Anyone have direct experience of using Dormosedan

[BigRed]

I was sold a horse as being good to shoe, unfortunately this was (yet another) big fat lie and she is very difficult to shoe, especially behind. I have worked hard to improve the handling of her feet and we can shoe her in front with Sedalin, however she will not allow the farrier to tap her hind feet with the hammer and just flicks him away.

I have already had the hinds done once with IV sedation, which worked, but it's so expensive, and you also have to rely on the vet and farrier arriving at the same time. My vet has suggested I use Dormosedan, which is a gel in a tube, but I understand you have to be very accurate and get it under their tongue, or it doesn't work.

Has anyone used it - and did it work better than Sedalin ?

 

[oscarwild]

Yeah I have used it on my last horse the day he was pts.
He was given a tube of sedalin before the vet came out to put him to sleep. When vet arrived he was still very aware of everything. (Horse was a nightmare getting needles in is vein so we had to use the gels so we could kind of sedate him to give him a needle in the vein.) Vet went into stable and we couldnt get access to the vein so he gave him dormosedan gel. Worked a treat and we got the rest of the process done without any problems. Definetly the best oral gel sedative I have found to work. They never really worked on my previous horse but that one certainly did.

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Yes, like you, I was sold a 'good to shoe' horse who was anything but. I had a vet to sedate too but then moved on to Dormosedan with the vet present incase of a problem.
It was really effective and after the first time, was able to sedate without a vet present. I also gave her bute the evening before and again in the morning before she was shod, incase it was an element of pain/discomfort.
Sedalin had made her even more unpredictable and dangerous. She had injured 2 farriers, including a broken bone on one farriers foot.
What really helped was taking her back shoes off, although I didn't think she'd manage without them, but incredibly, she has tough hoofs and is absolutely fine.
Its taken a year, but her last three shoeings have been without any sedation and she no longer goes into melt down, but stands perfectly still.

 

[loopylucifer]

Have used it several times been very effective not actualy that hard to give. Doesn't seem to last quite as long as IV stuff but good for stuff that doesn't take too long

 

[Tiaki]

Rather than sedating, why not take the shoes off? You could either leave them off or do some work with her to build up confidence etc then have the farrier put shoes back on if needed.

xxx

 

[BigRed]

Barefoot is not an option, but thank you for your suggestion. I can assure you that just about everything I do with this damn horse is catered around trying to build her confidence, though some days I wonder why I waste my time/money and effort on her.

 

[star]

it's called Domosedan gel. you have to put it under the tongue as it's absorbed over the mucous membranes, not by swallowing it. it works better than Sedalin but not as good as Domo/Torb IV. I found it took about an hour to work and then was enough for the dentist to do my very dentist shy horse with no probs.

 

[wellsat]

I'm sure its a great product but be sure you can get it under their tongue. I'd try with something else first to see if they let you do it. There was no way Gerry was letting me put anything under his tongue. Wherever I managed to smear it amid his flapping it clearly didn't work as he wasn't in the slightest bit sedated.