sick geese... help!

[Cooney]

Hi all,

I have 2 toulouse geese/goslings, they are about 3 months old.

have had them 2 weeks, all was going well until about yesterday. One seems to have a bit of diarrhea and has become rather irritable/sluggish. The other seems to be same old self but I'm still rather worried

To provide a bit of back round info, I have them roaming by day in a fenced off enclosure of about half an acre which they have to themselves. At night they sleep in a shed on straw, with access to plenty of clean/fresh water and a bowl of feeder pellets.
They were wormed by the original owner and i have looked for lice and couldnt seem to find much.
any thoughts/ideas?

hoping to nip this in the bud and prevent anything more serious arising!

thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Goose and Fig]

Its normal for them to have really watery poops on occasion- especially if they just ate something like watermelon, or spent a long time swimming. Are you in the middle of this heat wave?.Do they have a shady spot to get out of the sun? Any chance they got into something that could bind them up?
The only problems I have had with geese (besides predators) was them getting into string or tyvex or something like that. Especially at that age- they have to chew on everything.

 

[Cooney]

hi!

brought them to the vet in the end, otherwise i would have spent the night worrying!

all is well thank good, no mites, worms or anything else out of the ordinary. The vet said it may just have been dietary. As you helpfully pointed out, they have been spending quite a lot of time in their little pool, so that too may have been a factor!

Anyhow, they are about to settle in for the night, happy as can be!

cheers for your concern and help!