Sedalin questions......

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Pony is having Sedalin prior to his trim tomorrow.

He does not like having stuff syringed so was going to give it him on a handful chaff, I know it works best on an empty stomach so wasn't going to give him more than this food wise.

Is it quite palatable? Don't want him just spitting it out ;-)

Was going to give him four notches worth an hour before farrier due, we are doing him by field this time and he can stop in field until farrier arrives. This is where he's most relaxed so he shouldn't get wound up at all.

After visit he'll go straight back out but I'll stop up there for a bit to keep an eye on him and then keep popping back to check on him.

Just hoping it works for him!

Have I forgotten anything?
 
According to all the horses I've had, Sedalin tastes AWFUL!! Therefore I wouldn't risk giving it to yours in chaff as unless you're lucky I think you'll end up wearing it!! Four notches will whizz in his mouth quickly so if at all possible I would go for it & syringe him!! :D
I used to do that for a mare I had & eventually I only had to put the syringe in her mouth & she thought she was sedated!! I didn't tell her or the farrier that she'd had nothing but a sniff of it!! Lol!
Sounds like you've planned well - all as calm as it can be! Good luck!
 
We were told by the vet the most effective way to use sedalin is to rub it into the gums or put under their tongue, it workrd well when our pony was on a long period of box rest.
 
Mine ate Sedalin in her feed - she had it most days hand walking & I wasn't picking a fight with an already rearing horse! She eats wormers in her tea aswell!
 
Mine would eat it with sugar beet.

It did help a little, but the horse was still 'edgy' (also tried it for clipping).

The following year I had him sedated by the vets and was so much easier, so followed that route for future clips.
 
Syringe it if you can. I have also administered it by cutting an apple in to quarters, shoving a screwdriver down in to one of the sections (lengthwise) then filling the resulting hole with sedalin
 
Supertrooper said:
Have you all found it fairly effective?
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No, sorry. My tiny fuzzy (33ins) has had a whole tube when quiet and relaxed, vet arrived 40 mins later, and still needed iv sedation. She happily sucks anything in a syringe but is a terrified monster to have her teeth done.

it doesn't touch CFs sides either.

That said, half a syringe for a 15.2 to clip, was fine :)
 
Domesdan gel has a better reputation - you would have to get a vet prescription, but it does need to be syringed under the tongue, so doubt it could be fed.
 
I have used Domesdan gel it is very good stuff. I found it easier to grab tongue and pop it underneath, rather than down the throut as with sedalin. Domesdan will not work if put down throut and it ends up in stomach, it has to dissolve under the tongue it also seems much stronger than sedalin.
 
You could probably get away with an amount that small in a feed if you cover the taste with something sweet (apple juice/honey etc) my mare had to have 1ml twice a day while she had laminitis and she's a horror with syringes so had to hide it in her feed!

But to be honest, sedalin isn't that effective as sedation goes. She had an entire tube the day her bonded partner left the yard and still managed to thrash around her stable all day long :(
 
Thanks for all your advice, things didn't start off well when he decided that me wearing my head torch was too much so he couldn't come near me, anyway caught him in the end and then he wouldn't let me syringe it into him so ended up hand feeding it to him in chaff, he was quite unsure but ate it in the end!

Then left him just to graze quietly for an hour and although I thought he looked a bit sluggish I may have been imagining it. Brought him out of field to clean his feet up a bit and he nearly fell over so it was definitely doing something.

He was 90% better, we got all four trimmed and although he thought about being a twit he stopped messing quickly and was much much more relaxed about it all. It only took ten mins to do him rather than the normal 1/2hr.

So we'll do the same in eight weeks but will try him with it in an apple or a jam sandwich next time :-)
 
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