underfed windsucker

Wind sucking can be a symptom or reaction to pain from ulcers. I would look closely at the horses preferred routine, and management and cheek for ulcers to see if that is a contributing factor.
Ad lib forage,24/7 turnout is poss and no grain feeds is the way I'd go.:)
 
Get the feed right to help reduce, cut out sugar and cereals.
Protect fence and post rail with a hot wire on top!
Protect stable doors with thick pipe line cut and stretched over the door.
Don't let them crib on to metal, such as metal strips on top of stable doors - this will wear their teeth down.
Miracle Collars do help control the situation somewhat.
Love, lots of love as people tend to brush these horses off! Yet humans have a hell of a lot worse habits and OCDs .... ;)

I have a die hard cribber, this started after a really stressful situation for him and is not ulcer related, I do however keep his feed fit for an ulcer prone horse just in case! He gets Alfa A Oil (good for their weight gain too), a broad spec vit & min, brewers yeast to help keep hind gut healthy, limestone flour (which is good for cribbers) and kwikbeet as this is unmollassed so low in sugar. Plus lots of forage so that more time is spent eating than cribbing.
 
To be honest there is a strong likely hood that this horse is suffering from ulcers either in the stomach or intestine which could eventually (with stress and diet) lead to colic or peritonitis. These ulcers rarely get better of there own accord. Ad lib hay / fiber is essential is is 24/7 turn out. I would advise stay well clear it is a can of worms!!
 
your title says 'underfed', do you know that for sure or is the horse not carrying weight so it looks as if it is underfed?

i would want to find the underlying cause rather than stopping the horse from physically windsucking, as others have said it is often a symptom of ulcers or other pain so i would not take on a windsucker, i would however take on a cribber as i have found all the ones i have dealt with stop cribbing when you adjust how they are kept and reduce their stress
 
Just because a horse windsucks doesn't neccessarily mean they have ulcers. It might be a pointer, but it certainly isn't definite. My lad windsucks at feed times, I had him scoped for ulcers as felt it was very likely he had them - vets conclusion is that he had one of the best ulcer-free stomachs she had ever scoped. It's just a habit... doesn't affect him in any respect.

When he lived out 24/7 in an electric fenced field he stopped doing it completely as there was no easy option to windsuck.
 
I had a really obsessed cribber on loan, he was a very very good doer, happy as Larry living out and a generally fine specimen of a well built TB. Sometimes its just a habit developed from stable related boredom in their youth, or I also have a theory about weaning too early as he was very mouthy in general.

You say underfed in the title but did not elaborate... That won't be helping IF it has ulcers!
 
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