Cribbing

Cribbing or Windsucking The horse grabs onto a fixed object with his teeth, arches his neck and grunts. The behavior is usually brought on by boredom or frustration. It is said that horses can also learn this behavior watching other horses do it.

Cribbing - A stable vice, like an addiction, in which a horse will arch his neck, grab hold of a surface with his teeth, suck in air and swallow it Dam - Mother of a foal Eohippus - Earliest (prehistoric) ancestor of the modern day horse.

Not only did the cribbing damage the fence, but splinters and wood chips were not in the recommended having any fasteners or pieces on the outside of the fence which horses might be tempted to nibble.

The Veterinarian's Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior reports cribbing, biting and holding on to stall walls and mangers, and wood chewing often originate due to lack of exercise and environmental stimuli.

Cribbing A vice in which the horse grabs onto a horizontal object, stretches his esophagus and sucks wind. This behavior is learned and can range from occasional to obsessive.

If your horse is a cribber, you may need a cribbing collar. Even if the horse is indoors, consider using a horse blanket in low temperatures.

If your horse wears a cribbing strap, remove it before working with the horse, particularly when performing tasks that could scare it, such as trimming with electrical clippers.

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right thing for your horse by keeping it stabled if this is the way it has always lived, but a horse moving from a busy yard to a relatively quiet one can react badly to the resulting boredom, and is even more likely to show such vices as cribbing.

See also: Horse, Back, Cover, Condition, Lead