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cases the stomach and bowels are so inflated with wind as to 
cause a severe case of colic or indigestion, while in othe^- 
cases there is simply a hanging onto the manger with the 
teeth. 
Fif. 7.— A Crib Sucker. 
Treatment. — When first noticed it is best to put the 
cribber or windsucker into a box stall, feed him his hay off 
the floor and his grain from a pail or box which should be 
removed as soon as he is done eating, so that there is nothing 
to grasp with the teeth. 
Examine the teeth to see if there be anything wrong 
with them. If sharp, causing soreness, file them down. If a 
milk tooth not properly shed, remove it. Turning out to 
pasture in the spring when the grass is good will often cure 
this habit. If the animal is old and has been a cribber for 
