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<blockquote data-quote="dcara" data-source="post: 478238" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>Equines that eat wood are usually referred to as Cribbers. The act of eating the wood is called Cribbing. It is often tied to boredom, but sometimes they do it just because they like to. Some research says that the pressure created in the upper front gums during cribbing releases endorphines the same as when you twitch them. Once they develop the habit its difficult, sometimes impossible to stop them short of putting them in an environment where there is no wood. Nothing good can come from cribbing, but many bad things can such as vet bills and continous facility repair bills. If not dealt with they will wear their front teeth out prematurely and become very hard keepers since gumming grass doesn't really work for them. You can try a cribbing collar on him, but those only work sometimes. Probably best just to get rid of him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcara, post: 478238, member: 473"] Equines that eat wood are usually referred to as Cribbers. The act of eating the wood is called Cribbing. It is often tied to boredom, but sometimes they do it just because they like to. Some research says that the pressure created in the upper front gums during cribbing releases endorphines the same as when you twitch them. Once they develop the habit its difficult, sometimes impossible to stop them short of putting them in an environment where there is no wood. Nothing good can come from cribbing, but many bad things can such as vet bills and continous facility repair bills. If not dealt with they will wear their front teeth out prematurely and become very hard keepers since gumming grass doesn't really work for them. You can try a cribbing collar on him, but those only work sometimes. Probably best just to get rid of him. [/QUOTE]
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