What is this?

[Canadageeselover88]

A whole bunch of geese and goslings live at this lake. I noticed a two of them have something wrong with their toe/webbed foot. What could it be?

 

[BreanneRN]

Are there snapping turtles in that lake?

 

[Canadageeselover88]

Are there snapping turtles in that lake?

Oh wow, possibly I didn't even think of that. The other gosling has a toe missing and also this big lump or tumor on it..

 

[Canadageeselover88]

This is the other one with the lump and half his toe missing.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

You can try notifying your local wild life conservation or a wild life rehaber and they might pick them up and have them treated if need be. Obviously there's nothing can be done for the missing toes but if there is an abscess they can treat that and release them back at the lake or somewhere safe.

 

[Gray Farms]

Old injuries, look fully healed though. Turtles are very likely to blame.

 

[BreanneRN]

http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Chelydra_serpentina/ Information about the common snapping turtle, the most likely species to be in Canada...