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Discussion on Mare without much milk...not fescue
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Oscarvv
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Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2004 - 4:00 pm:
Hi DrO,
I have a filly who was born 2/6/04. All was normal including IgG except that mare has never had a big bag. She does have some milk but it is obviously not enough for this foal. The filly tries to nurse off of anything/one. We did immediately start the mare on the 5 day Domperidone treatment with no result.
The mare is now getting 14 quarts of Omolene 300 and timothy hay free choice. She eats 8 flakes a day. She is in excellent health and 8 years old. The mare is good about nursing, even when the foal beats her bag trying to get more milk to come down.  There is no fescue here and she was a maiden.
Any ideas how to get her to produce more milk? I've heard increasing fat may help??? Should we add some alfalfa to her diet?
According to the article the filly can have as much milk replacer as she would like? Of course slowly building up. She is drinking out of a bucket and loves the formula.
Thank you
~Barbara
Here she is Sashay:
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Member:
Sunny66
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Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2004 - 5:09 pm:
I can't answer your question....but that picture is absolutely adorable!!!!
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Member:
Dres
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Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2004 - 6:58 pm:
I LOVE BABY PICTURES...!!! she is very cute...
Ann
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Member:
Liliana
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Posted on Friday, Feb 13, 2004 - 8:18 pm:
Hi Barbara,
She is so beautiful! My mare had a cold last year, she had been under fed all through pregnancy before she came to me. Following local advice I fed her bran with great succes about six punds a day mixed with her feed, the colt is a yearling now and he still suckling healthy and so beautiful too.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Feb 14, 2004 - 10:45 am:
The problem with timothy is that for a grass hay it is low in protein which may be surpressing production. The problem with bran is the low calcium content that is important in milk production. I vote for starting the alfalfa, slowly. Be careful, too much nutrition is the number one cause of developmental muscoskeletal abnormalities like contracted tendons and OCD. If the condition of the foal gets "moderate" or above slow down on the supplementation. See Care for Horses » Routine Care & Procedures » Weight, Condition, and Eventual Height Estimation for a description.
DrO
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Oscarvv
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 15, 2004 - 8:31 am:
Thank you DrO. I have started the mare on alfalfa.
It's impossible to know how much milk the foal is getting from the mare. Right now I am feeding the foal every 4 hours: 2 cups H2O 2/3 cup of Foal Lac.
Thanks everyone for enjoying the photo of Sashay...she is a bold one.
Liliana, I would LOVE to hear more about where you live and see photos.
~Barbara
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Feb 16, 2004 - 6:19 am:
Yes consumption is difficult to judge but whether to supplement is not: if you cannot get milk out of the teat when the foal is hungry you supplement.
DrO
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