is this banned???

banjo

hi all

i have a pacer in full racing work and have been told to feed him COLLOIDAL SILVER (by a animal physic - don't laugh). and i am trying to find out if it is swabable or not. any ideas??

ingredients include

99.98%fine silver suspended in purified water
or
filtered purified water, silver ions (16-20ppm.mg/l)

i can't see any reason why not but don't want to feed until i know.

please help..
vicki

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mudslide

Have no idea sorry, but slightly hijacking your thread here.
Can anyone tell me if Comfrey ( in the powdered form ) and Arnica give a positive swab at all?
Thanks

banjo

thats ok muddy...good luck. i emailed the vet for ascot racing and the only answer is "it should be ok but if in doubt don't feed seven days before racing" doh the horse is racing once a week...... so have emailed a few other vets and waiting for a response...

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mudslide

The good old 7 day routine, youd better just remember the dates
Have you got your licence already, and whos racing ( yep Im a nosey bugger lol )

sleeknstylish

Hi Banjo,
I am quite sure the silver is safe to use.
One of the original distibutors- also trained pacers- used it freely in the horses, as well as themselves.

Just call Judith or Peter on 9277 0759.

Mudslide,

I used an arnica based cream many years ago on a horse's knee, and was warned of possible positive readings, but i can not find any info to confirm that that is still the case. I do remember that particular cream worked very well on myself.
As with most 'natural' type remedies, I would assume you would need to use a heck of a lot of the product to get a reading.

banjo

i have'nt got my liecence to train so have my stable hand one and take my horse up to my trainer everyday and he traines him and teaches me. he is also his driver in races. its exciting. racing in kal on friday... yahoo. watchout for shock treatment race 7

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banjo

[quote=sleeknstylish;878195]Hi Banjo,
I am quite sure the silver is safe to use.
One of the original distibutors- also trained pacers- used it freely in the horses, as well as themselves.

Just call Judith or Peter on 9277 0759.

sleeknstylish is that peter symmons the vet, if so hes the one who said the comment in my above post about 7 days before racing...

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sleeknstylish

haha, don't you love it when they are supposed to be the experts and can't even tell you what is and what isn't swabbable?

If they don't know, who the heck should!

sleeknstylish

I hope your boy gets away safely from the stand ;-)

Good luck for Fri

Jez

Best of luck Banjo

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