[AlpacaTalk] Re: Low milk production
Allison,
I hadn't heard of using Domperidone before birth. I guess if you have
one that you know will not have enough milk. In this case, she's a
maiden and her dam had milk so we had no reason to suspect anything
other.
We started her on herbs about 4 weeks prior to her due date but she
dropped about 5 days early.
Thanks for the response! Another good piece of info for my birthing
book!
Liz
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> Hi List,
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> Domperidone can be started post partum.but in any case should be
started as
> soon as you see the need.the closer to parturition, the more
likely to
> bring in the milk quickly and fully. We have had occasion to use it
> once.and it does work.if you want to ensure a shy milker will bring
in full
> milk at birth.use Pollard's lactation herbs in the last 6 weeks or
so of
> pregnancy.maybe you won't need the Domperidone later!
>
>
>
> Allison
>
> New Moon Alpacas
>
> Santa Clara, CA
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> http://www.newmoona
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> From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
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> Behalf Of Heather Zeleny
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:27 AM
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Low milk production
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> My thoughts are to continue trying to bottle feed her. She's young
> enough that she'll take to it. We used to have a dam who had low
milk
> production and had to supplement all of her crias. One of her
daughters
> also had low production, but not as low as her dam, and all of her
> crias refused the bottle. I gave them ADEB12 paste weekly, and
although
> they were on the slim side compared to their pasturemates, they
grew up
> fine. After they started on hay and pellets, you'd never know their
mom
> had poor milk.
>
> The orange poop is probably due to rich milk. The straining and
> difficulty evacuating is something I notice a lot on many new
crias. It
> just takes them time to learn how to control everything! I wouldn't
> worry that the cria is under mom too much, if mom lets her nurse,
> that's a good thing!
>
> We also had a small cria born on Friday to a first time dam. She
was at
> 343 days gestation but cria's teeth weren't erupted and she only
> weighed 12.6 lbs. On Sunday, she weighed 12.2 lbs. While we
definitely
> don't want crias losing weight, especially ones who are so small
> starting out, it is not uncommon for babies to lose 5% of their
birth
> weight in the first week. So we're keeping a close eye on her and
we'll
> weigh her again daily to track. If she continues to lose, we'll
start
> bottle feeding her, too. Otherwise, she looks great (MRG female!)
and
> is already running around with the rest of the crias, who are all 2-
3
> times her size! You say your girl isn't thriving, is she lethargic
and
> dull? Babies often do sleep a whole lot for the first couple of
weeks.
>
> I don't have experience with Domperidone, but I think I've read
that it
> needs to be started a month or two before delivery? That may be
totally
> incorrect so hopefully someone with first-hand knowledge will
report.
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Zeleny
> White Lotus Alpacas
> Creswell, OR
>
> 541.895.0964
>
> Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
> http://www.whitelot
> http://tech.
>
> On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:16 AM, turkeycreekalpacas wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We had a cria born on Thursday about noon who just isn't thriving.
> > This was a first cria for the dam and took a little while to drop
her
> > milk (a few hours) - not surprising. She did appear to have
colostrum
> > and adequate milk when it arrived. However, the cria is not
gaining
> > weight. She was not a premie but on the smaller side - 13.2# and
as
> > of last night (day 4) is up to 13.8# - no gain at all during this
> > day. She's not active like she should be and spends much more time
> > than she should under mom. The dam's milk now seems to be
lessening
> > and very warm so I'm wondering if it's mastitus .. ?
> >
> > We do give our crias Ecolizer+C and have not had problems with
> > diarrhea since we started using it a few years back. However, this
> > little girl seems constipated and when she does evacuate her
bowel,
> > it's very liquidy and orange. I have not seen this before - any
> > thoughts on this? We started supplementing her yesterday with
whole
> > milk and yogurt but she is not a willing subject! Others I've had
to
> > supplement were a bit more willing to take it (on the hungry
side) so
> > I'm a bit puzzled with this one.
> >
> > I will be calling the vet as soon as their office opens this AM
and
> > am going to track down some Domperidone.
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. My vet is
wonderful
> > and has been working with our farm for 7 years but I would not
> > consider him a "camelid specialist" by any means and generally do
our
> > best to have suggestions ready when problems arise. The alpaca
groups
> > have been a huge help!
> >
> > Thanks, Liz Clark, Turkey Creek Alpacs, northern Indiana
> > turkeycreek@
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