SIBOCARE *Organic herbal blend for horses - stabilising hindgut support for microbial imbalance, gas, and bloating
Part of our C.A.R.E Immunity Protocol
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Gas/bloat/acidic droppings? When your horse’s gut is unsettled, you know it.
"Th is product has been a game changer for my horse.” Sue B.
Some horses show their gut discomfort loud and clear - gas that comes out of nowhere, bloating, and right-hand side sensitivity or flinching when touched. Then there's the girthiness or cow-kicking during tacking up, the mood changes - grumpy, tight, spooky - not to mention spring and autumn grass turning everything upside down.
When the delicate balance of the hindgut is disrupted, everything from digestion to immunity begins to unravel. For owners it’s exhausting, for horses it’s really uncomfortable, and it often leaves you wondering, “ Why does his gut react to everything ?”
Enter SiboCARE - the blend we reach for when the hindgut feels unstable and everything seems to be reacting to everything else.
Designed to support microbial balance and digestive comfort, it helps guide an unsettled gut back towards a calmer, more balanced state.
*For the latest SIBO insights, see our main
A-Z/Gut System
page in the Advice Centre above.
Overview
SIBO ( Small Intestinal Bacterial Overload
) means that unfriendly gut bacteria have colonised and crowded out the beneficial hindgut biome.
And no question - when a horse's hindgut is unhappy, the symptoms rarely stay in the gut.
Yes, you'll often see the obvious signs - gas, bloating, sensitivity, changes in droppings, or reactions to grass.
But you'll also hear owners talking about mood changes, more reactive, and less tolerant of what they'd previously been fine about.
These days we now know the gut isn't simply a digestive organ. It's home to a vast microbial ecosystem that influences digestion and metabolism, and equally, when the gut microbiome integrity is disrupted, it profoundly impairs the immune response.
When that ecosystem becomes disrupted, the effects can ripple far beyond the digestive tract itself.
That's why supporting microbial balance is the first place we look when a horse seems to be reacting to everything.
How SiboCARE fits into your horse's support plan
SiboCARE is a good fit when your horse's gut feels unsettled, reactive, or prone to falling out of balance.
✔ Gas, bloating, or obvious abdominal discomfort
✔ Right-hand-side sensitivity or flinching when touched
✔ Girthiness, cow-kicking, or resistance during tacking up
✔ Acrid, acidic, or unusually pungent droppings
✔ Gut reactions triggered by grass flushes, haylage, or feed changes
✔ Behaviour changes that seem to follow digestive upset – grumpy, tight, spooky, or reactive
✔ Digestive disruption following antibiotics, stress, illness, or dietary change
In short: if your horse's hindgut feels unstable and reactive, SiboCARE is often the place to start.
From there, support can be adapted depending on what you're seeing.
- Layering support
- DuoBute – where discomfort, sensitivity, or gut-related tension are part of the picture alongside microbial imbalance,
- StressTonic - if your horse is stressed
- If faecal water/leaky gut is part of the picture
- GutAminos – where the focus shifts towards nourishing and supporting the intestinal lining.
- LeakyGutCOMBO – where faecal water syndrome and gut-lining support need addressing together in one combined programme.
- LKLCARE – often used after a gut reset to support the liver, kidneys, and wider internal housekeeping systems.
- Supporting the wider picture if needed
- Hindgut Reset Programme - a comprehensive 2-month plan designed to address stabilising the hindgut due to FWS (faecal water syndrome).Using a natural, gut-focused approach, this targeted botanical-based programme nurtures gut health without the risks of aggressive treatments, helping your horse feel their best naturally.
- Foundation support
A healthy microbiome depends upon the foundations being right. Supporting your horse's baseline nutrition with a forage-based mineral blend such as VitaComplete or EquiVita, alongside plenty of forage and appropriate fibre, helps create the conditions that beneficial gut microbes rely upon.
*If you're not already feeding a mineral balancer, try one of our 1kg trial bags.
In summary
Use SiboCARE as the reset phase when the hindgut feels unstable. Once things have settled, move on to rebuilding the gut lining, supporting wider recovery pathways, and addressing any deeper patterns that may be contributing to ongoing imbalance.
