Should i bring baby goose to its mother?

[GranderTheGander]

Yes, remove any rotten goose eggs first. Fumes from them can make a gosling sick.

 

[Nikki Chen]

Yes, remove any rotten goose eggs first. Fumes from them can make a gosling sick.

Thank you. I will try again tomorrow

 

[Nikki Chen]

Wait a day or two until the gosling is strong enough, if you can get save a chick or b vitamins it can help perk the gosling up.

So i tried again today and it was better. I think mam goose recognizes her baby but shes still brooding. I took the baby away she was a bit upset but still not leaving her nest. I brought the baby in because its gonna rain and the baby was next to her but she not putting the baby under her wing, it’s like they just sitting next to each other and the baby would get cold. What should i do? Keep her for a couple more days and hive it back to her mama or what? I don’t have any experience about this

 

[GranderTheGander]

I'm no expert on geese with homes, but when a domestic goose would not get off a nest in the park, even though I took away her rotten eggs, I would then shoo her off the nest, destroy the nest and put rocks or whatever there so she could no longer sit in that spot. Once yours is off, I would then bring out the gosling each day to the goose and see if she'll start to mother it. As Goosebaby says, geese really want goslings! I've even seen domestic geese play aunt and uncle to Canadian goslings, when the parents let them, because they so badly wanted to care for goslings and had none of their own.

 

[Nikki Chen]

I'm no expert on geese with homes, but when a domestic goose would not get off a nest in the park, even though I took away her rotten eggs, I would then shoo her off the nest, destroy the nest and put rocks or whatever there so she could no longer sit in that spot. Once yours is off, I would then bring out the gosling each day to the goose and see if she'll start to mother it. As Goosebaby says, geese really want goslings! I've even seen domestic geese play aunt and uncle to Canadian goslings, when the parents let them, because they so badly wanted to care for goslings and had none of their own.

Thank you. I removed the eggs but not the nest. I will try again today.

 

[GranderTheGander]

Personally, I would destroy the nest. Geese who sit too long can get sores and scrapes on their stomach area, which can become maggot infested, especially if there were rotten eggs. Rotten goose eggs can explode and that's a mess in the nest and on the goose, plus the fumes from rotten eggs can cause respiratory problems. I believe the fumes can kill eggs that aren't rotten, too.

Yes, I know you said you took them away, but I just want to emphasize the hazards of allowing waterfowl to sit on nests long after the normal time period. Some geese will develop psychological problems, too--not getting off to eat and bathe as they should, no longer communicating with other geese, etc. They actually end up dying from not giving up their desire for goslings.

 

[Nikki Chen]

Thank you. I just did it

Personally, I would destroy the nest. Geese who sit too long can get sores and scrapes on their stomach area, which can become maggot infested, especially if there were rotten eggs. Rotten goose eggs can explode and that's a mess in the nest and on the goose, plus the fumes from rotten eggs can cause respiratory problems. I believe the fumes can kill eggs that aren't rotten, too.

Yes, I know you said you took them away, but I just want to emphasize the hazards of allowing waterfowl to sit on nests long after the normal time period. Some geese will develop psychological problems, too--not getting off to eat and bathe as they should, no longer communicating with other geese, etc. They actually end up dying from not giving up their desire for gosling

Thank you. I

Personally, I would destroy the nest. Geese who sit too long can get sores and scrapes on their stomach area, which can become maggot infested, especially if there were rotten eggs. Rotten goose eggs can explode and that's a mess in the nest and on the goose, plus the fumes from rotten eggs can cause respiratory problems. I believe the fumes can kill eggs that aren't rotten, too.

Yes, I know you said you took them away, but I just want to emphasize the hazards of allowing waterfowl to sit on nests long after the normal time period. Some geese will develop psychological problems, too--not getting off to eat and bathe as they should, no longer communicating with other geese, etc. They actually end up dying from not giving up their desire for goslings.

just did it. I poured sand all over it.she came back to visit but not sitting any more. I hope she will give up .

 

[GranderTheGander]

She will give it up. She has no choice. It takes some geese a few days to get back to their normal non-sitting routine. Hopefully, too, she will find the gosling much more interesting now.

 

[Nikki Chen]

She will give it up. She has no choice. It takes some geese a few days to get back to their normal non-sitting routine. Hopefully, too, she will find the gosling much more interesting now.

Thank you. She finally gave up. I leave the baby with her and they get along very well. But the other gooses wont leave the baby along. They either chase her around and some even try to bite her. Is that normal? Should i just let them get along that way? Im just worried they will step and bite and the baby may die.

 

[GranderTheGander]

I've only seen one case where geese were truly mean to a gosling. Someone dumped a part Chinese gosling in a park where there were two distinct geese groups, who did not get along. None of the geese were friendly with the gosling, and one group even had members trying to drown it! I believe it was due to the fact that each goose group thought the gosling must belong to the other group, and that's why they were hostile to it. I took it out of the park and raised it.

Other than that situation, I've never seen hostility towards goslings, except slight chasing and pecking because they were trying to show the gosling they weren't the parent. Are the other geese actively trying to chase the gosling or just trying to chase it away? How does the adoptive mom react to that? Also, there is so much concern here about geese stepping on goslings, but I have never seen a gosling hurt, much less killed, by a goose stepping on it. They are pretty bouncy little babies. Yet I have only dealt with geese who are totally free to go where they want, and have lots of land and a large body of water to swim in.

Hang in there and don't worry so much!