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!

 

Circuvate EQ: advanced circulatory support for horses from BioStar US

Introducing BioStar’s Circuvate EQ: Whole Food Circulation Supplement

BioStar introduces Circuvate EQ, a brand-new circulation supplement in February, 2017, specifically designed for the equine circulatory system — the system ...
Does My Horse Need a Multivitamin / Mineral Supplement

Does My Horse Need a Multivitamin / Mineral Supplement?

"Does my horse need a multivitamin / mineral supplement?" This question comes across my desk via emails and texts several ...
Ulcer Sensitivities in Horses

Ulcer Sensitivities in Horses and How to Address Them

Horses evolved from small forest dwellers into grazers on the open plains and savannas.  Biologically, they are adapted to eating ...
science of supplements

The Verdict: What Science Says About Supplements

Recently, a report on calcium supplements was made public.  This is not the first time researchers have taken a deeper ...
Water and hydration

Water Quality Matters: Introducing the Horse Hydrator

Water has been on my radar for some time now, long before hearing about the Horse Hydrator, and long before ...
Western medicine

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Rise of Western Medicine

It was while I was reading The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse (1880 edition) that I came upon ...
Ayurveda

Ayurveda: The Oldest Medicine on Earth

­My first exposure to Ayurveda was in 1984 at The Natural Products Expo in Atlanta.  I was working for a ...
How to start with a whole food diet

Getting Started With the Whole Food Diet

It can seem daunting to disconnect ourselves from commercial horse feeds and plunge into the world of the whole food ...
Feeding Horses in the 1800s - BioStar US

Looking Back: Feeding Horses in the 1800s

I came across an interesting book called The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse written by William Youatt for ...
Understanding Electrolytes

Salts of the Earth: Understanding Electrolytes

Horses cool themselves by sweating as we do, but they can sweat three times more than humans from the same ...
speaking to intuition

Intuition: The Best Communication with Your Horse

In our high-tech world of bytes and data we can forget there's another avenue of communication that isn’t cellular, or vocal, ...
environmental impact of manufactured amino acids

The Environmental Impact of Manufactured Amino Acids

I ran across an interesting study from the Netherlands published in 2010 that examined the raw materials and ecological impact ...
Thera Calm EQ detail - Calming formula for horses

Thera Calm EQ: The Equine Stress Formula

As many people know, I am rather obsessed with the GI tract. The more I learn, the more compelling I ...

Decisions, Decisions: What Supplement to Use When?

“Which product is best for my horse? Do I need hemp oil or camelina? Do I use Flex-Well or Comfort ...
BioStar US Stress - the gut and brain connection

Making Sense of Stress: The Gut-Brain Connection

The more we learn about the gut-brain connection, the better we can get at addressing equine health issues.  One of ...

Side Effects: Medications and the Nutrients they Deplete

We know that the health of the GI tract is fundamental to equine, canine and human health. It is the ...
Comfort Zone

Anti-Inflammatory Foods: Feeding for the Comfort Zone

Whether your horse is a high-performance athlete, a younger horse in training, or an older horse that is getting a little ...
Labs who what where how

Ingredients: Investigating the What, Where, and How

Seeking out and learning about novel foods and ingredients is one of the fun and interesting aspects of being a formulator ...