A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.
A stable vice in which the horse places its upper teeth on the edge of a feeder or fence, arches its neck, inhales, and often produces a grunt or belching sound.
undesirable habit, most often found in young horses, of grasping an object with the teeth and sucking a gulp of air into the stomach.
A vice in which the horse bites or places its upper incisor teeth on some solid object, pulls down, arches his neck, and swallows gulps of air which go into the stomach, not the lungs.
Grabbing part of the stall, fence, etc., between the teeth and sucking wind at the same time; usually develops as a result of boredom or nervousness
When a horse grabs on something, usually its fence or stall, and swallow air. It is a bad habit that is hard to correct.Cribbing is mentally addictive and learned from other horses that crib.
A stable vice in which the horse latches onto a horizontal object (e.g. the manger) with the teeth, tenses the neck and swallows; synonym is "crib-biting."
Cribbing is a type of vice (bad habit) developed by horses. It involves the horse grabbing a solid object, such as the stall door or fence rail, with his incisors, arching his neck, pulling against the object, and sucking in air. Like most vices, cribbing is thought to cause the release of endorphins in the horse's brain, causing a sensation of pleasure.