Stress from travelling, extreme weather, stabling, illness and competition can result in horses not eating, drinking, performing or resting normally.

INGREDIENTS

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS per 60ml syringe:
A proprietary blend of Yeast Culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Ascorbic Acid, Magnesium Hydroxide, Betaine Hydrochloride, L-Threonine, D-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, L-Glutamine, L-Proline, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid. 29g

INACTIVE INGREDIENTS

Bees Wax, Citrus Pectin, Mineral Oil, Propyl-Paraben, Mixed Tocopherols.

HOW TO USE

Give up to one syringe, 30mins before the stress event and then again between 4 to 12 hours later.

Horses up to 850lb: up to 1 syringe daily.

Horses over 850lb: up to 2 syringes daily.

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Why Stress Paste for my horse?

Stress Paste doesn’t cover up the effects of stress like other calming pastes. It contains no sedatives. Instead, our enriched formula supports the gut and muscle physiology to help deal directly with stress and therefore reduce the impact on behavior.

Targets The Whole Of The Gut

Stress Paste contains pectin to help line the stomach and amino acids for repair, along with prebiotics and postbiotics to support the entire digestive tract.

Fast acting boost under acute stress

Stress Paste to help prevent the impact of stress or high effort events on your horse's gut, they can benefit by being more comfortable and feeling calmer - enabling your horse to perform at their best.

Recommended By Veterinarians

We’ve collaborated with experts in their fields to develop a science-backed, enhanced gut health supplement that is recommended and endorsed by veterinarians, nutritionists and microbiologists.

MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM HIGH QUALITY INGREDIENTS

We take pride in where we source and how we make our products, and only use the highest quality ingredients.

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  • If you are planning to travel, compete, or experience extreme weather conditions, your horse is no doubt under a higher level of stress. 

    This stress may impact his gut and in turn his appetite, behavior and performance.

    Stress Paste is a concentrated paste, supporting gut health during times of stress, ensuring a healthy appetite, hydration, and peak condition in horses, before or after travel, and especially in competitions. Stress Paste uniquely supports GI and muscle physiology.

    Most pastes on the market are calming pastes. Stress Paste is different in that it contains no sedatives.

    Instead it helps the gut against the impacts of stress, helps support a healthy appetite and maintains hydration.

    Prepare for stress, whether visible or not.

  • Travel

    During, before and after to assist appetite and hydration

    Major Changes

    1. Feed changes
    2. Stable changes
    3. New owner
    4. Off their feed
    5. Extreme weather

    Performance

    1. Before and after competition
    2. During long events
    3. For new activity
    4. Post competition for muscle recovery

    Illnesses

    1. Before and after gastroscopy
    2. Post surgery
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Thousands of incredible horse transformations

5 stars excellent
"I Would Not Go Without Stress Paste"

As a grand prix professional dressage rider, I ask a lot of my horses. The stress of regular competition and travelling, along with an intense exercise program and at times extreme weather conditions can all have a big impact on the health, performance and recovery of my horses. Having seen the results first hand, and how they look and perform on these, I honestly would not go without Digestive HP and Stress Paste. 

Dave McKinnon, Grand Prix Dressage Rider
5 stars excellent
"Great Results In Behavior, Performance and Recovery"

I always use Poseidon Animal Health Stress Paste when Coles is traveling or competing as it gives me peace of mind knowing he is getting all of the nutritional support he needs when he steps into the ring. I have seen great results in his behavior, performance, and recovery since I have started using Stress Paste as a part of our training and competition routine. 

Isobel Guiness, Grand Prix Show Jumper, Australian U25 Representative
5 stars excellent
“Stress Paste Has Been A Game Changer”

Eventing involves travel, high level performance and often competing in hot, humid conditions. Stress Paste before travel and after competition has been a game changer.

Sonja Johnson, Olympic Team Silver Medalist, Eventing
5 stars excellent
"I buy it by the box!"

Wonderful product. Great for travel and competition. Keeps his sensitive stomach in check, allowing him to relax and settle in different environments. He’s happy to eat and drink at different locations, even overnight stays. His manure is now always well formed and healthy. Previously had a tendency to show signs of colic after a weekend away, with loose manure and nervous behavior.

