Tigger Montague

Tigger Montague

Tigger 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!

Weathering the Winter: Foods to Support the Immune System

Wintertime is upon us — as is a very active flu season. Fortunately, there are specific foods that will provide ...

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Help Your Horse Stay Warm This Winter With Nutritional Support

Winter is the time when we horse owners bundle up like Nanook of the North just to feed and hack ...

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Tum-Ease: Bite-Sized Equine Gastric Support

Did you know that when horses are under saddle, their stomachs are unprotected from digestive acids? Because of this need ...

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Horse Welfare in Competition: BioStar’s Happy Horse Award

Recently there’s been plenty of controversy in the dressage community over horse welfare, particularly as it pertains to the horse’s ...

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Quercetin: The Super Bioflavonoid for Horses

Quercetin is an immune-supportive bioflavonoid (or simply “flavonoid”) found in vegetables, fruits and nuts. It's an antioxidant, meaning it scavenges ...

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We Love Spirulina for Horses and Dogs

I was introduced to spirulina in 1983 when the human supplement company I worked for created a spirulina supplement. As ...

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Tack Trunk Necessities: BioStar’s Fast-Acting Pastes

The fall show season is upon us. No matter which equestrian discipline you compete in, fall is decidedly a busy ...

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Support for Horses with Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is most prevalent in the Northeast, upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and California-Pacific Northwest regions of the US. It’s caused ...

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Equine Gastric Support & Circuvate EQ

BioStar’s Circuvate EQ is formulated to provide circulatory support to horses, which is crucial for feet, connective tissue, joints, and ...

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Does my horse need a ration balancer?

There are major differences between a ration balancer, a conventional supplement, and a bioavailable multivitamin and mineral supplement formula. How ...

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Choosing the right probiotics for your horse or dog

With so many probiotics to choose from among supplements, it can be overwhelming to figure out which one is right ...

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One Day at a Time

Tigger reflects upon her recent personal losses and experiences with the grieving process... In the month of May, I lost ...

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Gut Health and GI Recovery for Horses: Hedgerow Restore

The GI tract of horses is complex and fascinating. As efficient as it is for an animal who eats 16-20 ...

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Hedgerow K9 with S. boulardii: New Probiotic Support for Dogs

The yeast strain Saccharomyces boulardii is one of the most researched probiotic strains on the planet, and has become a ...

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Now I Know How the Horses Feel

Tigger finds that treating herself like a horse is a great way to walk the road to injury recovery: Recently, ...

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Julia in My Kitchen with Dogs

My mother used to watch reruns of Julia Child’s The French Chef on PBS from a little black-and-white television in ...

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Don’t Forget the Vitamin E for your Horse!

Vitamin E is one of the essential vitamins that horses cannot synthesize or make in their bodies. Unlike the B ...

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Hoary Alyssum: A Plant You Don’t Want to Find in Your Hay

Recently several horses in Wellington, Florida presented with swollen legs, fevers, and laminitis. The culprit appears to be hoary alyssum, ...

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