Help we were sold a crib-biter!

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other horses can pick up crib biting we had one on the yard and i noticed some of the others starting to show signs of it too. I personally wouldn't touch a cribber for one thing because they can cause quite alot of destruction to doors and fence posts etc and also they can have more serious problems related to the cribbing

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No, they can't, I had a youngster who cribbed on fences, neither of the other youngsters picked it up.

It CAN cause colic type problems but only in the most severe cases and coupled with windsucking. There are several top competition horses who crib
 
I bought a TB mare a long time ago from a dealer she was up front with me and said she is a cribber/windsucker. It did not put me off though the broncing me off should have
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. Once we got over the broncing issue she was the best horse I have ever had though destroyed doors fences and haynets. She would do it on anything. I would not hhave changed her for the world, We tried everything to stop her from cahnging routines,feed, collars even rubbing chilli on door to which she licked off then continued to crib. The main issue I found was keeping weight on her but TBs are known for that anyway. She used to have quite a lot of spasmodic colic. We and vets put this down to cribbing but a few years later she had a strangulated hernia intestines were rotted away leahurst said she prob had the hernia for years so prob colic was nothing to do with cribbing.
I took her to hartpury and they were really funny due to she cribbed saying they did not want others copying but again in the 8 years I had her not 1 horse picked up the cribbing habit. I think the theory of other horses picking it up are the old school thoughts. I would have another though I would see it as a vice so would expect some of the price off due to this.
 
I sold a horse a couple of years ago and about 2 months later was rung by the new owners to say that the horse was cribbing

I was MOST shocked about this as I'd never seen her crib myself and she had been stable 24/7 at times. Apparenlty she had started it immediately on arival pretty much. She had occasionally with me run her teeth along the top of the stable door, but only when being girthed as she was a 'girthy' mare. I spoke to the grooms at the livery yard where I'd kept her and they'd never seen her crib either.

It could well be that the stress of the move or a change in diet has brought it on for your horse as I can only assume it did for mine. I think the lady is being very good in taking her back in this situation if it is similar to mine. I personally did not take my horse back as they were also complaining about a number of other issues (refusing to load, rearing when ridden, jumping out of field) which indicated to me that the horse I would get back would not be the one I sold.

Given this was 2 months after the sale they contacted me and I was finacially not in a position to take her back, I felt I was within my rights to say NO in that situation
 
I have a cribber/wind sucker and he is at his worst straight after he's eaten short feed, but especially polo mints. I believe he has gastric ulcers (it's extremely common) which is causing the behaviour and will be getting him scoped by the vet.

It might be worth you chatting to your vet, describing the behaviour and the possibility of gastric ulcers.
 
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I have a cribber/wind sucker and he is at his worst straight after he's eaten short feed, but especially polo mints. I believe he has gastric ulcers (it's extremely common) which is causing the behaviour and will be getting him scoped by the vet.

It might be worth you chatting to your vet, describing the behaviour and the possibility of gastric ulcers.

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Have you tried coligone with him? I have known people have fantastic results with it
 
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