oneshotkiller Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 has any one elses shoots had a serious drop in scut tails didnt have any till half way through last month and now its everywhere but on another side of things at one of my other shoots only six miles away the conies all seem to have got over it got 3 on saturday 2 had rubbed off fur on their cheeks ? does thst mean there immune to it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher07 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 if i were you mate if you see rabbits with mixy the best thing to do is shoot them and put them out of there misery and then burn the rabbit so the mixi doesnt spread and i dont know if rabbits can be immune to it not sure to be honnest, over at my bit some farmer had put down a mixy rabbit acuple of years ago and the rabbits still havent recoverd GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Last 2 I have shot have been riddled with it, really mangy fur and eyes nearly fully closed. As has been said shooting them in this instance is an act of mercy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshotkiller Posted October 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 well been shooting them when i see em i<ll try anf take a photo of the next one that has the fur rubbed off it really is bizarre. if it has had it ( if indeed the hair loss is a sighn) i really dont fancy munching one !!would i be better than resting my shoots and just shooting the diseased ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 well been shooting them when i see em i<ll try anf take a photo of the next one that has the fur rubbed off it really is bizarre. if it has had it ( if indeed the hair loss is a sighn) i really dont fancy munching one !!would i be better than resting my shoots and just shooting the diseased ones? The more diseased ones you shoot the more you are helping contain the spread, and maybe giving youreself more chance of some healthy ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher07 Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 yeh right on mate shoot the infected 1ns but dont eat them :yp: they dont look very appatising GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshotkiller Posted October 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 think ive shot myself in the foot by leaving the ones ive shot in the wood thought the foxs would eat them didn,t think to incinerate tham doh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parky844 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 dont worry about burning em as the disease is spread by the fleas ,so if you have mixy on your patch you just have to let it run its course,and they do build up an immunity or all the rabbits in the uk would be dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshotkiller Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 i've always wondered why dont hares get it they must be from similar families or are they just more resilliant to it? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 i've always wondered why dont hares get it they must be from similar families or are they just more resilliant to it? :blink: hares dont get it, rabbits do, hares aint rabbits so they dont? as for shooting rabbits with mixy, I dont, they could be one of the lucky ones that recover 10% do, and they ( the ones that do recover) are the one's that will pass on immunity to that strain of mixy, rabbit numbers will recover may take a year or two but they will. cheers KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshotkiller Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 surely though if a rabbits got it that bad it doesnt even notice you stood a yard away it aint going to recover ? more merciful to put the poor ****** out its misery :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 dont worry about burning em as the disease is spread by the fleas ,so if you have mixy on your patch you just have to let it run its course,and they do build up an immunity or all the rabbits in the uk would be dead :blink: You have more chance of stopping a rumour than mixy so let it run and if your lucky you will have a resident resistant strain at the end of it. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 i've always wondered why dont hares get it they must be from similar families or are they just more resilliant to it? hares can get it,its because they dont mingle as much they manage to evade it surely though if a rabbits got it that bad it doesnt even notice you stood a yard away it aint going to recover ? more merciful to put the poor ****** out its misery yes ive picked up before an necked em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted October 14, 2007 Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 hares can get it,its because they dont mingle as much they manage to evade it there has NEVER been a case of proven viral mixy in hare? it IS a desease confined to RABBIT here's afew FACTS about mixy http://www.future-of-vaccination.co.uk/myx...bit-disease.asp cheers KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshotkiller Posted October 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2007 thanks for the facts mate just come in tonight from a lamping session and only got one the rest i saw seemed healthy no mixy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffo1262 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I actually keep rabbits and my Vet has been into touch to say Mixy is rife throughout the country so mine have had their boosters a little early this year. I agree with the previous advice that if you see any with any signs of Mixy put them out of their misery, it's a terrible disease, and burn the carcase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 mixy is only spread by fleas,when the rabbits is pregnant,they need the blood of pregnant does to breed their selves ,therefore spread.one reason hares dont get mixy is because hares breed earlyier than rabbits,by the time mixy starts spreading around hares are allready finished breeding,unlike rabbits that normally breed all year when its mild.most cases of mixy are late summer.as said above killing them dont really help,as the fleas are in their burrow waiting for rabbits to come ,best left to run course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 mixy is only spread by fleas,when the rabbits is pregnant,they need the blood of pregnant does to breed their selves ,therefore spread.one reason hares dont get mixy is because hares breed earlyier than rabbits,by the time mixy starts spreading around hares are allready finished breeding,unlike rabbits that normally breed all year when its mild.most cases of mixy are late summer.as said above killing them dont really help,as the fleas are in their burrow waiting for rabbits to come ,best left to run course. :unsure: mixy is spread MAINLY by fleas but ANY biting insect will do the trick,mossies being another well practiced carrier, and thats regardless of the rabbit being pregnant or not! where the hell did that one come from? it has been considered that the european brown hare ( the ones we see) may be susceptible to mixy but although suspected of it being transmitted rarely, it has never been proven, and it is considered to be resistant to mix? It is now reckoned that the mortality rate of rabbit through mixy is now about 50% so it does seem that it the rabbit is winning its battle against the varying strains that ARE still being spread about the country? now the prob for the bunny hunter is the new kid on the block! and this one is just about 100% fatal ie - Rabbit viral haemorrhagic disease cheers KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biffo1262 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Being a rabbit keeper and target shooter I personally don't shoot rabbits but as for killing a rabbit suffering from Mixy, yes I would. In it's severest form it is a horrific desease causing great suffering to the rabbit and making it blind and therefore helpless. These animals will undoubtably fall prey to other animals anyway and the disease is unlikely to run it's course in these cases so I say, please put them out of their misery. As for VHD you are entirely right. It is very, very dangerous and usually 100% fatal. My rabbits are innoculated against both diseases every year without fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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