Horse problem - Wind sucking is just one of the common stable vices:
Wood chewing: Gnawing on wood out of hunger or boredom.
Cribbing: When the equine grabs hold of a surface with its teeth, arches its neck, and sucks in air.
Weaving: Rocking back and forth in a repetitive fashion, possibly a self-stimulating behavior.
Wall kicking: Kicking the walls of its stall with hind legs.
Biting: A nervous or anxious equine may reach out of its stall to bite at passers-by, human or animal.
Bolting feed: Eating food too fast without adequate chewing, this potentially can lead to certain problems in the digestive system including choke and colic.
Circling: Like weaving, this is a repetitive movement, only the individual circles compulsively in its stall rather than just rocking back and forth.
Pawing or digging: The equine constantly paws with its front feet.
What is Wind sucking?
The horse arches his neck and gulps down air without holding on to anything.
You will hear the horse making a grunting sound.
This stable vice is the next step from crib biting, it is constant and compulsive behaviour.
Why does my horse behave in this manner?
Some stabled horses isolated from others or stabled for long periods become anxious, stressed, depressed and bored.
They can also become difficult to manage.
There is nothing else for the horse “air sucker” to do to amuse itself.
A horse watching another can also develop this habit.
What do I need to do?
Are you providing the right environment, which satisfies the horses needs.
How to relieve stress and avoid boredom for the stabled horse
If you have done everything - the horse has forage, freedom and friends but still displays this behaviour go to -
Remedies for stable vices
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