Crib Biters & Turnout

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My 3yr old crib bites.

Ours haven't turned out 24/7 yet but I imagine she'll go through that routine in the new field of finding a favoured post. Now, she has a "miracle collar" on and she finds it near impossible to crib with it on. However, I would like her to go out without it on as it's starting to rub fur.

I've thought about a grazing muzzle but don't want to restrict her intake so its not an option then thought about turning her out with some sort of flash noseband on so she can still graze normally but not open her mouth enough to grip onto a post??

Does anybody have a solution? Leaving her alone to do it is not an option and i'm not asking for anyones opinion on how they think she should be managed - I get enough of that from other liveries!! :D
 
Ditto amymay, we have one who can still do it with a miracle collar on and it's on pretty tight :(

We have wire leccy fencing, and a strand across in front of the gate and a triangle near the top of the straining posts to stop him as he is relentless honestly he will do it on anything he can reach :(
 
Why does she crib ? Sort out why she cribs and the cribbing will prob stop. If you search cribbing there are pages and pages of suggestions and ....opinions , of course ! Good Luck !
 
As per last poster - what's the reason for the cribbing? If plenty of grass and stimulation then really she shouldn't crib but I echo the electric fencing if you can. Otherwise, get some manure, put in a bucket, add water and 'paint' it on the fencing. The bad taste generally puts them off biting the fence!
 
Burn the collar, they are nasty things. Electric tape along the top of the fence and have a 'sacrifice rail' to make a cribbing station somewhere in the field.
 
What Faracat said.

Having grass etc doesn't mean they stop, you'd hope it would reduce it but I had an avid cribber on loan and he still did it a lot. I left him to it as no signs of it causing him any trouble, but I did spray anti chew stuff on the rails I didn't want chewed, and sacrifice one or two others.
 
I should add, that it might be worth talking to your Vet about giving the horse a course of gastroguard. Ulcers and cribbing are linked, but ulcers aren't caused by cribbing, the horse will crib to settle it's tummy which is uncomfortable/painful due to the ulcers.

I know a horse that reduced it's cribbing to almost nothing after being treated with GG.
 
Op didn't ask for opinions on the collars or her use of one and stated that in the original post, ours doesn't crib if he as nothing to crib on and in the field with the leccy fence set up we have he can have his collar off and graze and play, he gets the collar put back on in the stable and yes he does try with the collar on but gives up eventually and just eats.

None of ours have copied him nor the other TB we had before that was a cribber. He didn't have a collar on for about four weeks after he broke the other one by standing on it, and the weight he dropped was terrible despite adlib hay and three hi fibre and oil and calorie feeds per day, when the collar went back inthe weight has crept back on.
 
The OP is more than welcome to ignore my posts.

Sadly, my TB was a cribber that suffered from ulcers and despite treatment with gastroguard she ended up colicing from a hemorrhaging ulcer and had to be PTS.

So IMO sticking a collar on to stop the behaviour, rather than treating the possible cause seems nuts.

Of course not all cribbers have ulcers, and not all non-cribbers are ulcer free.

I would never use a collar or a grazing muzzle to stop cribbing with any horse that I own. Other people can disagree with me and do what they feel is best for their horses.
 
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