Shoeing A Horse With Shivers

[Kails]

Hi, my 13 year old ID x TB was recently diagnosed as having shivers. Its gotten to the stage where my farrier can no longer shoe him on the back for fear of him falling and hurting himself as well as the farrier.

Over the winter he was only shod on the front, but now he's working a lot more and his back feet are starting to crumble and he's feeling them a bit sore.

When my gorgeous 8 month old colt was gelded last week I was given Sedalin, and after reading a few threads of Sedaling being used to clip and transport horses, I was wondering if it might help make him easier to shoe instead of a full sedation . I plan on visiting my vet in the morning, but just wanted to guage opinion amongst you guys first. Any ideas? Also any other ideas or hints would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

 

[brucea]

Try shoeing him on grass, or other similarly yielding surface.

Sedalin is not a favourity thing of mine - false impression of safety, as the horse can go in and out and startle.

Why shoe the colt? His feet are the best they will ever be.

 

[Kails]

Sorry I should have made that clearer. I was getting my colt gelded, not shod, and the vet gave me some Sedalin to calm him before giving him the Ketamine to put him out. He only had 2mls, so when i had plenty of gel left the thought popped into my head. Could I give my older horse this to calm him enough? His event season is due to start and like i said, bit worried about his feet!

Thanks for your opinion, greatly received!