Anti-windsuck collars - which one?

I have a major windsucker/crib biter- I dont use a collar. I have electric fencing with only a few places he can bite on (and he does) He gets a tummy calmer supplement. This winter he will have a shelter with a metal gate instead of a stable- damage limitation!

When he was on a yard as opposed to my own rented private yard and had to be stopped his door was painted with Cribbox which stopped him biting the door but he could still suck on his feed manger inside where it didnt bother anyone else- could painting your door be an option?
 
I had a mare that cribbed and wind sucked
I bought her with the habit. I didn't like the thought of the collar so went without
She colicked so frequently that in the end the vets taught me how To assess the severity and treat her myself with fynadine.
I had her scoped by the top ulcer vet and She was clear.
I then bought her a miracle collar which stopped the cribbing and she never had colic again
 
I got a load of grief from next door stable when i moved my mare who only windsucks after food so YO asked me to get a collar. I bought a leather miracle collar but have never used it. I am willing to sell it to you for £20 if you want it. Its brand new I just havent got the box any more.
 
i also have a horse who windsucks and use a half drainpipe over the door so she cant get a grip on it. if she really wants to windsuck she can use her manger which is at the back of the stable , i have never used any sort of coller on her and never will as i think hers is mainly stress related and i try to keep her as calm as poss. i also wonder about the yard as its quite unusual to have lots of cribbiters/windsuckers in one yard. how long has your horse been there?

i have also found that my horse cannot have mints as treats as it makes her worse, just an idea, are mints used at your yard? maybe someone is going and giving the horses treats and this is making your boy worse...
 
Dizzle said:
Could you point me in the direction of this study please as it appears to contradict all advise that I have previously been given on the subject.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21039797

fburton said:
Yes, but the higher incidence of colic in windsuckers doesn't mean that windsucking is causing the colic, does it?
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I didn't say it does mean that. Statiscally, more windsuckers colic than non-windsuckers. Certainly doesn't mean that windsucking causes colic. Ergo, if your horse is windsucking, it's more likely to colic, so you'd want to get to the root of why it's happening. :)
 
AMH said:
I didn't say it does mean that. Statiscally, more windsuckers colic than non-windsuckers. Certainly doesn't mean that windsucking causes colic. Ergo, if your horse is windsucking, it's more likely to colic, so you'd want to get to the root of why it's happening. :)
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Fair enough! Apologies for misinterpreting what you wrote. You seemed to be implying that stopping a horse windsucking (by any means) would make it less likely to colic. It was your writing "Because..." that misled me.

So what are your views on the use of collars to stop windsucking?
 
fburton said:
Fair enough! Apologies for misinterpreting what you wrote. You seemed to be implying that stopping a horse windsucking (by any means) would make it less likely to colic. It was your writing "Because..." that misled me.

So what are your views on the use of collars to stop windsucking?
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Sorry - that's me not thinking through what I've written!

I've only seen a collar used once - gave the horse massive sores and didn't stop it windsucking. So in my (extremely limited) experience, they don't work! I seem to remember either hearing or reading somewhere that windsucking becomes an addictive behaviour for horses, and that to prevent them once it's established can be stressful, which I suppose could exacerbate any ulcers they might already have.
 
I've got a miracle collar kicking about my yard - its lost one rivet but still perfectly usable. I'd ask £10 for it + postage, PM me if you want it or else it'll go on Ebay. Was only used about 5 times as personally I didnt like it, the mare I used it on was so miserable in it!
 
DaffyAppy said:
Instruments of torture - I'd move my horse. Sorry if that offends but I have a cribber and he is who he is.
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Agreed, I tried said instrument of torture on my horse for 1 week and it was awful and made him chew wood, box walk and be slightly deranged, never again :(
 
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