how to stop a horse cribbing on another horse!!!

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as i title really my ned cribs/windsucks ie grabs and sucks stuff :)
hes always done it,he has been turned out in his own field on his own for past few yrs but now has a field buddy and everything is great except that he has started doing it on new neds tail flap/bum of rug :( which although new ned doesnt seem to mind,the owner (my mum)is not chuffed at him tearing great big holes in lovely new rug,so i was wondering what i could do about it,ive sprayed cribox and i think he quite likes that as it hasnt stopped him at all!!any ideas would save me being dis-owned :)
 
jackessex said:
as i title really my ned cribs/windsucks ie grabs and sucks stuff :)
hes always done it,he has been turned out in his own field on his own for past few yrs but now has a field buddy and everything is great except that he has started doing it on new neds tail flap/bum of rug :( which although new ned doesnt seem to mind,the owner (my mum)is not chuffed at him tearing great big holes in lovely new rug,so i was wondering what i could do about it,ive sprayed cribox and i think he quite likes that as it hasnt stopped him at all!!any ideas would save me being dis-owned :)
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What a cheeky boy! Did make me giggle slightly but I've composed myself! Has he got plenty to eat in the field? If not, make sure he has access to extra hay so that he can keep himself busy chomping. Do you have the option of him being on his own again? If he is really that keen to crib, then that might be the only solution to stop him grabbing this other horse. I credit his ingenuity though :)
 
jackessex said:
hi,no as i thought he might just do it even more and i didnt want to encourage it as he allready has tooth issues.
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I have a cribber and I accept that she will crib after eating her hard food or if she is given a treat. She doesn't have ulcers but it would be worth getting your horse checked for ulcers (there is a link between ulcers and cribbing).

I would also provide him with somewhere to crib so that he stops doing it on his companion. :)

PS. I hate the anti-crib collars.
 
kirstyl said:
What a cheeky boy! Did make me giggle slightly but I've composed myself! Has he got plenty to eat in the field? If not, make sure he has access to extra hay so that he can keep himself busy chomping. Do you have the option of him being on his own again? If he is really that keen to crib, then that might be the only solution to stop him grabbing this other horse. I credit his ingenuity though :)
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lol yes it is quite funny,bless him :)
i was wondering about painting something that tasted horrid on other neds rug maybe chilli :)
but i think maybe bang a solid post in field for him to crib on.
 
my pony windsucks-ym insisted i put one of those horrible collars on but he still does it as he just sucks air when got his head over stable door without holding anything.i hid the collar and they put grill on the door.fine dont mind that but please dont use one of those horrible collars unless u really have to.
 
aintgotnohay said:
my pony windsucks-ym insisted i put one of those horrible collars on but he still does it as he just sucks air when got his head over stable door without holding anything.i hid the collar and they put grill on the door.fine dont mind that but please dont use one of those horrible collars unless u really have to.
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i also would not put a collar on him as i think they are awfull and im not bothered about it apart from the rug recking thing :)
he does it when he comes in and i have a lovely u shaped groove out of door.
i know its not ulcer related as he started doing it when i brought him away from the home he was bred at,he was so freaked out at being away from previous place he started doing it as a form of stress relief,now its just a habbit.
it would just be nice if his ned companion wasnt so easy going about it!!!lol
 
Not really - I have myself seen cribbing leading to colic so encouraging it is NOT a good idea.

Try squirting washing up liquid over the tail flap. Won't harm him and of course a little goes a long way..
 
Not really - I have myself seen cribbing leading to colic so encouraging it is NOT a good idea.
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The current veterinary thought are quite the opposite and that preventing cribbing can cause colic.

Now the OP will be confused.

My personal experiance is that my cribber gets very distressed if she cannot crib and she has never had any colic symptoms (I let her crib if she wants to, I just put electric tape over the new fence so that she doesn't use that).
 
jackessex said:
i also would not put a collar on him as i think they are awfull and im not bothered about it apart from the rug recking thing :)
he does it when he comes in and i have a lovely u shaped groove out of door.
i know its not ulcer related as he started doing it when i brought him away from the home he was bred at,he was so freaked out at being away from previous place he started doing it as a form of stress relief,now its just a habbit.
it would just be nice if his ned companion wasnt so easy going about it!!!lol
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If he has been kept on his own since leaving the stud, I'm not surprised that he needs stress relief. On a recent visit to Carrie Humble's Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre, I saw a neat device for cribbers. They put a rubber bucket type thing over the stable door and the horse is able to crib on that without damaging anything. If he gets used to having a companion he will probably feel less need to crib, although it is possible that the habit is very ingrained by now.
 
Faracat said:
I have a cribber and I accept that she will crib after eating her hard food or if she is given a treat. She doesn't have ulcers but it would be worth getting your horse checked for ulcers (there is a link between ulcers and cribbing).

I would also provide him with somewhere to crib so that he stops doing it on his companion. :)

PS. I hate the anti-crib collars.
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Out of interest are these the only times your horse cribs? Only mine is exactly the same and it drives me potty!
 
try no bite they really hate it - dont get it on your hands though as if you get it on food or whatever you will know about it (yes i have done it myself) it doesnt wash off very easily either :o
 
I would give him something to crib on. I just let mine get on with it, if that's what he wants to do, who am I to stop him!

He's got metal on his stable door so he's got an old rug and an old saddle cloth on it so it doesn't hurt his teeth... it's pretty manky though!!
 
Faracat said:
Yes, she only cribs after hard food or a treat. At the age of 20, I don't think that she's going to break her habit. ;)
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That's interesting to hear, I thought it was just my horse who was a bit 'speshul' :D

How are her teeth? Millie is only 5 ½ and I don't want her teeth to be wrecked when she is older.
 
broke_but_happy said:
That's interesting to hear, I thought it was just my horse who was a bit 'speshul' :D

How are her teeth? Millie is only 5 ½ and I don't want her teeth to be wrecked when she is older.
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Her teeth are fine. :) She lives out and we attached a plank of untreated softwood on top of the wooden gate as a cribbing station for her.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
If he has been kept on his own since leaving the stud, I'm not surprised that he needs stress relief. On a recent visit to Carrie Humble's Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre, I saw a neat device for cribbers. They put a rubber bucket type thing over the stable door and the horse is able to crib on that without damaging anything. If he gets used to having a companion he will probably feel less need to crib, although it is possible that the habit is very ingrained by now.
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hi sorry i prob didnt make myself clear hes not been on his own he has other friends either side of him just not in his field :)and im not worried by the cribbing just the damage he is doing to other neds rug in the field.
 
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