Sedalin and vetting (sorry a bit long)

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Hi,
My new horse arrived yesterday (after having a full vetting) and although I appreciate that he is in a new yard etc when my trainer rode him today he was wild! - took two people to hold him just so she could get on. Whilst he was quite sharp when I tried him, he was generally well behaved. My question is does anyone know how long it would take for a sedalin type sedative to not show in a blood test? ie would it be too late now to test if he had been under the influence. Also I was expecting him not to have front shoes on as I had request x-rays of his front feet but when he arrived both shoes were still on - is it possible to do x-rays front feet without removing the shoes.
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Yes, you can do xrays of front feet with shoes on. I have a set from when my mare was xrayed for a foot imbalance and all the shoes and nails are there to see.
 
Zulu is correct, nails look really prominent on x-rays. It's MRI that you have to remove shoes for as it reacts to metal.

Regarding Sedalin, that would be long gone out of the system I think. As I understand it, the blood test is more for things like bute that might have masked a lameness issue.
 
I'm not really sure I understand your question sorry. Did the vet take a blood sample when the horse had the full vetting? Normally the vet gives the purchaser a sample as well in a tube to keep in their fridge, and my understanding of this process is that it is viable for testing for durgs for up to a week. Any sedative should show in this sample. If the vet did not take a blood sample at the time of vetting then if he were to take a sample of your horses blood from your horse now it would be out of his system for definite. If you requested xrays you or your vet should have these, and presumably the vet took the xrays himself, ie it wasn't the vendors vet that took the xrays. You really need to speak to your vet and ask the questions you have.
 
He may just be very stressed after moving from his previous home, let him settle and give him some calmer eg Naf Magic it worked for a new horse we had couldn't get her in the stable to start with after a few days everything slowly got better.
 
Hi,
It might just be all new to him and his defences are up..when he gets to know you and his new suroundings he will hopefully relax and be more settled, some horses can move homes/owners without stress but to some it is quite stressfull and turns them into 'temporary'demons!!
 
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