frost bound here so grass is hard to come by. This morning I did notice she didn't eat her lettuce from yesterday. Is she protesting? I'm going to remove all greens and replace with just romaine to see if she'll start eating. There might be some collard greens in there deterring her.