My five yr. old Quarter Horse gelding has a habit that stumps even the most seasoned horse people I know. You can't exactly call it cribbing. He swipes/ bites the side of his stall wall only on the left hand side and is so methodical about it that it sounds like a metronome set on an 8 second beat. He started doing this when he was about three and was in a trainers barn. Now his teeth are worn down and he's suffering weight loss and "wasting" feed as well as shorter grass in the pasture. He becomes anxious if he can't reach something on the left and he doesn't do this in the pasture. Sometimes I think he might be making an effort to eat what he scrapes off but I don't think that's his goal for doing this. I'm hoping to solve this problem before he gets his next set of teeth so that he won't wear them down to nubs on the left side. He comes from a bit of a high-strung line but his mother and brother do not have habits like this. In fact he's much more docile, willing and obedient than any of his syblings that I know of. I didn't have him gelded until about 2 months ago if that might be helpful info. Thank you for helping Bingo keep his teeth and lose a bad "habit?" RuthCatherine

Optional Information:
Age: 5; Male; Breed: American Quarter Horse

Already Tried:
turning his out in the pasture, scolding or startling him, blocking the left side of the stall with his water buckets, moving him to different stalls near different horses, keeping his stall window open to look around