Stupid Question, bit by a Goose...Anything to worry about???

[SEIndSAM]

Just got a call from my daughter, who is away at school. She asked "Do Geese carry any diseases?".

I replied, I don't think so, why??? She said that her campus has become over ran with geese the past week. She was walking back to her dorm and was attacked by a goose. She said it began flapping it's wings, became airborne and bit her hard enough to draw blood in the upper arm....

Soooo, anything to worry about??? She is a typical broke college student and doesn't want to spend the money to go to the clinic if it's not needed...

 

[TB1999]

Is the goose hiv+?

 

[churchmouse]

Is the goose wobbled from repeated head strikes.

Google this Sam.

 

[deo62]

This is how the walking dead started. Just saying...

 

[Gabriel]

Untreated, she may begin to grow feathers around the site of the wound and spread until she is covered.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Sounds like she is a goner....

Now, how do I quickly get back the $50 she borrowed yesterday???

 

[K_W]

Bird flu is the only thing that comes to mind besides bacterial infection. Canada Geese are nasty creatures and eat even nastier things.


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[Vigilant]

Something with this story seems a fowl?

 

[chezuki]

Something with this story seems a fowl?

The OP may have ruffled some feathers with this one...

 

[chezuki]

I'd have bitten the thing back...

"What's good for the goose..."

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Wonder what the goose was all honked off about?

 

[halfmileharry]

Spider man comes to mind.
I'd be pissed if my kid got goosed.

 

[gunworks321]

I worked at addling Canadian goose eggs for several years to help local homeowners and landlords around the area retention ponds. Had a male goose fly in while removing eggs from a nest and surprised me from behind. When I heard the wings and turned he was leading with the feet and got me on the face with the claws. I whacked him with baton I was carrying but still got some nasty gashes which of course became infected. Took several weeks of treatment to heal up. Make sure she gets some medical attention pronto if it did cause bleeding and antibiotics are proscribed. Goose wounds are nothing to mess with. Chime in Doc.

 

[Dave Doehrman]

Just tell her to watch out for goose-bumps; they are the first indicator of the zombie goose plague.

 

[rhino]

Just got a call from my daughter, who is away at school. She asked "Do Geese carry any diseases?".

I replied, I don't think so, why??? She said that her campus has become over ran with geese the past week. She was walking back to her dorm and was attacked by a goose. She said it began flapping it's wings, became airborne and bit her hard enough to draw blood in the upper arm....

Soooo, anything to worry about??? She is a typical broke college student and doesn't want to spend the money to go to the clinic if it's not needed...

The two most important questions to ask:

1. Is she hot?
2. Did she curb-stomp the goose like it deserved?

 

[chezuki]

The two most important questions to ask:

1. Is she hot?
2. Did she curb-stomp the goose like it deserved?

1. I'd imagine she must be hot covered with all those feathers.

2. Do you know how you get down from a rhino?

 

[wcd]

The two most important questions to ask:

1. Is she hot?
2. Did she curb-stomp the goose like it deserved?

easier said then done!

That is why we keep one along with the Jack Ass up near the front of the homestead. Great security system.

 

[SEIndSAM]

The two most important questions to ask:

1. Is she hot?
2. Did she curb-stomp the goose like it deserved?

1. She is my daughter, so of course she is good looking....
2. She cold cocked it with her backpack...

 

[Leadeye]

Government birds, there's no end to the problems they cause. Treat it like a cut from something dirty, disinfectant, bandage and see the doc if it gets infected.

 

[Tactically Fat]

Canada Geese are vegetarians. Grasses and grains make up their diet.

The issue of infection comes from where their feet/toenails have been and what may be on their food they consume. They certainly eat where they poop. And we all know how much a goose poops. Copious is an understatement.

To answer your question: There's probably nothing specific to worry about. In general, keep the wound clean and watch for infection...same issue as if you cut yourself on a tree branch while hiking through the woods.

I also bet that UIndy has a health clinic that she can visit.

She also needs to report the attack to campus police so they can work on keeping the vermin from nesting near buildings.