Magnetic Sparrow
Well-Known Member
I'm looking for some advice or similar experiences, please.
A friend of mine has a five month old colt foal, not yet weaned or cut, kept out with his dam and another mare and colt. To her horror she has noticed him cribbing on the fence posts of the field. The cribbing colt seems (at least to me) to have had an idyllic life and hasn't even started to get hard feed yet - too much grass.
Putting Cribox on the fence posts seems to stop the cribbing for now, but that's not addressing the cause of this behaviour. Can anyone share ideas or their own experiences that might help us, please?
PS Definitely cribbing not wood-chewing, promise.
A friend of mine has a five month old colt foal, not yet weaned or cut, kept out with his dam and another mare and colt. To her horror she has noticed him cribbing on the fence posts of the field. The cribbing colt seems (at least to me) to have had an idyllic life and hasn't even started to get hard feed yet - too much grass.
Putting Cribox on the fence posts seems to stop the cribbing for now, but that's not addressing the cause of this behaviour. Can anyone share ideas or their own experiences that might help us, please?
PS Definitely cribbing not wood-chewing, promise.