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[sourland]

Look what I have! Or rather, what Zilla, Finn, and Lacie have:

Good luck in hatching the rest. I'd give them a couple of days to find their legs and then let the flock adopt them. The parenting/protective nature of geese is amazing.



I only had my cell phone so I couldn't get a great picture. I'll have to get out the Nikon and see if I can get a cute family photo.

Zilla did all the sitting, and Finn is the father. Lacie or Zilla could either be the mother. All three will take care of them.

Zilla had eggs that still hadn't hatched. I took them all and candled, and six look to potentially still be viable, though they were cold. They're in my incubator now.

 

[Pyxis]

Good luck in hatching the rest. I'd give them a couple of days to find their legs and then let the flock adopt them. The parenting/protective nature of geese is amazing.

I may do that, or they may get sold. I'm positive Finn would take them if I did that, since last year he readily adopted three half-grown goslings that I had been raising myself. Though, the eggs look to be up to a week from being due, and I'm a little worried about them having week old goslings and day old goslings at the same time.

 

[bobbi-j]

Finally caught a break. Colonoscopy results came back negative for cancer; diverticulitis, instead

Whew!

 

[dan26552]

I would soak a couple of more times and then start to gently peel that off. Use water as hot as is still comfortable with lots of Epsom salt... or just regular kosher salt. Hopefully you can get the scab soft enough so it peels off. Once the first pot of water cools down... put him in a new nice hot one... hopefully after the third soak it will peel.

With that big of a plug... have stuff ready to pack the wound, and wrap it up after so it stays clean. Lots of blood = steady pressure for a full ten minutes.

I would keep him in a crate or other small and very clean place... probably for a week.

Soak and clean every day for a week so more infection can work it's way out.

After a week of that...it should be good to let heal up.

Ok, I’ll do that in the morning. So just peeling the scalp should get whatever funk is in there out?

What would you pack it with?

I can do that.
Okey dokey.

 

[dan26552]

I got goslings Sunday! They’re about 2-2 1/2 months I think.

 

[kwhites634]

Phew! Well at least there's that! So what does this mean? No more nuts, seeds, berries & popcorn ...or am I missing up my colon issues?

I don't know what that means; just found out this evening.

 

[perchie.girl]

I don't know what that means; just found out this evening.

diverticuli are the little pouches that form on your colon .... years of use and strain... They usually dont give people problems dont even know they have them.... but they can get irritated or infected for what ever reason... It depends.... Each cause has a different name. Thats when they say no seeds or popcor dont want anything to irritate the little pouches.

Other than that there is usually no issue... though some docs are pretty rigid. The

Almost EVERYONE who is over the age of fifty has them.

deb

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Ok, I’ll do that in the morning. So just peeling the scalp should get whatever funk is in there out?

What would you pack it with?

I can do that.
Okey dokey.

Your probably going to need to soak that several times over a few days to get it loose enough to pull out. That looks pretty bad to me.
Hopefully when it does loosen, you can pull it out along with the puss.
I use clear iodine after each soak to help draw it out.
I would pack the hole with Neosporin after you pull it out.

 

[drumstick diva]

I wouldn't have the stomach for that

 

[Alaskan]

Ok, I’ll do that in the morning. So just peeling the scalp should get whatever funk is in there out?

What would you pack it with?

I can do that.
Okey dokey.

The puss will hopefully be a big plug kind of thing behind the scab.

But the infection has worked it's way up... which is why you will want to soak it every day after you get the scab and plug out... to help the rest of the infection work itself out.

@shawluvsbirds is right... might take a bit to soften it enough to peel it off... and neosporin is good.

But it might need a pressure bandage... cotton gauze with neosporin on it might work as a packing... you don't want the packing to stick to the healing tissue... and neosporin feels like it has petroleum jelly in it or something. . So it will keep the cotton from sticking to the wound.

The cotton pads that are for wounds that are coated with something to keep them from sticking are also good... but a good layer of neosporin will make sure that they do not stick.

Then vet wrap or painters tape or a combination of the two is good to keep it on.

I like painters tape on the edges of the cat wrap to hold it on better. Painters tape is nice since it has enough stick to hold stuff on, but not so much stick that scales or feathers are pulled off.