Equine Nutrition Articles

Watch our free webinar on the microbiome and its integral importance for your horses overall health and wellbeing.

Watch our free webinar on managing and preventing gastric ulcers from a nutritional and veterinary perspective.

We are so proud hearing all the stories of how Stress Paste supports horses through high pressure, anxious, stressful experiences! We also love hearing from our community about how you use Stress Paste to support your horses, and we wanted to share some tips and stories from our wonderful customers, to help answer our most commonly asked questions about Stress Paste.

5 ways to reduce anxiety in your horse at competitions. Does your horse go a bit “funny” whilst out at a show? Maybe he gets a bit spooky or rushes at jumps when he would perform perfectly at home? Does he drink less? Have runny manure? These are all indicators of stress. But did you know that stress and behaviour have a direct link to gut health?

Stress Paste supports a horse’s gut and muscle physiology in a way that helps them directly deal with stress. And in helping them cope with stress, we are able to reduce the impact of stress on their behaviour.

I have found the range incredibly reliable, effective, and easy to use and have never experienced a negative outcome nor have I even experienced a neutral outcome.  Whenever I use Poseidon Products I see definite benefits over cases in which we haven’t incorporated the Poseidon range. 

Prior to scoping a horse for ulcers, most veterinarians will request that horses need to be fasted for no less than 12 hours. Read on to learn more about why this occurs and what we can do to help. 

Just because your horse isn’t displaying anxious behaviour, it doesn’t mean they’re not stressed. As flight animals, horses are programmed to avoid showing their weakness. We've gathered a list of expert tips to help you support your horse through stressful times.