Hello,
with the season rise I know I need to start Chicy back on pergolide. She has been off it for 3 months. I took her off 30 days before 320 days so she could produce milk. She baked her baby 360 days. Pep is 1 month old today. Too young to wean. 

I did discussed going back on pergolide with the repro vet snd she told me to put Chicy back on pergolide any time with no concern about her not lactating. She said the concern is for a pregnant mare to produce milk at foaling time. If a mare is already lactating they can be put on pergolide and will continue to produce milk for the baby.  Do you agree with this statement?

I have purchased milk replacer and foal creep feed. I am fixing up a place for creep feeding and will have ready tomorrow. Will only use the milk replacer powder if Chicy dries up. But will start the foal pellets tomorrow to get him used to eating in the creep feed area we are building tomorrow. Would like to start her on pergolide tomorrow as well  

I asked the repro vet if for some reason Chicy lost her milk if I could leave Pep with her. She said no because she would reject him because he would try to nurse and it would cause her pain snd would no
longer tolerate him being with her so I should separate her. I spoke to a breeder friend of mine and he disagreed. Said leave him with mom and allow him to creep feed milk replacer snd eat foal pellets and Chicy would allow him to share her hay snd still be his mom since they have a bond  

I want to be prepared. Just need more information as we cross this milestone. If you feel she will dry up how long do you think it will take for that to happen?

Thanks again as we forge forward. 
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Janet and Chicy
Chester SC
09/17/2021
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Janet%20and%20Chicy
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=268334

An added notation. I had wanted to test her bloodwork before putting her on pergolide. she was just trimmed this Monday  (my trimmer did not want to trim her with her foal for some reason) and her feet were in bad shape. She developed white line disease snd thrush while At the hospital for 8 weeks and the stuff they put on her feet dried them out snd the walls just broke off.   My new trimmer came Monday and removed more and thinks he got it all - he follows Pete Ramey and I have hopes he will take good care of her. She is sore footed after the trim as I expected she would be after all she has been through so I put her back in boots on all 4s for the time being. So I am not sure if she is just sore footed from trim or having reaction to season rise. I wanted to do bloodwork before starting pergolide as a frame of reference but did not want yo do bloodwork so quick after this trim since she appears to have some pain after the trim. Was hoping she would be better a week after trim, pull blood and start her on pergolide the same day.

-- Janet and Chicy
Chester SC
09/17/2021
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Janet%20and%20Chicy
https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=268334

Hi Janet, happy to hear that things are going well. Please give mama and baby a chance to be together - hoping for happy horses.
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- Frances C.
December 2017, Washington & California
Case history: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/files/Frances%20and%20Phoenix
Phoenix's Photo Album: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=12382