Several years back I read on here where you could add sugar to the pigs feed at the show and then give water to make the sugar expand thus causing the muscle to pop. I believe there was even something about adding white corn syrup to the water. Has anyone tried this or know if it even would work?

Any ideas on this?

1 bottle of dextrose (concreted sugar water) ad to feed and again 1 bottle a couple hours before you show and as much water as you can get them to drink to drive the sugar into the muscle cells to make them pop you can get dextrose at your local farm store.

I have a few questions regarding this topic too… So the night before you show, should you start the dextrose? For example, if you feed in the am and pm and it’s the day before the show, should you add the dextrose to the pm feeding ONLY? Also, should you still feed the same amount of regular feed you have been feeding, in addition to supplements, if any (with the dextrose)? Then, for the morning of show day, should you give them one bottle of dextrose with regular feed and supplements? Should you then hold them off on water intake until, let's say ½ an hour before show time, or allow water all morning? Thanks!!!