windsucking

[hotellie]

i have never seen a horse winduck to my knowledge and i was wondering if anyone had any videos/pictures so that i know what it looks like.

 

[nitro_nimph]

http://www.equusite.com/articles/behavior/images/behaviorBadHabits.jpg
http://www.barclayscollar.com/shop/images/sucking-02.jpg

Both the above are pictures of horses windsucking. Hope that helps

 

[hotellie]

thanks...and is the horse just sucking in air?

 

[Puppy]

No, sorry, those pictures are of a horse CRIB BITING, not windsucking! There is a difference. A widsucker does not get their teeth into an object, but still sucks in air. A cribber, as pictured, gets their teeth into something to do it.

 

[TheBlackMoth]

I would say that the horse in the picture is cribbing. We have horse that cribs and wind sucks - when he cribs he bites the stable door - when he wind sucks (usually immediately after he bites) he sucks in air and puts his head up and makes a funny noise.

However, with the use of both coligone and cribbox he doesn't do it any more. We tried a collar - but we both hated it. The coligone is fantastic stuff and I think he must feel much more comfortable now he doesn't need to crib and suck when he is eating!

 

[mcavity]

what is coligone??