Sick pilgrim goose, please help

[Soggybottom waterfowl]

Hello, I have a 4 yr old pilgrim goose. Last week we noticed that she was not eating. Her feathers were ruffled and she was squinting her one eye, she wasn't acting herself and just standing around. We gave her a day to see if she would pull out of it but she didn't. We took her to the vet ( they had her for 3 days ) they did xrays, radiographs, blood work, and a fecal sample. Everything came back normal. They can't tell me why she's not eating. They gave us food to syring feed, antibiotics for a possibly infection, and gastro pill to help with her stomach lining. The last 2 days she stopped squinting her eye and her feather don't seem to be as ruffled. But she is still standing around, not eating, and not acting herself. Can someone please help or any advise!? She part of the family!

We have her on probiotics and giving her nutrient-drench. We syring feed 3 times a day. Nothing has changed. She gets kalmback duck/goose feed that she available to 24/7. Always has access to water and a swimming pool. We have our yard fenced in so she has access to grass also

 

[Goosebaby]

What breed is she?

What antibiotics was she on?

What kind of blood tests were done, anything like a cbc? Is your vet experienced with geese?

Has she been laying or molting?

Have you noticed any changes to her bill and foot color?

How much are you syringing down her throat?

What do her droppings look like now and prior to when she stoped eating? Have you seen any unusual colors like red, black, yellow, neon green, pink, or excessive white?
Did they change consistency? Become mostly water all the time, did you notice if there were bubbles, or did they become very hard and mostly white?

If you can pick up a bag of 30% purina game bird start, if she’s being tube fed because she’s not eating she’s probably very underweight at this point, 30% is normally too high but it’s good for putting weight on sick and emaciated birds.

 

[Soggybottom waterfowl]

What breed is she?

What antibiotics was she on?

What kind of blood tests were done, anything like a cbc? Is your vet experienced with geese?

Has she been laying or molting?

Have you noticed any changes to her bill and foot color?

How much are you syringing down her throat?

What do her droppings look like now and prior to when she stoped eating? Have you seen any unusual colors like red, black, yellow, neon green, pink, or excessive white?
Did they change consistency? Become mostly water all the time, did you notice if there were bubbles, or did they become very hard and mostly white?

If you can pick up a bag of 30% purina game bird start, if she’s being tube fed because she’s not eating she’s probably very underweight at this point, 30% is normally too high but it’s good for putting weight on sick and emaciated birds.

She is a 4 year old pilgrim goose,

Smz/tmp/meloxicam,
Avian/reptile vs2,

Yes they r experienced with geese but idk how much, several places referred us to them,

She's not laying, but she was molting but never finished if that makes sense,

Her bill and feet are pinkish colored, her legs are yellowish,

60 ml 3 times a day if she cooperates,

Was pretty normal before she stopped eating, when we first noticed something was off it was basically water with brown streaks, now it's pretty much just water, no bubbles that we've seen,

Thank you for the reply, any help is very much appreciated

 

[Goosebaby]

It sounds like she might be starting to recover if she’s looking less fluffed and she’s not squinting, the antibiotics and feedings may be taking effect, and you’re feeding her exactly right.

I can’t really say what’s wrong if her tests all came back normal, though parasite testing can be unreliable, “it will only come back positive if the parasite is currently shedding at the time the test is done” so it doesn’t necessarily mean she didn’t have some sort bad bug. SMZ TMP will actually work on coccidia as well as a number of bacteria varieties so if that was present it probably isn’t anymore.
Squinting can either be from facial swelling from an upper respiratory illness or from just being seriously ill but if that’s starting to go away that is a good sign.

From my own experience with a bird that has stopped eating and requires syringe feeding it takes time to recover, the more severe the illness the longer the recovery time, and sometimes they’re reluctant to start eating again on their own. One way to help encourage them to start eating again is by mixing some feed with water to make a soupy mash, which can encourage them to fiddle with it and start eating again.

Keep her on her antibiotics until she’s finished the course, if she still isn’t eating and still isn’t showing signs of recovery after talk to your vet about switching to a different antibiotic.
From my own experience it’s usually coccidia, giardia, and clostridium that has caused mine to stop eating and even go off their feet and for that Tylosin and metronidazole are best.

Still just because she isn’t eating on her own after she’s finished her antibiotics doesn’t necessarily mean that she does need more antibiotics and that whatever was wrong hasn’t been dealt with, it will take time for her digestive system to heal from whatever was wrong and she may not want to eat until she starts feeling more normal.

 

[Goosebaby]

How is your goose?

 

[Soggybottom waterfowl]

Not much change. Still not eating.. we are taking another fecal sample over tomorrow to have it tested again.
Thank you so much for ur help, u put my mind a little at ease.
We started adding backyard boost to her water. We'll see if that helps

 

[Goosebaby]

Talk to your vet about the antibiotic, SMZ TMP temporarily blocks the kidney’s ability to filter out extra potassium which can lead to hyperkalemia. She needs antibiotics and a vitamin supplement but with that specific antibiotic that might be problematic.