cribbing

aznovice
Reg. Feb 2006

Posted 2008-10-15 10:51 PM (#93128)
Subject: cribbing

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Any advice on stopping a horse from cribbing on automatic waterer in stall?

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lesliemal
Reg. Sep 2007

Posted 2008-10-16 8:14 AM (#93141 - in reply to #93128)
Subject: RE: cribbing

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Try a miracle collar or other cribbing preventive strap.

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huntseat
Reg. Oct 2003

Posted 2008-10-16 9:17 PM (#93172 - in reply to #93128)
Subject: RE: cribbing

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there is surgery, but used as a last resort only...try cribbing collars and then shock collars to see if you can stop the behavior

Most important question is how long has the horse had the behavior?

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loveduffy
Reg. Feb 2006

Posted 2008-10-17 11:27 AM (#93198 - in reply to #93172)
Subject: RE: cribbing

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the cribbing collars work very well A horse at my barn cribbed and the collare stop him and he learned not to do it so on the times that we forget to put it on him he dose not cribb

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stablemom
Reg. Jun 2007

Posted 2008-10-17 2:24 PM (#93203 - in reply to #93128)
Subject: RE: cribbing

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I have a 20 yr. old cribber that cribbed when we bought him. Don't know when this behavior actually started but as long as he wears the cribbing collar (and it is tight enough) he won't do it. However, if you take it off or if it is too loose and he is stalled, then he will go right back to it.

I could let him out in the pasture without the collar and he is fine as long as he is grazing. But if he gets bored or the grass is not plentiful, you will find him at the fence getting his fix. He is a wonderful horse, just an all around guy but I probably would not purchase another one in the future if I knew that it cribbed.

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