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The current state of things. The screaming was non stop and I'm trying to get work done. The Spouse took pity.

I wish I could! I work out of the house for a few hours each day. Our area is still cold and wet, will be for a few weeks more. It was 70 and windy today.

Update: We took them outside to the goose yard and house. We showed them the babies on the other side of the fence and held one up for them. They nipped the air and we thought they didn't like my hands. We took them inside the goose yard with the box. They didn't really want to see them. We...

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Hi there. We just got some new goslings, a male and 3 females, from a local breeder. As soon as they came home the male has not stopped being active and loud. We're happy about that because our adult gander passed away from what we suspect was an unknown heart or health issue from hatching...

We tried tube feeding, watered down food, lots of fresh water and none of that helped. He seemed to get a bit better with the warm week then declined again. We found him weak and unable to stand this morning so I carried him inside thinking he was too cold. He wouldn't drink or eat. We thought...

I don't have access to any place like that. We used a dewormer from the vet last week. I can try the Tylosin and I have a kitchen scale with grams We'll have to tube feed him and cross our fingers.

He's still looking slow and my kids are worried he's not eating. He's only pecking at romaine again, if he even looks at it. He's not running from me even though it looks like he doesn't want me near him. He's been out, laying down mostly, in the sun. I am wondering if he's going to need a...

Update: We made a vet appointment to rule out ingested metal or foreign object or poisoning. He just kept falling asleep and avoiding his flockmates. We set clean grit near his food and some in food mixed heavily with water to make a thin oatmeal. So of course Sunday he was much better and I...

I'm making that now with some warm water. He's genuinely eating balls of dirt.

He climbed into one of the water bowls and kind of splashed/preened more than I've seen in awhile. He's soaking up the sun and looked like he was dozing with his eyes closed, standing up.

He's on doxycycline 100mg twice a day. We crush it, mix it with as little water as possible and use a syringe to put it in the back of his mouth as slowly but quickly as possible. It smells and tastes gross I'm sure. The feeding sounds stressful but my spouse says they'll help. I'm watching him...

We're on day 3 of meds. He's on a broad spectrum antibiotic and finished Panacur dewormer. He hates it. He was still lethargic and not eating so we decided being alone in the garage wasn't worth it. We have a very large house, big enough for about 10 geese to lie down with room. Fresh food...

They didn't do x-rays or blood. We were going cautious but if this doesn't work we might have to consider it. From the look of that thread there's nothing do it if that's the case so I guess we just make him comfortable? I can't afford surgery and hospital care for a goose, it's a big reason...

So we have a broad spectrum antibiotics and a dewormer. They did a float test and fecal smear with negative results. Here he is at the vet. After two doses he's not changed much. We're pretty confident he's drinking and rinsing his face but don't think he's eating well. I'll see him touch the...