Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague | BioStar USTigger Montague is BioStar’s owner and formulator.  She is an expert on equine nutrition and supplements, with over thirty years experience as a rider, researcher, formulator, and author of Whole Foods for Horses.

The daughter of a baker, and the granddaughter of a dairyman, she has inherited the same passions as her family about real food. With over 30 years experience in the equine and human supplement industry, Tigger knows nutrition from the synthetic side as well as the whole food side. She started BioStar in 2006 with formulas she created in her kitchen.  Before she started the company, she was an avid rider and competitor with eventing and show jumping, until she got hooked on dressage in the late 1980’s.  She has competed on horses she’s owned and trained all the way from training level to grand prix.

Tigger’s blog posts are a rich variety of fun-loving stories, profound philosophical musings, and scientific research.  Enjoy!

 

Star Power EQ

Energy and stamina paste for horses: Star Power EQ

BioStar's Star Power EQ™, is an energy paste to address the needs of your performance horse. The energy requirements of ...
Summertime Recovery Tips for Horses | BioStar US

Summertime Recovery Tips for Horses

We tend to work our horses harder in the warmer months, when recovery is more of a challenge. The harder ...
Feed Horse Immune System | BioStar US

Feeding your horse’s immune system

There are specific foods that can aid and support a healthy immune system for your horse. Stress, nutritional deficiencies, and ...
dirt | BioStar US

In the Lab: BioStar’s next generation of probiotic formulas

We may not have reinvented the wheel on probiotics, but BioStar has put in the time and research to develop ...
Which Supplements to Use when for your Horse | BioStar US

Equine Supplements: What to Use, When to Use It

BioStar offers an array of specialized horse supplements, but which ones are best for your horse?  We have addressed some common questions ...
Creative Quarantine Shopping | BioStar US

Creative Quarantine Shopping Ideas

Self-impose social distancing and staying at home has forced me to be more creative in finding necessities online. From my ...
Silver Linings | BioStar US

Finding the Silver Linings in a Time of Quarantine

Several days ago, I pulled out my journal and began writing down the positive benefits of living in sequester during ...
Antimicrobial resistance in horses | BioStar US

Antibiotic Resistance in Horses

Antibiotic drugs are important and often lifesaving in human and veterinary medicine.  The use of antibiotic drugs can create evolutionary ...
Omeprazole use in horses with ulcers | BioStar US

Omeprazole for Horses with Ulcers: the Good, the Bad, and the Questionable

Omeprazole is a medicine classified as a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), and its purpose is to block excess stomach acid ...
Green Lipped Mussels | BioStar US

Green-Lipped Mussels for Equine and Canine Health

The indigenous people of New Zealand, the Māori, have for hundreds of years regarded green-lipped mussels (Perna canaliculus) as a ...
Medicinal Mushrooms for senior dog | BioStar US

Medicinal Mushrooms Benefit Your Senior Dog

Specific medicinal mushrooms are important foods for senior dogs to address stress, the immune system, and quality of life. BioStar ...
Probiotics For Horses | BioStar US

How to Select the Best Probiotics for Horses

Probiotics for horses are popular supplements in the equine world. They are often included in commercial feeds, multivitamin and mineral ...
Lionheart

When Goodbye Comes

Lionheart had a good summer.  He had a new companion, a feisty 20-year-old mare I adopted from a rescue. His ...
GASTRIC SUPPORT IN A MULTIVITAMIN/MINERAL: OPTIMUM GI

Gastric Support in a Multivitamin/Mineral: Optimum GI

BioStar presents the latest in its multivitamin/mineral line: Optimum GI. This innovative supplement addresses and supports both the upper and ...
Optimum JS 2.0 and Optimum Senior JS 2.0

Advanced multivitamin/mineral with joint support now available!

As we continue to study nutrition for horses, we have discovered mineral deficits, specific mineral excesses, and protein requirements that ...
ingredients | BioStar US

How does BioStar source ingredients?

Have you ever looked down a list of ingredients on packaged feed or supplements and wondered what and where those ...
Equine Gastric Ulcers | BioStar US

Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome and Your Horse

I remember the first time I heard the words: “I think we need to treat your horse for ulcers.”  It ...
Optimum EQ 2.0 | BioStar US

Announcing Optimum EQ 2.0 from BioStar

If you give your horse a multivitamin/mineral, it’s possible that your horse’s body is not able to process all of ...