Cribbing

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From: Barb Peck 
Email: bpeck@us.ibm.com

Resonding with my 0.02 cents from Lurker Land. Cribbing is a "vice" and addictive to the horse once it's learned. And like any vice, you cannot cure it by diet, hotwiring the stall, wearing a muzzle or the like. It's like trying to cure someone who has a gambling problem by restricting their diet... that ain't gonna happen.

  You can minimize it by letting your horses live like horses... out side with buddies and plenty of grazing space. 
 But I've never seen a horse cured of it.  It's irritaing to the owner because of the destructive nature and there are some theroies that other horses can learn the habit (which might be true in a stable where everone is bored and meal time is the highlight of the day). I have seen hard core wind suckers do it for extended periods of time on the same (favorite) fence post.  Some wood chewers can become cribbers if their minds are idle too long.  I had a saddlebred once that cribbed 2 seconds after I got him off the trailer delivering him to my house.  He used to crib on one spot on his stall immediately after eating his grain (kinda like an after meal cigarette I figure).  He 
wasn't a dedicated hard-core cribber but I did ask if he was Vice-free when I bough him and the answer was yes.
Yah, right. 
  You can put a "miracle-collar" on him which will physically prohibit him from the action, but that's really your only option. The post that said it was a habit born of boredom was right on.
Good luck.
B