Hello,im new here, thought I would post to ask if anyone had heard of anything that can help prevent windsucking,?

Only a windsucking collar and sorry hi annette and welcome to the mad house

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hi and welcome
sure theres some one about that could help

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Just the usual collars which I personally think are useless.
Ive heard that mirrors can help eleviate vices if thats any help.

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another way that I have seen done is to hang salt licks and footballs from the ceiling to relieve boredom - take it he/she is stabled

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Yeah I tried one of those treacle lick thingys before. He pulled it down and slept on it!
Looked like he'd been flour and egg'd with shavings stuck all over him
Think the solid licks are better like you say, and theres those treat balls too.
Suppose anything is worth a try.

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we were lucky we never had one of those whilst we were competing cos they are one of the worst had a crib biter but that wasnt too hard to cope with

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Hi my frinds hose does this and im always worried mine will copy! as far as i know from watching her horse collars dont really work,i know it looks and sounds nasty but i dont think it can do any physical harm can it? is he/she stabled a lot,i know its not always practical but i think its best to turn out as often as is possible,i know mine get frustrated being shut it,they stiffen up and get moody.In an ideal situation living permenantly out is best(apart from the mud/mud fever etc) saying that my friends horse windsucks on the fence posts in the field!

I read something a while ago which suggested that windsucking could be the result of a horse trying to alleviate the symptoms of a stomach ulcer - have a google on 'tinterweb and see what you can find. I'm pretty sure there was one of the herb companies who prepared a potion for windsuckers - maybe worth a try. Otherwise, you have to remove anything they can grab hold of but of course there are some horses who don't even have to grab, they just stand there and do it.

Once a horse starts cribbing it is difficult to get them to stop. The best thing is to try to prevent it from occurring in the first place.

To help prevent and reduce cribbing:

Allow your horse as much pasture time, in as big a pasture as possible

Spend time training and handling the horse to help prevent boredom.

Provide your horse with a companion, preferably another horse, but goats also often make good companions for horses.

Allow your horse access to fresh grass, or grass hay at all times.


A cribbing strap, or collar may also be useful. This strap is placed around the horse's neck. A metal plate on the bottom of the strap presses into the throat when the horse arches its neck to crib. This makes it difficult, and uncomfortable for the horse to swallow air.

surgery is avalible but not nice!!

spray a pet shop product called sour grapes or sour apples (used for house animals who wee/poo on the floor, you spray it on, wait about 5mins for it to settle then let the animal near it, tastes awful and they never go back again)

tin of anticribbing paint (never worked for me)

hope that helps