Composition & feed guide
Composition glossary
Each herb in SiboCARE plays a key role in supporting microbial balance, intestinal comfort, and natural gut renewal.
- Andrographis paniculata – Traditionally valued for its liver and biome balancing actions.
- Astragalus membranaceus – Adaptogenic tonic supporting immune resilience and gut stress recovery.
- Berberis vulgaris – Traditionally used to support digestive balance and healthy bile flow.
- Symphytum officinale – Regenerative herb that supports epithelial turnover and intestinal membrane integrity.
- Filipendula ulmaria – Gentle soothing herb well indicated for supporting digestive comfort.
- Handroanthus impetiginosus – A source of naphthoquinones long used for supporting gut microflora and digestive imbalance.
- Plantago ovat a – Rich in soluble fibre and mucilage to soothe, bulk, and regulate intestinal transit and natural clearance.
- Smilax ornata – Restorative tonic that supports detoxification pathways and toxin clearance.
Feed guide
🌿Dried herb blend (ground powder)
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 500g horse.
- I x level 15ml scoop = 8-grams.
💧Organic tincture blend
Our human-grade, certified organic tinctures provide a ready-to-absorb potent source of phytonutrients, for immediate absorption into the bloodstream.- Feed 6ml/100kg bodyweight per day, i.e. 30ml for a 500kg horse.
Fussy eater?
Horses sometimes have their own opinions (and strong tastebuds!), so introduce gradually, building up over several days. See our Fussy Eaters guide for helpful tips if needed.
♻️ Eco Note - Our packaging is recyclable and refillable
Energetic architecture - the synergy behind SiboCARE
SiboCARE focuses on the wider hindgut environment rather than any single symptom.
The blend combines herbs that support microbial balance, digestive comfort, intestinal resilience, and the body's natural housekeeping processes.
Together, they help create the conditions that beneficial microbes and healthy digestive tissues depend upon.
Functional intent
SiboCARE is designed to support:
- Microbial balance within the hindgut
- Digestive comfort and intestinal resilience
- Healthy gut-associated immune function
- Natural clearance of microbial by-products
- Stabilising for longer-term gut recovery if needed
The goal is to help guide an unsettled hindgut back towards a more stable and resilient state.
Functional categories - dysbiosis support in action
- Microbial terrain rebalancing -
Andrographis paniculata, Berberis vulgaris, Handroanthus impetiginosus
- Helping bring bacterial and fungal populations back into harmony without destabilising the wider microbiome. - Digestive lining protection -
Symphytum officinale, Filipendula ulmaria
- Supporting digestive comfort and helping maintain the integrity of the intestinal lining during periods of gut instability. - Intestinal transit & internal housekeeping (detoxing) -
Plantago ovata, Althaea officinalis
- Supporting normal intestinal transit and the movement of everyday microbial and metabolic debris through the digestive tract. - Gut-associated immune resilience
- Astragalus membranaceus
- Helpingthe gut-associated immune system stabilise during microbial challenges. - Metabolic housekeeping (detoxing)- Smilax ornata
- Traditional valued for supporting the body's natural handling of the by-products generated during periods of microbial rebalancing.
Big picture
SiboCARE's role is simple: helping an unsettled hindgut become calmer, steadier, and more resilient.
In short, rebuilding is easier when the foundations are stable.
Clinical considerations / veterinary reference
Advisories
- Best fed alongside a grass-forage, fibre-based diet with 24/7 meadow hay.
- Feed for a minimum of 4 weeks for full reset support.
- SIBO hurts! If your horse needs support, alleviate with DuoBute , fed alongside the SiboCARE.
- Spirulina is an excellent mycotoxin binder and deacidifier, especially useful if you've been feeding haylage which introduces lactic-acid bacteria into the hindgut.
- After SiboCARE, follow with GutAminos or our combined blend, LeakyGutCOMBO, for mucosal repair, followed by LKLCARE for gentle detox-axis support.
Contraindications
- Not suitable for pregnant or nursing mares.
- Use caution alongside anticoagulant, steroid, or immune-modifying medications unless advised by your vet.
