My horse is a friendly 6 year old tb/wb x. I’ve had her for 5 months. Right now she’s on 2 acres of great grass with a friend (once the hay comes off the big field, they get all 10 acres). She gets free choice hay (very nice orchard/timothy mix) at night while in her stall and senior feed (because its a nice complete feed and her friend is an older fellow, so its easier to have one feed). Regular exercise. Turned out 8 hours a day.
I have a young sycamore tree that has a fence around it to keep them from rubbing and chewing, but she is reaching over and debarking it. She also likes to rake her teeth over the top of my wood mounting block and randomly bite the fencing. She is not cribbing and doesn’t seem obsessive about chewing, just does it randomly, but enough that I’m worried for my tree. She doesn’t chew on anything in the stall and isn’t a particularly mouthy horse.
What would cause her to chew on my wood? I’d rather not wire in my sycamore, but I don’t want the tree to get hurt - it’s purpose is to some day be a nice shade tree for them.
She is up to date on dental and vet, no known medical issues. Is she missing something in her diet? Is there something else she’s lacking??
thanks