I think typically "cribbing" is a wind-sucker, lots of old cowboys call them stump-suckers. Not sure if there is a technical name for a wood-eater.
When you keep your horses separate, do they share a common fence? There are horses all around me and the only way to keep them from nosing each other over the fence would be to keep them in the barn or in a round pen.
My horses share common fence line. It's mostly hot wire. But some are seperated by panels. I don't think I would seperate them with barbwire, unless you had hot wire along the top and bottom to keep them off.
Becky
Are the horses they can nose your's or neighbors?
I only have five acres, The peremiter fence is barbwire. The inside is divided into seperate runs. The dividing fence is one strand of hot wire hooked to insulators nailed to trees. I don't have neighbors that share a property line (yet).
Becky
They are a herd animal... Companionship of other horses is something they seek. I think isolating them in a small round pen and never letting them interact sounds harsh. If they can see and touch other horses across the fence they get some companionship but also get used to seeing the other horse wander off... Mine are herd bound, I like their relationships to keep them entertained when I am not riding... but still they are still required to behave when I am taking them somewhere. And they do. They get used to coming and going after a few episodes of leaving and coming back safely. Even my pony, who used to run the fenceline in a panic when we took Bay out, no longer panics when alone. I think of herdbound tendencies as something to manage, but impossible to eliminate unless you have a true solitary horse.