dianneS
Loving the herd life
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My mare is a cribber. She's an 18 year old thoroughbred and an easy keeper, all things considered.
I've taken her cribbing collar off and left it off. I used to keep it on her much more, always in her stall and even sometimes in the pasture where the split rail fence is too irresistable not to crib on. The collar was rubbing her hair off and making her itch. Plus I know a lot of people who just let their horses crib all they want, so I just decided to let her have at it.
Well, she has lost some weight since she's able to crib as much as she wants now. Not significant, but I can tell. Some would think she's perfect, but I like her with just a tad bit more weight on her. She's not an obsessive cribber. She will graze the majority of the day, but every now and then she'll stop to crib. I can hear her cribbing on the fence at night and I think this is when she does it most.
I do want to run a strand of hot wire around the top of her fence to try and keep her off of it. I'll keep her collar on her when she's stalled, but otherwise, what else can I do to keep her weight up? Should I just start supplementing her with some senior feed? I'm really disappointed that this happened. I hate to keep that collar on her.
I've taken her cribbing collar off and left it off. I used to keep it on her much more, always in her stall and even sometimes in the pasture where the split rail fence is too irresistable not to crib on. The collar was rubbing her hair off and making her itch. Plus I know a lot of people who just let their horses crib all they want, so I just decided to let her have at it.
Well, she has lost some weight since she's able to crib as much as she wants now. Not significant, but I can tell. Some would think she's perfect, but I like her with just a tad bit more weight on her. She's not an obsessive cribber. She will graze the majority of the day, but every now and then she'll stop to crib. I can hear her cribbing on the fence at night and I think this is when she does it most.
I do want to run a strand of hot wire around the top of her fence to try and keep her off of it. I'll keep her collar on her when she's stalled, but otherwise, what else can I do to keep her weight up? Should I just start supplementing her with some senior feed? I'm really disappointed that this happened. I hate to keep that collar on her.