- Discontinue if unexpected sensitivity occurs.
Veterinary Reference / Formulary Extract
A concise, vet-friendly reference is available for sharing with your vet.
FAQs
How long should I feed SiboCARE?
We generally recommend feeding SiboCARE for a minimum of 4 weeks, although many horses benefit from an 8-week programme where hindgut disruption has been present for some time.
The aim is to help stabilise the hindgut environment before moving on to the rebuilding phase with products such as GutAminos, LeakyGutCOMBO, or LKLCARE if needed.
What signs suggest my horse may benefit from SiboCARE?
SiboCARE is often chosen for horses showing signs of hindgut instability, including:
✔ Gas or bloating
✔ Right-hand-side sensitivity
✔ Girthiness or cow-kicking during tacking up
✔ Acrid, acidic, or unusually pungent droppings
✔ Digestive upset following grass changes, antibiotics, stress, or illness
✔ Behaviour changes that seem linked to digestive discomfort
Can SiboCARE be fed alongside medication?
Many owners choose to feed SiboCARE alongside veterinary treatment programmes.
However, if your horse is receiving medication, particularly steroids, immune-modifying drugs, anticoagulants, or treatment for a serious medical condition, we recommend discussing supplementation with your vet before use.
Can SiboCARE be fed with DuoBute?
Yes. In fact, this is one of our most common combinations.
SiboCARE focuses on supporting microbial balance within the hindgut, whilst DuoBute is often added when discomfort, sensitivity, or gut-related tension are also part of the picture.
What's the difference between SiboCARE and LeakyGutCOMBO?
SiboCARE is designed as the "reset" phase when the hindgut feels unstable, reactive, or out of balance.
LeakyGutCOMBO combines microbial support with additional nutrients aimed at supporting the intestinal lining and is often chosen where faecal water syndrome or ongoing gut-lining support is required.
In simple terms, SiboCARE helps stabilise the environment; LeakyGutCOMBO helps stabilise and nourish at the same time.
My horse has faecal water syndrome. Should I choose SiboCARE or LeakyGutCOMBO?
Both can be appropriate.
Where the primary concern is obvious hindgut instability, gas, bloating, or digestive disruption, SiboCARE is often the starting point.
Where faecal water syndrome is the dominant issue, many owners choose LeakyGutCOMBO because it combines microbial and intestinal-lining support within a single programme.
Can SiboCARE be fed long term?
SiboCARE was primarily designed as a targeted gut reset blend rather than an everyday maintenance supplement.
Once the hindgut feels more settled, many owners transition onto GutAminos, LeakyGutCOMBO, LKLCARE, or a simpler maintenance programme depending on their horse's needs.
What should my horse eat while on SiboCARE?
For best results, we recommend building the diet around forage and fibre.
Plenty of meadow hay, appropriate grass management, and a quality forage-based mineral balancer such as VitaComplete or EquiVita help create the conditions that beneficial microbes depend upon.
Can grass trigger the signs that SiboCARE is designed to support?
Yes.
Many owners notice that symptoms such as bloating, gas, sensitivity, or changes in droppings become more obvious during spring and autumn grass transitions.
These periods can place additional pressure on the hindgut microbiome, making microbial balance more difficult to maintain.
My horse is a fussy eater. How should I introduce SiboCARE?
Introduce gradually over several days, starting with a small amount and slowly building up to the full feeding rate.
Many horses accept the blend well when mixed into a damp fibre feed.
If your horse is particularly selective, see our Fussy Eaters Guide for additional tips.
What should I feed after SiboCARE?
Many owners follow a simple three-stage approach:
- SiboCARE – stabilise the hindgut environment.
- GutAminos or LeakyGutCOMBO – support intestinal lining resilience.
- LKLCARE – support wider metabolic housekeeping and recovery pathways.
The most appropriate next step depends on your horse's history and ongoing symptoms.
How quickly will I notice a difference?
Every horse is different.
Some owners report noticeable changes within the first couple of weeks, particularly where gas, bloating, or digestive discomfort have been significant.
For longer-standing patterns, we recommend completing the full programme before assessing the overall response.
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