Vices

Question 1

What are the causes of vices? (7)

Answer 1

boredom, nervousness, lack of exercise, neglect, inattention, learned from other horses, mineral deficiency

Question 2

How should you treat a vice?

Answer 2

target & treat the cause

Question 3

What are the main types of vicing?

Answer 3

cribbing, pawing, windsucking, stall kicking, weaving, pacing, wood chewing

Question 4

Define cribbing

Answer 4

grab onto edge w/teeth & arch neck, pulling back and sometimes grunting/rocking

Question 5

Cribbing can damage what?

Answer 5

teeth, mouth, throat, intestines

Question 6

Causes of cribbing

Answer 6

mineral imbalance, boredom, excessive stall time, ulcers, too close to others

Question 7

Define windsucking

Answer 7

grab onto anything w/teeth & sucking air & grunting

Question 8

Causes of windsucking

Answer 8

mineral imbalance, boredom, excessive stall time, ulcers, too close to others

Question 9

Causes of pawing

Answer 9

excitement, frustration, boredom, illness, pain

Question 10

Causes of stall kicking

Answer 10

stress, claustrophobia, new stable mates, food time, territorial posturing

Question 11

Define weaving

Answer 11

stand 1 spot & sway rhythmically, swinging their head

Question 12

Cause of pacing

Answer 12

illness, pain, boredom

Question 13

Cause of weaving

Answer 13

boredom

Question 14

Define wood chewing

Answer 14

doesn’t suck air (not cribbing)

Question 15

Cause of wood chewing

Answer 15

salt, fiber, mineral deficiency, boredom, confinement

Question 16

What body parts does wood chewing damage?

Answer 16

mouth, throat, intestines, teeth