Sudden sick goose...African Goose.

[DoodlesDuckies]

Morning. I am shocked how fast things change with the health of waterfowl.



Clarkie my male African goose is not feeling well. (born end of March this year) It started Saturday. He seemed fine in the morning. Doing his usual of honking and micromanaging the world and suddenly I noticed him alone in the fence area. Keeping himself away from others, sleeping a lot. They can forage the yard- he has not done that since Saturday morning. He has access to crumble/scratch all day. His poop is VERY watery. He isn't really eating from what I have seen. I wormed him with Safe Guard 1ML and put in Hydro powder in the water. You can tell he is dehydrated, his knob on his nose is wrinkled and his legs are not normal. He doesn't hold his head high anymore. I have called 2 vets in the area NOBODY will look at him. People seem to think they are disposable animals and frankly it is pissing me off.

Nobody else is showing any signs of illness. I have 9 ducks and another goose. All are running all over...altho the other goose is lost hanging with the ducks and Clarkie being alone in the kiddie pool all day.

Can I do ANYTHING for him? Make a mash and tube feed him? ANYTHING?

Thanks
Renee

Picture is from a few weeks ago.

 

[Goosebaby]

Morning. I am shocked how fast things change with the health of waterfowl.



Clarkie my male African goose is not feeling well. (born end of March this year) It started Saturday. He seemed fine in the morning. Doing his usual of honking and micromanaging the world and suddenly I noticed him alone in the fence area. Keeping himself away from others, sleeping a lot. They can forage the yard- he has not done that since Saturday morning. He has access to crumble/scratch all day. His poop is VERY watery. He isn't really eating from what I have seen. I wormed him with Safe Guard 1ML and put in Hydro powder in the water. You can tell he is dehydrated, his knob on his nose is wrinkled and his legs are not normal. He doesn't hold his head high anymore. I have called 2 vets in the area NOBODY will look at him. People seem to think they are disposable animals and frankly it is pissing me off.

Nobody else is showing any signs of illness. I have 9 ducks and another goose. All are running all over...altho the other goose is lost hanging with the ducks and Clarkie being alone in the kiddie pool all day.

Can I do ANYTHING for him? Make a mash and tube feed him? ANYTHING?

Thanks
Renee

Picture is from a few weeks ago.

Yes you should probably start tube feeding him if he’s refusing to eat, poor guy.

What specific feed are they on?

Have any of your other animals at one time have had giardia?

Some things to try are giving him a round of corid of Toltrazuril on the chance he has coccidia.

Once he’s done with that start him on a B vitamin complex and a multivitamin mix.

You could also consider putting him on a broad spectrum antibiotic like SMZ TMP, Tylosin, or Baytril.



If you’ve never tube fed a goose before it can be daunting the first few times but it’s easier than it seems. You’ll need a 60ml catheter syringe with a lamb or colon feeding tube, something like this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008RKFXRK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1UEYV6Q0LY4J9&psc=1




Next you mix a little feed with hot water to make a soupy mash, once it’s cooled enough that you can stick a finger in it without burning it fill the syringe, try to make sure there are few air bubbles, this can be a process.

Next you corner the goose and squat over their back low enough that you’ve pinned them but not sitting on them.

Pinch the corners of his mouth until he loosens his jaw, then insert the tube down HIS right side of the throat, you might see a lump going down the right side of his neck or at least feel it.

Once the end of the tube has reached the base of his neck push down on the plunger then remove the tube.

The faster the process is done the easier and less stressful it is for him.

 

[DoodlesDuckies]

Yes you should probably start tube feeding him if he’s refusing to eat, poor guy.

What specific feed are they on?

Have any of your other animals at one time have had giardia?

Some things to try are giving him a round of corid of Toltrazuril on the chance he has coccidia.

Once he’s done with that start him on a B vitamin complex and a multivitamin mix.

You could also consider putting him on a broad spectrum antibiotic like SMZ TMP, Tylosin, or Baytril.



If you’ve never tube fed a goose before it can be daunting the first few times but it’s easier than it seems. You’ll need a 60ml catheter syringe with a lamb or colon feeding tube, something like this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008RKFXRK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1UEYV6Q0LY4J9&psc=1




Next you mix a little feed with hot water to make a soupy mash, once it’s cooled enough that you can stick a finger in it without burning it fill the syringe, try to make sure there are few air bubbles, this can be a process.

Next you corner the goose and squat over their back low enough that you’ve pinned them but not sitting on them.

Pinch the corners of his mouth until he loosens his jaw, then insert the tube down HIS right side of the throat, you might see a lump going down the right side of his neck or at least feel it.

Once the end of the tube has reached the base of his neck push down on the plunger then remove the tube.

The faster the process is done the easier and less stressful it is for him.

Hello. The 9 ducks and 2 geese are on Manna Pro Duck/Gosling crumble and a small amount of scratch for fun. I just tried switching them to pellet Manna Pro and everyone is looking at me like I am crazy so I just ordered more crumble. And they graze the yard- grass mainly. I have seen them nibble on my hosta plants. And some other bushes but nothing crazy. Nothing is moldy or old.

I did JUST get corid at my lunch. I put in all 3 water buckets but they have kiddie pools to play in- should I dump them for now so they only get water buckets with the corid??

Also, can I give Clark a very small amount of corid in a syringe to the mouth or ONLY in water buckets??

The vets around here won't look at him or even give me a chance with an antibiotic, they act like it is some highly serious drug for abuse. I am trying to save my goose. I did get some smz tmp from a gal I know but they are 800mg pills so I have to do some math for that. Being in a rural area isn't a great thing when NOBODY wants to help you. I am very frustrated with all this at the moment.

The tube feeding scares the heck out of me too. I am going to try to syringe feed him first but not sure I can tube feed him alone. I don't know if he has DAYS to wait for an ordered tube kit. We have tiny tubes at work here (I work at a Dairy Farm Installation Business) I don't know if that will work or not.

 

[DoodlesDuckies]

This is my first go around with animals other than dogs. The ducks and geese were all born this spring- end of March/beginning of April.

Nobody has been sick up until this situation. Not humans, dogs, ducks or geese. Everyone is acting normal, but Clark.

The tube feeding instructions sounds so easy....

 

[Richard Mack]

Sounds like a couple things may have happened. Chances are he either swallowed an old nail or fence staple or he got into some rat poison. He may also have picked off and swallowed a few chips of old lead paint if there’s any around. Good luck.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Sounds like a couple things may have happened. Chances are he either swallowed an old nail or fence staple or he got into some rat poison. He may also have picked off and swallowed a few chips of old lead paint if there’s any around. Good luck.

This thread is a year old…

 

[DoodlesDuckies]

Sounds like a couple things may have happened. Chances are he either swallowed an old nail or fence staple or he got into some rat poison. He may also have picked off and swallowed a few chips of old lead paint if there’s any around. Good luck.

This is from July but I appreciate the comment. Clark had to be put down after about 2 weeks of his illness. I still have no idea what happened, and everyone else made it through our brutal winter here in WI.