So.. I got new horses...

After seeing that picture it reminded me, if he's a cribber, you're not going to be able to get anywhere near an accurate age by his teeth :( Sorry, he will probably be younger than his teeth age him at though. You can still look at the galvayne's groove, but the length of his teeth and wear will be very different due to cribbing.

^ Awe okay well thank you, hopefully if i can get him to stop cribbing, than we can tell accuratly how old he is !
im going to get him a cribbing collar and some supplements, i want to try the miracle cribbing collar as its coming to winter soon and i dont want metal on him, since out winters get very very cold.
I put some more hay in his pen and he seems to eat that and doesnt crib as much and im so happy because he has focused his attention to the hay much much more !
Its 2nd cut :)

that's good :) watch him for cribbing on both trees and fences...My dad's old horse became a bad enough cribber that he would even go for the metal round roll feeder :( We couldn't get him to stop because with our horses they would rip the collar off, but he went to a lesson program where they could deal with it better. :)

^ Right now he has a temporary thing and doesnt have any trees in his encloser, so he only goes for the fencing and fence posts.
I dont think he is to much of a bad cribber and it can be fixed, but he will have a forever home with me no matter what :)

That's good to hear :) I'm glad he has such a dedicated owner.

:) Thank you ^_^

i just finished feeding everyone some of there grain etc,
And boy does he like it, he stands by the fence and just makes these low deep whinnys haha its so cute.

Just remember that no horse will ever stop cribbing. He'll need his collar constantly. Russel's got loose one day.. he figured it out, cribbed all night, and we had to get the vet out at 6am because he was colicking.

Russel cribbed right through the 'miracle collar,' but a boarder's horse was fine with it. Some horses really know how to do it, if they get determined enough. I'd also recommend getting pasture toys.. and toys for when he is stalled. That'll make him less likely to crib over short periods.

He isnt Stalled, he is in a pasture 24/7
i dont board my horses, they live at my house.

Thank you, im hoping if we get the 'miracle collar' it will work, at least for the winter.

I will look at getting him some pasture toys, but i am hoping we can work through this cribbing and im determined he will eventually stop.

Even if he does stop cribbing for some reason or another his teeth will never be a good read on his age because of the cribbing he has done. They will not miraculously be better if he stops cribbing tomorrow.

It is too late now but next time you bring a horse home from the auction please make sure that the new horse can not touch noses over the fence with the existing horses. Having him in a separate paddock is doing no good if he can easily touch the other horses over the fence. Auction horses are exposed to lots of easily communicable things.

When do you think the vet will be out?

What are you feeding him? Does he get hay? What kind of grain?

He is a cutie..... Hopefully he will quickly gain some weight.

The vet will be out when i can get him out, not sure when.

Im feeding him Biotine, and Oats /W Corn, and Horse Power, But since reading im thinking of switching him over to something else, with very small amounts of oats a day with the horse power.
Hes getting Ulcer Preventative's soon for the cribbing.
He Gets Hay Alot, and eats alot of the grass.

And okay thank you, i couldnt really prevent it at the time as i HONESTLY wasnt expecting on bringing a horse home and just fixed something up for him very quickly, soon he will have a paddock seperate from my other horses.


I Seriously believe that at the auction they said he was 12 years old, for until than that is what i will believe his age is to be, its rather hard to believe how old accuretly since he is so skinny.