Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . r. For preventing cribbing with the teefh, we may use, during theintervals between feeding hours, a specially made bar muzzle, which,while checking this practice, will allow the horse to eat his crib-biter may be picketed in his stall by one fore leg in front,and by the opposite hind leg behind, instead of being tethered in theusual manner by a rope or chain to his headstall. Or he may be CRIE-BITING. 563 kept in a loose box in AVhich there is no object for him to lay holdof with his teeth; and he may be fed f
Veterinary notes for horse owners : a manual of horse medicine and surgery . r. For preventing cribbing with the teefh, we may use, during theintervals between feeding hours, a specially made bar muzzle, which,while checking this practice, will allow the horse to eat his crib-biter may be picketed in his stall by one fore leg in front,and by the opposite hind leg behind, instead of being tethered in theusual manner by a rope or chain to his headstall. Or he may be CRIE-BITING. 563 kept in a loose box in AVhich there is no object for him to lay holdof with his teeth; and he may be fed from a sheet placed on theground. If it is not convenient to do this, we may cover the edgeof the manger and other prominent objects with some substancewhich the animal will not like to grasp with his teeth, such asthat used for making iron wire mill sieves, or rope made of coarsefibres. Cocoanut (or moonj in India) fibre will answer the increase the effect of these preventives, which are not alwayssuccessful, we may smear the edge of the manger, etc., with some. Fig. 150.—Front view^of the incisor teeth of a crib-biter whowore downonly^^his upper incisor teeth. evil-tasting and vile-smelling substance, such as aloes or coal J. Moir, , has had excellent results in preventinghorses from cribbing and in curing them of this vice, by smearingwith slacked lime the wood work and other objects on which theanimal cribs or wind-sucks. He prepares the lime as follows :Put the desired quantity of quicklime into a vessel, add water andstir it round until a soft paste is formed, and cover over wdth a littlewater to keep it moist. TREATMENT.—Give plenty of hay and green food, so as tofeed the animal as nearly as practicable under natural conditions. 36* 564 NERVOUS DISEASES. Mr. Crowhurst wisely advises that he should be fed on the groundand not from a manger. It is well to allow the cribber or wind-sucker (and, indeed, everyhorse) a constant supply of water i
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