Would you buy a horse that cribs?

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nice horse on horsemart - sounds great in every way apart from it cribs - would that put you off?

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The only way I would buy a cribber would be if it had really proven itself in competition and was offered at a seriously reduced price.
 
Would never consider a cribber as it irritates me and there is a lot of prejudice regarding copied behaviour etc.... could not be bothered with the hassle and I personally think the collars are cruel...... the horse is doing it for a reason. Its like stopping someone with excema from scratching..... it doesnt mean that its not itching!!!
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i have a lovely sec A gelding who cribs he is currently out on loan, it has never caused him any problems and when he was with us he was turned out next to mares with foals and have never had anyone copy him, i would deff not be put off by a horse cribbing.
 
I bought my boy even though he cribs. He had a good competition record and is a very good looking horse. He wasnt expensive because of the vice and i know if he didnt do it theres no way i could have afforded him! Since i have had him he has won aff dress, aff eventing, county level showing as well as being a lovely hack.
My other horse hasnt picked up the vice and it really doesnt bother me.
I am lucky though cos i have my own yard with just the two boys so it doesnt affect anyone else
 
It would depend on how bad it was, we had a pony that cribed but only on his door and if you left a rug over the door he didn't do it , fab pony ,glad we brought him,he was fab in everyother way, always looked after my daughter so he could do what he liked in his time off!!(would drive me mad if they were really bad though)
 
Wouldnt worry me in the slightest, I have 2 Tb's that both crib, they are super in every way, I dont mind what they do in their own time, no probs with keeping weight on. x
 
If i had no intention of selling the horse in the future and the price was right, yes i would buy, what a horse does in his spare time is his business!
 
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nice horse on horsemart - sounds great in every way apart from it cribs - would that put you off?

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Yes it would put me off,the most annoying habit ever!!
Know a few people with cribbers and they struggle like hell with condition!!
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I have a horse that cribs after feed, I also use a miracle collar and she doesn't even attempt to do it once its on. I have no problems keeping weight on her and she is perfect to ride.
I would rather she cribbed than bucked or napped!
 
Depends if it only cribbed or if it cribbed and wind sucked as some of them do. Those that crib and wind suck can be prone to colic.
 
mine (ex racer) is a cribber/windsucker. Never had colic, teeth are good, no weight probs. Doesn't bother me, or anyone else on yard. I wouldn't use a collar as she gets stressed if she can't do it. I just look on it as a habit, a bit like a smoker having a fag after a meal.
 
My young Tb cribs a little at mealtimes and when bored, my mum's mare is a very dedicated cribber (has even been seen cribbing on my dogs back!!!!) neither of them have weight/condition problems, although the mare does get gassy colic sometimes, if the horse is perfect in every other way then go for it. I am another person who doesn't like collars, mum's mare had a miracle collar and it didn't stop her cribbing or prevent the gassy colic!
 
I used to have a horse who cribbed around feed time. He was the most amazing horse ever and it made no difference that he cribbed - he was easy to keep condition on etc. I would want to know how often it cribbed and if it did it in the field/constantly or only when bored/at mealtimes. I certainly wouldn't rule out a nice horse because of cribbing.
 
Athena cribs, which I knew she did when I bought her. Yes it can be destructive but but she has a wooden pallet which she cribs on and has tended to leave all the wooden posts alone. She also wears a collar which does help a little.
 
My pony cribs but only in the field in the winter when there is not much grass, he does not do it in the stable! He has no problem with condition he's a very good doer and a total sweetie. He's only 5 so hoping he might grow out of it.
 
It would depend on how bad it was - both of mine crib but not very badly and it doesn't bother me as they don't cause much damage. I give them a couple of old logs in their field which they munch on!! YO has two that crib v badly and get through a fence post every few days but she does nothing to prevent it. At my old yard there was a TB that was a very bad cribber - YOs painted the fences every few months and put metal strips on the top of his door, made sure he had plenty of good hay and after a few months he had gone from being destructive to only doing it when stressed or bored.
 
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As others have said, if the horse is perfect in every other way for you and the price reflects the vice, then I (personally) would (and did!) go for it.

My mare cribs after eating- both dinner and treats. It drives me nuts when she does it as I hate the noise and she definitely knows it's frowned upon as she only does it when my back is turned!

I tried the miracle collar but didn't think it worked and rubber her face badly. Her usualy choice is metal door frame, she won't touch her door with cribbox paste (the spray doesn't bother her) on, but rugs don't stop her (I thought they did!). Downside to this is that I usually end up with more cribbox on me than the door when I forget it's there and lean on it!
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When stopped from cribbing, she will windsuck for a couple of seconds and then be happy again. I think it may be indigestion related with her, as I fed her fennel seeds for a month and she got less dependant/annoying with her cribbing. I've run out now and can't think where to buy them in bulk! (reminds me I was going to do a post about that!)

Her great points far outweigh the cribbing though!
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Mine cribs occasionally after feeding or if he's bored. He also seems to do it as an attention seeking thing. If we speak to his field mate or are talking amongst ourselves and he's not the centre of attention then he'll try it while watching us out of the corner of his eye.

We control it in the field with electric fencing on the fence posts (only switched on occasionally- he has a healthy respect for any white tape/ string, inc weigh tapes!
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) and he has a bar in his stable he can use if he wants to.

He gets coligone added to his feed which seems to help as he did have a very rumbly tummy before I started him on it and I think that's probably why he started cribbing (I bought him knowing he cribbed) but he is a very good doer and I know, having a full history for him, that he's never suffered ill-effects from it. His teeth are fine and he's happy.

I wold never put a collar on him as I think that could possibly stress him out and exacerbate the problem. I don't think they're particularly humane either.

Plus if he didn't crib I'd never have been able to afford him- he has a fantastic temperament and level of training and he's not going anywhere so selling on a cribber is not an issue for me.
 
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