To all those clipping - please be careful.....

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Marnie

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The owner of the yard where I keep my mare (who is also a very good friend) was clipping my mare under sedation yesterday when my mare kicked out and caught her in the face. She is pretty badly concussed, got a broken eye socket and a possible small bleed on the brain.

So, just to say to all those clipping, please be careful, and don't rely on sedation.
 
oh dear thats awful hope she is better soon. just out of curiosity was it sedalin she used for the sedation? i'm curious as we have stopped using it as for clipping have found that it is not good enough and if a horse wants to fight out of their sedated state they can hence you could be clipping away and next thing horse just explodes which is dangerous in that they are slightly incapacitated from the sedalin but have enough in them to kick etc. the most worrying thing in that situation is they can fall quite easily. hope she gets well soon
 
Hi

Just a thought to add on this,

There is a general consensus that when horses are under sedation they are more likely to kick than when they arent, apparently its due to them not knowing what they are doing, we had a dreadful experience with my boy and luckily the person clipping did not get too hurt but the vet was there at the time and she said its very common in horses when they are sedated, my experience was wild as he ended up having to be knocked out on the ground!

Bit extreme for just clipping in my idea but safety of the person clipping was very impt! The horse was in no way worse off after his ordeal but lets just say he will be well rugged next winter...

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Thats awful. Something similar happened to a lady round thisd way but she wasnt clipping and the horse wasnt sedated.

Hope she recovers well. x
 
Thats awful to hear. Hope she will be ok!

I always sedate with my vet there, hes a friend too and so is happy to monitor him to see if he is waking or not.

My tip is to always start with the back end first if you ahve to sedate - that way, you do the most "dangerous bit" whilst they are most asleep! Hope that makes sense!!
 
Bit more info....

My horse has been clipped under full sedation (i.e. IV by the vet) a number of times, and the amount used has been recorded. What is really rather upsetting is that she had been nearly all clipped at the end of last week without sedation (we have been working with her since I have had her to get her to this stage), but we needed to do her legs due to feather mite and mud fever which is why we got the vet to sedate her yesterday morning.

The YO / friend has been transferred to a London hospital where she will be having surgey to pin her cheekbone and eye socket back together in a day or two when the swelling has gone down.

Thank you for all the messages, I will pass the 'healing vibes' on.
 
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