Sedation, how long does it take to wear off?

[Coffee_Bean]

My mare was sedated this morning when she had her teeth done, she was completely *cough* stoned (funniest thing I've ever seen though

) for about 40 minutes, but my friend reckoned she still looked a little mellow this evening, about 5 hours later. She is having a day off tomorrow, but is it usual for it to take a while to completely wear off?

 

[dwi]

What was she sedated with?

 

[Coffee_Bean]

I don't know vet did it and didn't tell me

 

[Abbeygale]

I think, a bit the same as people, some horses seem to come around quicker than others. I have know be sedated quite heavily to have wolf teeth out and yet come around quite quickly - where as my old boy (lovely, but slightly dozy that he was!!! LOL) took ages to come around.

 

[joshesmum]

My horse usually takes an hour and a half to 2 hrs to come round mind you he has enough to knock out an elephant lol

 

[hadfos]

Have to have mine sedated for teeth

,it normally takes him a morn or afternoon to come around completely,usually bit quiet but then i would be too,lol!!!Got the joy next tues,bugger gonna have mane pulled while he not with it aswell,cruel mum eh

,pmsl,makes my life easier once a yr!!

 

[Coffee_Bean]

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Have to have mine sedated for teeth

,it normally takes him a morn or afternoon to come around completely,usually bit quiet but then i would be too,lol!!!Got the joy next tues,bugger gonna have mane pulled while he not with it aswell,cruel mum eh

,pmsl,makes my life easier once a yr!!

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Luckily mine was really good, shame nobody with clippers was on the yard lol! Bless her, it was so funny though!

 

[Hemirjtm]

He was fine after about 30 mins and fully about 2hrs (trotting/cantering..etc!!)

 

[hadfos]

LOL!!!Mine good to be stabbed with needles,lmao

,just the mane pulling,can do it just easier if he knocked out,lol!!!

 

[IsabelleJ]

One on our yard who was sedated for teeth looked completely stoned for the rest of the day!

Very amusing!

Isabelle

 

[Happytohack]

All horses react differently to sedation. Both my big ones have been sedated for different reasons, but one came out of it very quickly and the other one was very subdued and quiet all day. A friend's horse went loopy on ACP - so they all react very differently.

 

[vanessahook]

They definitely all react differently. My girl is very anti social so she hates being sedated and you can see her trying desperately to fight it off! She comes round very quickly and usually before i have finished clipping!!!