Kootenay
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone ,
My mini Buddy has been chewing on his salt blocks and now ice since it is -13 Celsius or worse outside. It also seems that he has taught my rising two year old mini mare Sweet Pea to bite/grind the salt block. She used to lick it like any normal horse, but by watching Buddy 'Monkey See, Monkey Do.
I'm thinking of installing some kind of grate in the spot where I have it now (plastic milk crate). I just don't want to make it too hard for them to get at it, but not let them chew on it. I have to imagine that this is pretty darn hard on their teeth.
Is there any way to cure them of this? I can't possibly stop them from chewing on ice, as there is quite a bit of it out there at the moment (thick ice). I put used shavings and dirt on most of it, but they push that aside and still lick and chew at it.
I'm at my wits end.
My mini Buddy has been chewing on his salt blocks and now ice since it is -13 Celsius or worse outside. It also seems that he has taught my rising two year old mini mare Sweet Pea to bite/grind the salt block. She used to lick it like any normal horse, but by watching Buddy 'Monkey See, Monkey Do.
I'm thinking of installing some kind of grate in the spot where I have it now (plastic milk crate). I just don't want to make it too hard for them to get at it, but not let them chew on it. I have to imagine that this is pretty darn hard on their teeth.
Is there any way to cure them of this? I can't possibly stop them from chewing on ice, as there is quite a bit of it out there at the moment (thick ice). I put used shavings and dirt on most of it, but they push that aside and still lick and chew at it.
I'm at my wits end.