Demosedan Gel

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anyone used this for clipping, for the first time i think i am going to have to get my horse clipped, he hates clippers and so far i have managed to stop a winter coat by rugging up but this year he has gone hairy:mad:
he is not good with vets & i know sedlin gel won't make any difference to him whatsoever so this would be my only shot but is it good and will it last long enough to do a blanket or full clip?
 
thanks, might give it a go, way to check long range weather forecast first though, no point in scalping him for it to snow and then be out of work for 3 months again
 
Didn't touch my tb! He injured himself and I had to clean it up myself over the weekend, so he left me some, saying it should have more of an effect than sedalin on him! It didn't!The only way I can sedate him is iv! Expensive stuff too!!
 
If IV drugs work for your horse, then dermosedan will, as it is the same product. It is nothing like sedalin. Dermosedan ONLY works if it is delivered under the tongue, if you shoot it into their mouth like a wormer, it simply will not work. So it's a waste of money, as it is expensive.

I used it on a horse who tried to kick the crap out of my farrier. Within 15 mins she was standing with her head on the floor. She stayed dopey for a couple of hours. A 16.2 horse will need the whole tube, and as it's like IV sedation, you need to take away their hay, or they risk choking.
 
well, if someone poked their arm up my bum, I think I'd snap out of it. The box does say that if you try doing something painful, that the horse won't stay quiet. They are also meant to start off quiet and calm.
 
Dermosedan worked very well on my horse. She used to need two lots of IV sedation with the vet still hanging on to her while being shod. The Dermosedan worked really well and keep her sedated for longer than the IV. I've waited up to three hours for her to be alert enough to be turned out or given hay.
It seemed much less stressful for her and after two shoeings with Dermosedan gel, she is now shod without any sedation and stands still without being held or tied up.
Definate thumbs up from me.
 
I used dormosedan for the first time on a cob who was terrified of clippers a month ago. Kept him quiet in stable no hay for an hour beforehand then put the gel under his tongue which was not too hard. Popped him back in the stable for another quiet 50 minutes and he became very dopey. We clipped using two of us one either side and he was ok for his body once I had put wads of cotton wool in his ears. However, they are not completely under like IV so they can snap out of it very quickly. My cob would absolutely not let us do his ears and his front pasterns were tricky as he struck out suddenly without warning when we got there. He broke one set of clippers doing this as my friend didn't move out of the way quick enough. I would still take as many precautions as usual with a tricky horse eg wear jockey skull and steel toe cap boots if poss plus stand safely to one side at all times. I would use again but under no illusions that the horse can override it and take his feet off the floor if he is very stressed. Interestingly I wormed the cob 3 weeks later and he objected massively to the syringe although he had been fine to give the dormosedan to. Maybe he remembered?
 
We managed to have our warmbloods teeth done by the dentist using it. He used power tools too.

And this on a horse which will not let a vet in the stable. My vet has to bring 3 metres of tube with a needle on the end to give her annual injections. The last time she had to be sedated to take some stitches out the vet gave up after about 1 hour and had her backed into a corner and stuck enough sedative in her bum through the bars to drop an elephant.

So I was very very impressed.
 
I have used it on a range of horses and i must say all with different effects. One that is dangerous to shoe, had ner head so far on the floor the farrier had a job lifting her feet up!
Once on a mare who was lethal to clip and it didn't make any difference at all. Also used it on a gelding who was very nervous to clip. It didn't look like it made a difference but he stood there and let me clip him, which is something which was unheard of before.
So do i rate it???? Yes i would always go for it now over sedalin and i think 9 times out of 10 it's worth the money
Or maybe i will go back on my word when i attempt to clip a dangerous 3 yr old at the weekend that i will be giving it too!!
 
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