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Location: Around here somewhere... | Have you used Domperidone? Pros/cons?ETA- Here's the deal... We have a mare due to foal in a month & she hasn't even started to make a bag (most of our mares start making a bag at least 2 months before due date). However, this is her second foal, her first foa she had exactly one month after the due date, she did not make a bag until about a week before that baby was born. According to what I've read about domperidone, it should not be given before about 1 week before the due date... since this is her second foal, & all is progressing pretty much the same as the first baby, would YOU go off of her 340 day due date, or would you expect another 370 day pregnancy? (my other mares have always been within a week of their due dates)
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Location: Texas | Yes, worked great couple years ago for an old mare.. |
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Location: EDGE OF INSANITY | yes. worked like a charm, no problems. but, let me add that results are not instant, it takes a day or so to really see an increase in milk production |
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Location: SW MO | We had to use a bunch of it one year ( Long story)
It works great
It only works to bring mare to her milk if fescue is the problem
It only helps with bring a mare to her milk not any other fesuce problems
Once you start giving it don't want to quit until the foal is born, You can cut the dosage in half if she comes to her milk before the foal is born
If she comes to her milk to soon she will drip all of her colsturm out.
It can work in 24 hrs or can sometimes take 3 or 4 days.
It will increase the amount of milk a mare has.
In other words it will bring a mare to her milk but not increase it if she only gives a little milk.
The year we had to give so much of it we had 2 mares that had a lot of milk but their milk wasn't any good |
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| I had to use it my first foaling experience. Zephyr had gone past day 370 with not much signs of being imminent. We put her on the Domperidone and just about two days later she went into labor. Boy was born immature with curly fur, barely a mane, between 5-6 hands tall, and floppy ears. Zephyr's milk did not come in for over 8 hours post foaling and that was with a lot of help. Victims of the fescue nasty. I still don't know how he lived, and thrived. |
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Location: Around here somewhere... | I read that the main issue with giving it too soon it that the mare may not have colostrum- I am prepared for that scenerio. |
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| My one broodmare used to bag up 2 days before, had one bag up the day of foaling, I have never used drugs to induce or let the milk down. All foals have been healthy and average size.
As in people we don't give the motillium until day 2 or 3 post delivery if they are having problems. |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | cheryl makofka - 2014-02-11 10:59 AM My one broodmare used to bag up 2 days before, had one bag up the day of foaling, I have never used drugs to induce or let the milk down. All foals have been healthy and average size. As in people we don't give the motillium until day 2 or 3 post delivery if they are having problems.
ditto to this. Most of our mares don't bag up a month in advance.
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| teehaha - 2014-02-11 12:09 PM
cheryl makofka - 2014-02-11 10:59 AM My one broodmare used to bag up 2 days before, had one bag up the day of foaling, I have never used drugs to induce or let the milk down. All foals have been healthy and average size. As in people we don't give the motillium until day 2 or 3 post delivery if they are having problems.
ditto to this. Most of our mares don't bag up a month in advance.
Agreed. Unless there is actually a problem I wouldn't start the domperidone. Several years ago I had a mare that went way past her due date. I'd have to double check but I think she was in the 380's range. That mare had not been fed properly when we got her at several months in foal. My vet took some placental measurements (I think that's what it was) to determine if there was something to be concerned about, such as fescue toxicity. Everything looked normal so we did not start her on domperidone. When that mare was ready to foal, she did, and she had plenty of milk.
I've got one that is about 35 days from foaling and she's not even thinking about making a bag. If you've got the colostrum on hand in case there's a problem, I'd wait and see what happens. Your mare will likely bag up on her own. If not, you've got the colostrum and can then start her on the domperidone.
Edited to add - I would guess that she'll carry long again. It might not be 370 days, but based on my experience with my mares, she will probably be close to that range. I have one that carries just short of a year. She might go a couple of days shorter, but she just carries long so I plan on it. Of course I keep an eye on her when she hits that 340 day range, but I really don't expect anything until she's in the 360 day range.
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| I wouldn't be concerned about it at all and would assume she might be 370 days again since she did so with her first pregnancy. Some mares have extra long pregnancies each and every time regardless of how many times they are bred. Out of curiosity, did she have a colt the first time? I think it's fairly common for mares to go longer when they are carrying a colt but not so long if they have a filly. |
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Location: Mountains of VA | runs4fun - 2014-02-11 4:15 PM I wouldn't be concerned about it at all and would assume she might be 370 days again since she did so with her first pregnancy. Some mares have extra long pregnancies each and every time regardless of how many times they are bred. Out of curiosity, did she have a colt the first time? I think it's fairly common for mares to go longer when they are carrying a colt but not so long if they have a filly.
I agree........I think people get so focused on due dates when the length of gestation can vary so much. If the mare is in good health and not on fescue, I would leave her alone. |
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Location: Around here somewhere... | No, she had a filly :) I won the betting pool on that one, gender, color, AND markings :) |
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