Tom D.
5 STARS EXCELLENT
“She’s Never Been So Relaxed During Travel”

Winx has been training to be a therapy pony for the past 12 months. The travel and going into new, often busy, noisy environments, meeting lots of new people of all ages and abilities would induce some anxiety in any horse. The difference in little Winx’s behavior was remarkable after trying the Stress Paste, even so, she felt comfortable to try to sneak a sausage roll from a resident! Her calm behavior gave her a 5/5 from the nursing staff. We won’t leave home without it from now on!

Hayley S.
  • Dr. Lizzie McCready, Veterinarian

    “I've treated countless of horses for colic and know the emotional toll it takes.

    That's why I recommend Stress Paste to my clients which offers whole gut support ahead and during stressful times such as change in diet housing, travel, extreme weather and even in early stages of colic whilst waiting for the vet to arrive.”

  • Dr. Erin Roddy, DVM. Veterinarian and Elite Show Jumper

    Stress Paste is the perfect tool to ensure overall health support in times of stress including travelling, competition, illness, or extreme weather. 

    The science backed ingredients support replenishing what our horses need when we are putting extra pressure on them. I recommend my clients keep it on hand at all times.

Stress Paste Addresses The Root Cause Of Stress

Stress Paste doesn’t cover up the effects of stress like other calming pastes. Instead, our enriched formula supports the gut and muscle physiology to help deal directly with stress and therefore reduce the impact on behavior as well as support best performance and fast recovery.

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Pectin To Help Protect The Stomach
Vitamin C & E For Antioxidants
B-Vitamins For Energy & Appetite
 
 
 

TRAVEL, COMPETE, RECOVER.EQUINE GUT SUPPORT.

Frequently Asked Questions

Gut health can be confusing. Our team of experts are here to help you get the best information for you and your horse.

What is in Stress Paste?

A Saccharomyces cerevisiae Prebiotic and Postbiotic blend:

  • Research has shown that stress during travel can change a horse’s gut bacterial population. Plus any extended time off feed is going to reduce the supply of fiber that is available to support your horse’s good bacteria. The yeast derived prebiotic is added to assist in supporting the good bacteria through times of stress.

Magnesium Hydroxide – this ingredient is a strong buffer and works within Stress Paste to raise the pH of the fluid in your horse’s stomach. Magnesium hydroxide also provides a source of magnesium to support the expected higher requirement of this mineral by the nervous system during times of stress.

Natural Betaine – betaine is a naturally occurring osmolyte. Osmolytes love water, meaning betaine is able to help your horse stay hydrated and better able to handle strenuous exercise (both training and competing) and heat stress. Research in other animal species has also shown that natural betaine is able to reduce the damage to the gut caused during heat stress.

B-Vitamins –  B-vitamins are crucial during stress to maintain appetite and support muscle energy generation during exercise. Vitamin B1 is also needed to support normal function of the nervous system.

Natural Vitamin E – Natural vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant and will help protect your horse’s muscles from the higher levels of free radicals generated during stress and exercise.

Vitamin C – Vitamin C is also a powerful antioxidant and works together with vitamin E to protect your horse from free radical damage. Under normal conditions horses produce their own vitamin C. But research in horses shows that your horse’s natural vitamin C production is reduced during stress. The vitamin C in Stress Paste may support your horse during periods of stress to keep vitamin C at optimal levels.

Pectin – pectin is a sticky substance that is added to coat the upper sections of your horse’s stomach to provide some protection from acid splash during periods of time off feed. Pectin will also feed your horse’s good bacteria.

Amino Acids – threonine, glutamine, proline and serine are four amino acids critical for gut health. These amino acids are used directly by the gut to continuously regenerate and grow new, healthy gut tissue. Plus, they are needed to support the production of the protective mucus in the gut. By adding them to Stress Paste, we give your horse a readily available supply of these amino acids to help the gut stay healthy during periods of stress or time off feed.

Is Stress Paste a Calming Supplement?

The action of Stress Paste is different to that of a traditional calming supplement that aims to have a sedative effect.

Instead, Stress Paste works by supporting the horse’s gut health and muscle physiology. It provides concentrated support for the horse’s body and overall gut health, which is closely linked to the control of the hormone system and particularly stress hormones like cortisol (the hormone responsible for anxious behavior), in a number of ways. 

