RE: [RC] Suggested interim between dental work and endurance ride - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM
Five to seven days before hauling/competing wouldn’t be a
bad idea, depending on how extensive the work needs to be. The sedation
drugs will be gone by the next weekend, and usually, the horses feel much
better right away after dentistry. I once went to a barn to euthanize a
horse that hadn’t eaten in ten days (I hadn’t been called until
then), saw the teeth were just awful, got her straightened out and she was
buried up to her ears in hay before I left the property. The owners told
me later she didn’t stop eating for a week. <g>
Anyway, the sedation drugs need a few days to clear the system,
but the stress of the procedure will usually be more than outweighed by having
a happier mouth. A week should be plenty. You can certainly ride her
at home the next day. If your vet leaves bute or antibiotics for her,
which I doubt, then she’ll need some time after finishing those drugs.
JMO.
Susan Garlinghouse, DVM
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Our endurance horses need floating. What is the optimal
interval between floating (sedation effects, etc.) and a ride so that the
horses are fully recovered and past any procedural stress before hauling and
competing?
I ask this question of this group rather than my vet as I do
question if a non-endurance vet understands what is required of these endurance
horses.
