Horse Cribbing

What Are The Dietary Needs Of A Cribbing Horse?

There’s a well known saying for humans: “we are what we eat”. Well, we can safely say that such adage may also apply to horses.
The proper nutrition, coupled with the right conditioning for the discipline, results in a healthy horse for the stable owner. But if there’s something lacking in the diet, then a horse [...]

Great Article On Horse Cribbing!

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It’s very informative and explains some of the key issues in detail.

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Are “cribbing rings” cruel?

Dr. Kate Christensen, DVM, a veterinarian with Neuse River Veterinary Hospital in Wendell, North Carolina, practices an innovative procedure, which involves the insertion of “cribbing rings” into the horse’s gums to discourage cribbing.
The operation is simple: small rings, like those put in a pig’s nose to prevent rooting, are inserted into the horse’s gums between [...]

Colic in Cribbing Horses

Horses are prone to several digestive disorders. Horses are designed for browsing on relatively poor quality forage, eating small amounts of food more or less continuously all day long. In other words they were made for grazing. Many of our horses today have to adapt to a diet of a wide array of food consisting [...]

Are cribbing horses ruined for life?

Cribbing can be detrimental in many ways to the horse as well as to the horse stable owner and these are:

There are the potential health risks of weight loss, dental problems, and colic of your horse.
There is the risk of poor performance from decreased energy [...]

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