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Bit of a back story (:

Two weeks ago I picked up two four-week-old Sebastopol geese. When I was picking my geese, a little brown and white multicolored one caught my eye but I ultimately settled for a grey one and the big white one I fell in love with.

The other day I saw another ad that she was getting rid of the other three - the seller was only selling two originally. Because I still really wanted that little multi I reached out and she agreed to let me take just the one home.

When we were leaving the driveway this afternoon to go pick it up I received a text that her dog had mauled the geese and killed a Turkey. All three geese survived but she was going to put the brown one down. She also mentioned something about the other white one's wing. It was kind of confusing but I asked her to wait on the brown one if the deed wasn't done yet.

After meeting them, I decided to take all three and give them the best chance at a good life as possible. Their injuries are pretty extensive, though. I can't bring them into the vet until Saturday so the goal is to keep them as healthy and comfortable as possible until then!

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Now starts the fun:

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This little one is the brown one she was going to put down. It doesn't have very many visible wounds - a few punctures but nothing terrible HOWEVER it is having lots of issues walking and when it stands it screams. After taking a warm 45 minute bath it was able to stand and walk without help or screaming but is back to whimpering in pain when it stands.

This one has been named Willow by my mother

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⚠️⚠️Meaty Pictures⚠️⚠️

This is the white one who has the most visible injuries. The lady I got them from mentioned something about her wings. This is her first year with birds and she was super upset and at a loss with both of these two.

This one has been named Prince Charmont (aka Char) by my sister

After a warm bath we closely inspected Char and found that her suspicions of broken wings were correct. Poor baby has two broken wings and an unbelievable amount of puncture wounds. I sprayed the wounds and every bald place on Char with a spray (I cannot for the life of me remember what it's called) and we wrapped it's wings back into the proper position.

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I'm afraid I didn't get any of the multicolored one but "her" name is Ella also names by my sister. She didn't have any injuries other than a single broken quill.

Willow will be spending "her" time inside for the next week with warm baths twice a day. Would be more but I'm working 13+ hour days for the next week.

Char will probably only get baths one a day if even that. I'm hesitant to take "his" bandages off his wings. When treating wings for anything the less you have to rewrap the faster it will heal. Ella and Char will be in a small temporary pen for the next week or until my vet okays them going out.

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Thank you for peeking at this thread!

This morning was pretty boring but I was also rushed to leave the house to get to work.

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Char's wrap stayed on overnight so no rewrapping was needed. I set up a temporary pen for Ella and Char to stay in for the week while I'm working.

Olive (grey) and Matilda (white) were so excited to see the rest of the geese yesterday and the ducklings I have that are close in age accepted them with open arms. My mature ducks also didn't mind them which was surprising.

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Willow soaked for an hour and then hung outside for a few minutes before I needed to leave!

Poor babies! Good luck with them! Birds can be surprisingly hardy. I had a little hen tore up by a hawk (a large chunk was missing from her back) and she made a full recovery.

Wait I love this. I applaud you for helping them <3

In the first picture of Willow it looks like her

Wing is twisted kind of funny or possibly broken. I promise it is not - she was preening!

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A little update before bed (:

Cahr's bandages stayed on so no bath for him. However, Willow is making leaps and bounds! She had another bath but this time an hour and 15 minutes. The water I'm bathing her in is deep enough that she can move her legs around but shallow enough so she can still reach the bottom when she gets tired.

This evening after I got Willow out of the tub she preened for a few and then started wandering! This morning her walking was super off and she was staggering around like a drunken sailor but this evening it was much stronger!

Unfortunately now that she isn't in a ton of pain Willow will not lay down. She's trying to get on my bed with me so I'll be ordering a diaper in the morning.

She's also eating and pooping lots! Goofy statement to non-animal people but poop is always a welcome sign when dealing with sick or hurt animals (:

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I also finally got some pictures of Ella!

I'm not sure Willow laid down at all last night. She woke me up screaming at 6 this morning because the cat was bothering her. Because she wouldn't settle down after, she got to come chill with me for a few hours before I needed to get up.

Enjoy the spoiled baby pics :p

Willow is still making leaps and bounds. She's able to stand up on her own now and walks around almost normally! After soaking this morning she wandered around and preened while I got myself ready <3

Sound like they are making good progress on healing. My roommate and I have some chickens, and are going on the same healing journy you are with your geese.

Wasn't able to update last night, but Char managed to take his bandages off some time during the day. His wings look so much better! He got a bath and his wounds sprayed. We tried to wrap his wings twice but both times it was incorrect. It was also midnight and we were all done so Char will be without bandages until this evening. Char is the one in front and if you zoom in you can see how much better his wings look!

Willow is now able to stand up and lay down all on her own without any noises. She wandered around the house after her bath while I got ready for work. It looks like Willow might be getting angel wing. This is where the last joint of the wing is twisted and the wing feathers point out and do not lay flat against their body. I'll be messing with her wing tonight to really check and see if she has it. If she does it will be treated tonight as well.

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These birds truly amaze me with how fast they are healing, and I'm so glad I decided to give them a chance <3

Woah been a while since I updated this! Everyone is doing good. Day 6 of having Willow she joined her friends out in the garden during the day and came in at night to soak/sleep. I may have accidentally sent my mattress on fire so we were bunking on the floor of my mother's bedroom. She got kicked out after she kept getting out of her container and started popping bubble wrap all night.. Yeah she's my kind of bird 🤣

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Charmot is doing good - wings are good! He is being treating for angel wing. It's not a very bad case of angel wing but he does have it. Ella has a pretty bad case of angel wing and she is also being treated for it.

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I got my new duck house (a 10x20 if anyone was wondering) and they are so happy in it! I'll update this with pictures in a little bit - they have grown so much!

Enjoy this photo dump :P

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Willow & Ella

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I know there's pretty much nothing about Olive on this thread but I can't leave poor Olive out lol

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Willow