Tapeworm in rabbits

[Len2016]

Hi All,

I have been shooting rabbits for most of my life (I am now 70)and have seen very little tape worm in the rabbits I have shot However, on some of the land I have been shooting lately there seems to be a large amount of tapeworm in the majority of the rabbits.

I had not noticed any serious mount of tape worm in the area before now and I have been shooting over it for several years but suddenly there seems to have been a brake out in a very short period of time.

Are you finding this is the same where you shoot and if so where about's are you?

All the best 

Len

Edited July 9, 2018 by Len2016

[ClemFandango]

I've always seen them on and off, relatively few rabbits seem to have them by comparison to the numbers I shoot, possibly one in twenty at a guess. 

[Dekers]

I see the tapeworm but pretty rarely, far less than the 1-20 mentioned above, and I shoot them all over the place!

[Len2016]

It seems to be that over the past month about's 50%-60% of what I have shot have had severe cases of tapeworm. Would this affect the cattle or sheep within the area?

Edited July 14, 2018 by Len2016

[old man]

Last one I shot with the rimmie was writhing, thought about to give birth, wrong, tape worm infested.