  • Pectin to help line the gut with a protective layer
  • Betaine to support hydration
  • Magnesium and B Vitamins for nervous system support
  • Prebiotics and Postbiotics to help support the gut microbiome
  • Vitamin C antioxidant (supports a number of processes)
  • And Amino Acids for gut wall repair and muscle recovery.

Quite honestly, we think it’s a bit of a miracle product, and so do the customers who have left reviews about how it helped their horses through stress events like travel, shows, moving home, recovery from illness and more.

How Long Does Stress Paste Work?

The effect of the stomach buffering with magnesium hydroxide and pectin should last around 2 hours. When given as two doses in 24 hours, the remaining ingredients will work for that time period.

For best results with the hindgut pre/postbiotic, horses should be on Digestive HP longer term.

Should I Give My Horse Stress Paste The Night Before A Big Event?

Many people find that this helps their horse, especially if the horse is staying away from home for an event, or if the stress event will occur early in the morning. If you know your horse is going to have a long, high stress day, you can give 'preload' with a dose ofStressPastethe night before.

Should I Split The Dose of Stress Paste?

Not really; the dosage rate is meant for maximum effect. But if you wanted to try this you can do this, for example giving half before leaving home and half on arriving at the show an hour later. Try and find out what works best for your horse.

How are Digestive HP and Stress Paste different?

Whilst you may see similar benefits with these products, their intended usage is what makes Digestive HP and Stress Paste fundamentally different.

Digestive HP is the every day gut-health supplement that supports your high performance horse through their day-to-day stressors, to keep them performing at their best.

Available in both 10lb and 40lb sizing, the powdered form makes it ideal to include twice daily in standard feeding routines.

Stress Paste plays best in instances of acute stress, designed to deliver immediate gut and nervous system support in the face of high impact events including competition, travel and extreme weather.

Conveniently formulated in a concentrated paste, Stress Paste is easy to give within 2 hours of a known or predicted stressful event, rather than fed as daily maintenance where Digestive HP is the product of choice!

Can Stress Paste Help With Scoping Procedures?

Stress Paste can be used as part of your pre- and post- scoping management to help minimise the impact that the fasting, stress and sedation may have on your horse’s gut health. We recommend using Stress Paste 3-4 hours prior to the scoping procedure and again immediately post scoping. 

Some of the beneficial ingredients in Stress Paste include: 

  • Magnesium Hydroxide - a strong buffer to raise the pH of the stomach fluid that can become very acidic due to fasting
  • Pectin - a sticky substance that coats the upper section of the stomach to provide some protection from acid splash in an empty stomach 
  • Yeast-derived prebiotic and postbiotic - a food source for gut microbes to allow them to maintain numbers during the period that the supply of fibre is reduced due to fasting. As a result, they may become be more resilient to possible stress induced changes in the horse’s microbiome.  

A number of veterinarians now recommend the use of Stress Paste as part of their pre-scoping protocol - however, please consult with your veterinarian prior to giving Stress Paste to ensure they are okay for you to do so. 

Can Stress Paste Be Given Prior To Sedation?

Yes. It is safe to administer any time. It will not interfere with sedation in any way.

Can It Be Used For Foals And Weanlings?

Yes! And in-fact Stress Paste will do a great job of helping foals and weanlings under stress (for example during travel or weaning).

For foals, reduce to ¼ the recommended serve for the foal’s dam.

For weanlings use a half serve.

Can I Use More Than 2 Tubes Per Day?

2 tubes of Stress Paste per day should cover the majority of horses. However, in extreme circumstances like prolonged travel (e.g. interstate travel lasting more than 8 hours) or prolonged exercise (e.g. during endurance competitions) a third tube may be required. It isn’t recommended to feed 3 tubes of Stress Paste for any longer than two consecutive days.

Deal With Stress From The Inside

Stress Paste is a concentrated, show-safe solution that helps horses manage acute stress from travel, weather, illness, and competition. Pack Stress Paste for every trip to ensure you're always prepared for stressful events.

  • Targets The Whole Of The Gut
  • Not A Sedative
  • Manufactured In The USA
  • Perfect For Competition & Travelling
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