Sick gosling

[skagithoneybee]

Hi there! My Chinese gosling is currently 1 week old and SO much smaller than it's sibling, I mean WAY smaller. The larger goose is only one day older. I've attached a picture to show size comparison. She barely seems like she's growing at all. I see her eat and drink and she actually eats more often than the larger gosling, but much smaller amounts and much smaller water consumption. She poops frequently but much smaller amounts than Big Bird. They are eating duck starter and I have put Sav-A-Chic electrolytes in their water for the past few days. I also mash up peas for them. She also seems "wobbly" and seemingly bites at the air and acts as if she thinks she's actually eating/drinking water but in fact she's just biting at thin air. She runs around with spurts of wild energy, seems happy, and peeps cheerfully at me when I speak to her, however when she sleeps she has a slight wheeze/mini honk each time she exhales. She has never been outside. I'm desperate to help her survive but am overwhelmed with different conflicting information I've read. I have experience raising geese, ducks, chickens and turkeys and I've NEVER had a chick die and somehow none have ever had any health issues so I'm in unknown territory now. Avian vets are absolutely not an option in my area (unless by some stroke of the universe working in my favor someone from Skagit County, WA reads this and can recommend a resource for me). Does anyone have any specific suggestions that you'd try FIRST? Should I just leave her be and cross my fingers? The brooder is inside my house so they are plenty warm, have plenty of fresh food and water throughout the day, and I constantly change their bedding. My little poor gosling is with it's sibling gosling and 3 runner duck chicks. She's the only one struggling. She also hatched a full day after them. I'm open to any advice! Thank you!

 

[Goosebaby]

This could be several things, something like malabsorption syndrome, a birth defect, some sort of parasite. If the little one has malabsorption there isn’t a lot you can do but try to elevate symptoms and boost their nutrient intake with supplements, probiotics, and possibly even digestive enzymes.

Switch them to a vitamin powder that you can mix with water or sprinkle over the food, https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...-vitamins-and-electrolytes-with-lactobacillus
Sav-a-chick is a garbage brand imo, it’s mostly a gimmick as there’s hardly anything in those little packets.