[R66VEY]

just got home from work today and got the goslings out for a run about and the male has been pecking the female badly latly and i got home today and its qwite bad what can i put on it ?? and how to stop the pecking and also the female just follows the male about doesnt eat the grass just follows him please help.

[Vember]

Put purple spray on any bare or red bit's of skin
http://www.agrilloyd.com/sheep_pages/sheep_purplesprayp1.html

To stop the pecking your going to have to either put sods of grass in with them or tie up loads of grass for them to peck at.

Have you sat with them and pulled bits of grass out whilst she is watching??
Try her with diffrent types of grass, the other thing is dandilions and those weeds that have little blobs on that stick to your clothes (soz don't know the name) my little ones love those.

[R66VEY]

is there anythink i can put on for now like sudacred or savlon ??
im really worried i spend all this time rearing them and i dont wont either to die on me !!

[Vember]

If it were me i would be tempted to leave them until u can get purp spray,  the creams you've mentoned are real oily and may irritate them more trying to clean it off.
Is there anyway you can seperate them so they can still see each other?

[R66VEY]

yer ill see about some . shud i bathe her in salt water ?

[Vember]

That's a good idea  but dry her real well. Is it red raw??

[Jellyhead]

have you got any tea tree cream? they hate the taste and its an antiseptic so I have used it to stop pecking you can get it from Boots.

[R66VEY]

yer i mean its easy enuf saying get some spray but its another thing getting it .and yes she s red raw i mite find away off seperating them .ill try bathing her . thanks vember dno what id do with out ya lol

[Vember]

I've had a good look through my book and basically suggesting Plenty of grass to stop them plucking each other.

Is the little girl eating her crumbs?? Try adding some brewers yeast to her food this apparenty enhances flavor . And it also mentions concentrated liquid horlicks for feeding to birds that refuse dry food.

Just hope she picks up abit for you

[CMFAM]

hi we had the same thing happen with our goslings, the male goose used to peck the goslings, in the end a male duck pecked a big chunck out of goslings head, we used savlon antiseptic cream as an emergency antiseptic - we also kept gosling with other geese as we thought if we separated the shock might have killed it.  This emergency method has worked for us in the past with ducks. Our geese have access to plenty of grass, but it did not stop them pecking each other thou

clare

[muntjac]

for emergency antiseptic use only germolene .my folks have used it for years on al animals and its ben fine .savlon contains many more of the pheno type drugs which we have had no idea what they can do to animals and it has be said is toxic to some animals   germolene contains only phenolph eur.and chlorahexadine  and poly types these are used in animal treatment . anna i recently had to sow up a chicken that had been mauled by a dog the vet would have put it to sleep .i wouldnt have let this happen so sowed up its chest where the dog had ripped the skin off .using suture thread we then gave it 15 stitches .applied germolene and it was back to the coop a full 24 hours later completly happy ,we kept a check on it applying more germolene if the stitches turned red or got inflamed  i took them out while the bird remained calm 2 weeks later and it was stil laying eggs all though this time its stil going strong and its name is braveheart . so thats my advice after using it on dogs cats chucks .partridges and an amherst pheasant    " werks for me "

[richyrich7]

and those weeds that have little blobs on that stick to your clothes (soz don't know the name) my little ones love those.

Bobbys Button

[Vember]

and those weeds that have little blobs on that stick to your clothes (soz don't know the name) my little ones love those.

Bobbys Button

Cheers for that Richy

Real useful info about the germolene Munty ta muchly

[richyrich7]

I use germolene on the cat when he has been fighting, good stuff !