For the forth time this week, my filly Star has casted herself! (Concrete Cowboy, that means that the horse gets stuck with its legs through the stall fencing.)

Lucky for Star, I am around.  So I check on her during the days she is in her stall.  The funny thing is that she isn't scared or reactive.  She just waits for me to flip her over and pull her legs out of the fence. (Next time this happens, I will try to get a picture).  The other day, Star lay on her back with her legs through the fence and nickered at me as I came to help.  It was almost like she does this for attention.

My fencing  is the typical 6 rung paneled fencing that clips together.  My panels are 12 feet long and about 5 feet high.  My other horse has never gotten cast with these panels.  When he was younger he would get cast very seldom.

Does anyone else experience this with their horses and if so what do you do to solve this problem?

Thanks for your suggestions!

A few minutes later, I was going to get Liberty for her morning turnout. So I walked in and guess what!

The little doofus had her head through the hay ball again!!

My first thought would be that her stall isn't quite wide enought for her to roll the way she wants too. Then too, if it is a new behavior, what is making her want to roll? A change in feed or maybe some different bugs hatched and are bothering her. In the past I have lost cows, sheep and horses that have been cast.

Dave 

The dimensions of her stall are 12' x 36'.  The bugs may be a factor since it is the buggy time of the year!  I need to start a new thread on mosquito control, but to stay on topic, most of the time she has access to the pasture.  On days she is cast, she is in her stall because of irrigation water in the pasture.  I don't like to keep the horses out when I am watering the property.

The feed is the same!  Star gets pelleted feed along with grass hay in addition to the pasture grass.