can you get sick from a goose bite?

Answer 1

HI

Did you get bit? First in general a Wild Goose has more Bacteria then a Domestic Farm goose.

Could you get sick??

Well if the goose who bit you was carrying certain bacterias or ha recently eaten something with it and it was still in the grooves of the bill.. AND they bit you and opened the skin up..then MAYBE .. slight risk

But even with that its slight and if you washed the area then you would have not much to worry over.

I work with Urban and wild watefowl ALL the time and have been BIT more times than I can count by both Urban and Wild birds.. drawing blood more often than not... Ive never gotten sick , not once.

I would not be overly concerned about it if you are a healthy person with a functioning immune system.

If the Bite area begins to swell or look infected in a day or so.. see your physican.
Meanwhile, clean it and if its open put some antibacterial cream on it and a bandaid for a couple of days... then let it open to air.

Now of course this is assuming its superficial and does not need stictches... if its deep enough to need those then yuo need to see somebody... and then your infection risk is higher!

Good Luck

Wismom

Answer 2

If he broke the skin and had some mud or other substance on his beak that got into the wound...maybe. But are you going to get sick merely from being bitten by a goose? Nope!

Answer 3

if it broke the skin, it may get infected if not cleaned well. Not sure HOW a goose could break the skin anyway....they don't have teeth...more like little serrations. I have been "bitten" by lots of ducks and they never even left a scratch on me.

Answer 4

Birds do have bacteria in their mouths. It is possible that if the bite broke the skin it could get infected. In someone with a normal immune system, though, this is unlikely.

Answer 5

Perhaps a surface bacterial infection if it broke the skin...
But no, geese are not poisonous...