buying a horse that windsucks/ cribs- would you?

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Hi,

Ive have had a horse on trial for a fews weeks.
Nice horse fab breeding great big jump, free schooling over 1.40m but only problem is she wind sucks/ cribs.

For the first 3 weeks she was fab but then one day she was really nappy and started rearing and was resistant to leg pressure. she kept trying to bite my foot and was girthy to saddle up. never put ears back just not happy/comfortable.

A couple of days before she sarted rearing she was in season and was fine- really easy.
shes been in season twice in last 5 weeks? is that normal?

Gave 10days off and rode last night-reared up when got on. kicked her on and then she reversed and reared into a ditch. wasnt happy with leg going on and nappy.

was skinny when got her but now look heathier and a nice shine and body condition.
She had rain scald as was out all winter.
She had a nice attitude up until this rearing. Shes six and all ive been doing is hacking walk and trot and one session of jumping (loose).


Teeth back ok.
Fed oats, balance and alfa a, red cell, salt.

I really like her but not sure if maybe
1. ulcers
2.hormones

dont know what tp do as have to make up my mind about her asap.

If anyone had a windsucker/cribber who has ulcers and did they heal up with gastroguard etc?
thanks
 
Was she fed that diet before?

Sounds ulcery to me, especially as she's on cereals, why do you feed them out of interest?

Would I buy a horse that cribs? Yes, I did! If he'd had a for sale advert I wouldn't have been to see him, but he didn't he was meant to be a bit of fun to ride but I got to know him and bought him for myself, cribbing is a pain but it's not the end of the world, I worry more for him than about the cribbing.
 
she was just fed hayledge as only over from ireland in septemeber.
Feed oats as dont believe in mixes etc, its good value for money and i feed chaff and a balancer.
oats really arent that scary! my selle francais thrives on them!

thanks
 
Oh no, from a 'heating' respect I don't believe oats are 'scary' at all, but as the owner of a horse that cribs with 'suspect' ulcers cereals turn him EVIL, when he was on cereals it would take two people to rug him up as he was trying to kill you for touching his sides.

High fibre diet for potentially stressy tummys, I too don't waste money on mixes but have got the weight on my tb and kept it on without feeding any cereals.
 
Windsucks / cribs - yes. Have known a few very talented Horses with these traits.
Rears - no

Just my thoughts though. Rearing can be very very dangerous. I know two people (both very good competitive riders) who have been badly injured by rearing Horses.
 
so what of the talented horses who did what did they do and did it ever affect their performance?

Rears are not big- no excuse i know however i have ridden far worse and know when ive met my match.

Anyone??
 
yes, I would and have bought a windsucker - although a pain, it's not what killed him.
as to your mare, I would be investigating ulcers, although I see you decided to breed from her now :)
 
lol yes m! she has such great breeding that is the plan in a couple of years!
Will have to speak to my vet about this before the vetting just thought i could get more info before i go to him with it.
thanks
 
Hi , ditto previous ... mine had ulcers and once treated she was/is fine . I have all mine on Dengie Hi-Fi and shredded sugarbeet and they are all fine ,oh and pink powder and they are all up to weight and satisfied as the feed stays in their digestive system longer so none of that stomach acid working on digestive system only on food . As far as Im concerned windsuckers/cribbers/weavers can all be sorted out and become happy comfortable beasties.
 
thanks bj666!
yeah i think just treatment and management is prob key really just have no experience of either ulcers or cribbers etc!
what was ur treatment? gastroguard?so so expensive i hear 300£ for one month- arghhhh!
 
I had gastroguard for 6 weeks and then a digestive supplement and high fibre diet. Interestingly, he did rather well on oats, just made sure it was soaked whole oats.

ETS - I had the additional complication of him being intolerant to lucerne/alfalfa, which is supposed to be very good for ulcer horses.
 
My tb (a former hatrack) is fed readygrass (short chop fast dried grass, also called Graze-On, just grass etc), pony nuts and sunflower oil, plus adlib hay more than he could ever eat over night. I can also add in spedibeet if I need weight gain but I've not for the last year.

Might now work for all horses but it's been a 'wow' diet for him, everyone is always amazed at how little hard feed he gets!
 
I was fortunate in that the NAF Ulsereze ( I think its called ) worked , also I have a great accupuncture lady and herbalist and it worked out quite cheap ! Shop around , someone has said about Rennies but Id stay clear of people cures as horse system isnt the same as humans .
 
The windsuckers / cribbers I mentioned - no it didn't affect them. All were scoped for ulcers with no signs.

My thoughts were I assumed the Horse was on trial to buy. If you can overlook and work with the issues then barter on the price. I definately agree on checking for ulcers. I know someone whose Horse had them and Gastroguard alongside a change in management (Forage diet and out 24/7) worked wonders.
 
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