GUTBITTERS *Digestive support during grass flushes and seasonal changes
Grass flush? Loose droppings? GutBitters has you covered. This synergistic blend of organic bitter herbs helps manage hindgut health and digestion during seasonal grass changes, offering natural support when your horse needs it most.
Herbal bitters are making a comeback, and for good reason! With digestive issues, sluggish liver function, and metabolic imbalances on the rise, bitters are more relevant than ever, triggering the body’s natural digestive and detoxification processes, supporting overall health from the inside out.
✨"Within a day on GutBitters, her droppings returned to normal! Impressed!"
📌 Note
Horses have their own opinions (and strong tastebuds!), so now and then a new blend might need a little extra encouragement. This doesn’t reflect the quality or efficacy of the product, but rather their natural instinct towards new flavours.
Check out our Fussy Eaters page, or send us a message - we've many helpful tips to make introducing new supplements easier.
Overview
It's that time again - the grass flushes and our horses get cow-splatty loose droppings, especially common when our horses are switching from a winter on stemmy, fibre-rich hay to an abundance of fresh, juicy, green grass-shoots.
The reason? The sudden high percentage of water in those fresh new neon-green grass blades - up to 60% higher water content than the winter hay our horses have been eating, and with zero cellulose fibre going through the hindgut, causing disruption in the gut flora.
It's simple enough to reverse by restricting access to the green stuff and keeping an adlib hay supply on tap. But what we can also do is feed 'bitter' herbs.
While they may seem like just another flavour, bitters offer far more than meets the palate.
Bitter herbs trigger a powerful physiological response that goes well beyond digestion. Yes, they support nutrient absorption and metabolic function - but their reach extends further, influencing the cardiovascular, immune, respiratory, nervous, and reproductive systems too. It’s this broad-spectrum impact that gives bitters their remarkable, system-wide benefits.
See our Blog The Bitter Reflex for how bitter herbs can really help your horse at this time of year.
For further insights on the equine gut system, see our main A-Z/Gut System page in the Advice Centre above.
Composition & Feed Guide
Dried Herbs
Human grade, produced to ecological standards and free from agro-chemicals. See our Quality page for Organic Certification Documents.
- Feed 5g/100kg bodyweight per day, i.e. 25g for a 500kg horse.
- 1 x level 75ml scoop = 15-grams.
Composition
Angelica archangelica , Arctium lappa, Matricaria recutita, Taraxicum off. radix, Foeniculum vulgare, Oreganum vulgare, Artemisia absinthium & Achillea millefolium*
* Grown especially for us organically and biodynamically by Organic Herb Trading Co.
https://www.biodynamics.com/what-is-biodynamics
* Supplements of any kind should be fed with caution to the pregnant or nursing mare so always seek veterinary advice.
Recommendations
- Ensure stemmy hay is available 24/7.
- Feed for a minimum 2-weeks to stabilise the hindgut, but can safely be fed long-term.
Contraindications
Avoid if your horse has:
- Gastric ulcers
- Chronic respiratory congestion.
- A depressed metabolism
