He cribs when I leave him...

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My 15year old Welsh D cribs when I leave him in the field. He's had a history of slight cribbing, but it was ruled out that nothing was wrong with him. However, he doesn't crib all the time. I'll turn him out, he'll have a little fuss with either me or the other horses and as I walk away or go out of sight, he'll crib for about 2minutes, then continue to graze. He never cribs anywhere else and has just started again after around 6months of not cribbing. His health hasn't been affected, he's 100% the same. Has anyone else had a similar experience?:confused::confused:
 
Do you give him a treat just before you leave? The reason I ask is I know of a horse that cribbed after he was fed any sweet food - like polos or carrots - but only for a short time (thank goodness - obviously he's on a no-treat regime now). Just a thought.
 
agree with fburton, tasty treats often seem to start an episode.

another thing to try is giving him a small feed of hay before turning out, works wonders sometimes.
 
fburton said:
Do you give him a treat just before you leave? The reason I ask is I know of a horse that cribbed after he was fed any sweet food - like polos or carrots - but only for a short time (thank goodness - obviously he's on a no-treat regime now). Just a thought.
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I give him a treat a few minutes before. After i've groomed him and just before I turm him out. We have a strict no food in field rule at the yard. I'll try taking the treats out now though.
 
If you give him a treat, whether it be sweets or carrots that will make him crib for a few mins, as will feed. I have a cribber who is the same, if they were human they would be smokers and this would be their cigarette lol! He never does it all the time, never affected teeth or health, however damage to posts/rails is a whole other thing so for this reason alone he now wheres a miracle collar - he never cribs with this on. I wouldn't worry if I were you, it's only a problem when they do it so much that they then don't eat and drop condition in a big way.
 
the one we had like this would crib after a feed in the evening, so i put a good handful of the feed on top of the hay on the floor, so he went straight to the hay after finishing the bucket, looking for the feed and it solved the prob as he searched for the feed in the hay, and then started to eat the hay.

i would try just a small slice before turning out, he could be lacking in fibre, i would try some time before turning out, and keep him occupied as soon as he has finished the hay and experiment with the time scale and amount of hay
 
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