Several factors that seem to contribute to acquiring a cribbing habit, says Tina Steward, DVM. Such as:
- Dietary lack of roughage
- Diet of sweetened feeds
- Long periods without feed
- Emotional and physical stress
- Genetic, heritable traits
Lots of forage and friends are the best management tools for cribbers and cribbing prevention.
Source: Dressage Today, January 28, 2019. Link. There has long been the thought that cribbing would lead to problems with gas colic. There have been no studies to substantiate this, but cribbers are 10 times more likely to suffer from epiploic foramen entrapment.
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