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Discussion on Cribber....baking soda?
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Sunny66
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Posted on Friday, Jan 28, 2005 - 9:06 pm:
I have a horse in the barn that cribs. I've read that sometimes horses crib because their stomach is upset. This horse is an easy keeper, morgan, 14.3 and fat. He has currently been cut back to 8 pounds of hay a day and gets only 1/2 cup of grain at night to get his supplements. Unfortunately, free feeding this horse is not going to work.
He used to be a show horse, so I'm assuming this is where he picked this up.
He has the miracle collar on, but I read that if you give a cribber baking soda, it helps relieve the acid in the stomach. I've also heard that papaya juice works as well.
Thoughts?
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Mrose
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Posted on Friday, Jan 28, 2005 - 10:53 pm:
I can't free feed my Arabs, either; they'd all be wider than they are tall.
How much exercise is he getting? My ex-show horses are used to routine and work. I have one that if he doesn't get enough work, or isn't turned out most of the day, he will start chewing wood or cribbing.
I was told to use Tums because he might have an ulcer; but I couldn't see any difference with or without the Tums (which he liked) Also, he gets a good mineral supplement now, which I think has helped. But, exercise is really important for him.
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Sunny66
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 - 10:25 am:
Thanks Sara,
Of course he gets more exercise in the summer/spring/fall...his owner has been moving and so he has not gotten as much exercise he normally gets. For the most part he is turned out 12 hours a day...aside from these downpours we've been having lately that turn my clay into slippery/dangerous footing. Then he gets a very small turnout.
That said...his cribbing is immediate as soon as his owner would leave after riding - no matter the season/weather. He also cribs right after he eats.
Tums...the kind you get in the store for humans?
Thanks again!!
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Mrose
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 - 10:58 am:
I bought them at Costco in a big jar. My trainer said she's had very good response with them.
We've been having to keep horses up more due to the weather, too. I try to lounge them at least, but it makes it hard. I prefer the snow to the rain; like you we have lots of clay mud. Yuck!
I was just thinking, Tums have quite a bit of calcium in them; I wonder if you'd have to worry about the calcium - phospherous ratio? You have to feed about 8 of them 2x/day.
One of our stallions tends to pace a lot during breeding season and when at a new place. We give him a product called At Ease made by Select. It's the only thing I've tried that helps. I wonder if it would help with cribbing?
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Sunny66
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Posted on Saturday, Jan 29, 2005 - 12:14 pm:
I'll tell her and I'm sure she'll ask her vet...thanks so much!
What kind of mineral supplement is your horse on?
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DrO
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Posted on Sunday, Jan 30, 2005 - 7:30 am:
Currently there is no known link between cribbing and increased stomach acidity but I cannot find where the question has been looked at. For information on efficacy of various treatements on stomach acidity and dosages see gastric ulcers in horses.
DrO
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