Carbonrocket Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 I dont like seeing Mixi in rabbits. Here is one I helped on its way. A nasty horrid way to die. I hope this was a cleaner way to go. Tuesday last week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylimOyhAQ_E Carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Dog Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 Me thinks you did this wee blighter a favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marine1980 Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 Good effort! I take it you were free standing with a wobble like that? Royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbonrocket Posted May 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 free standing and blowing a gale. At the time of the shot note the cross hairs become still on the target. 15 m distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingercharlie Posted May 17, 2009 Report Share Posted May 17, 2009 good shot,never like to see animals suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
top shot Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 well done mate u done good i always put the poor things out the misery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERCE Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 why didn't you walk up to it & stamp on it's head, it was hardly going to run anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezbear Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Well done Carbonrocket mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbonrocket Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 why didn't you walk up to it & stamp on it's head, it was hardly going to run anywhere. I could have done that. But. This forum has new members all the time as well as some that may object to such things. Normally I would place the muzzle next to the brain box and ease its suffering with no doubt at all!!! I did this vid as a mixy is bad just ease its suffering vid. In hind sight had I had a partner with me, a better vid would have been placing the muzzle next to it and stopping its suffering straight away. With vid or not, personally I would rather not stamp on a rabbits head. A long heavy stick across its head would have been a very quick dispatch. I wanted to show something part humane for an animal diseased. I was on my own and this was what I managed. I dont think the rabbit felt much and I am sorry if people think other ways. As said, when the camera is not there, It might be more vicious, but they go quicker. Sorry for any grumblings Carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher07 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 nah your grumblings right.. good job some sick disease that. GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Am I right in thinking they can recover form the mixy and become immune to it and pass on the immunity to young ect. ? however that one looked in bad nick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Excellent video ..good what you did I have been watching the rest of your videos and they are excellent, keep making them Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evoss Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Good job putting him out of misery. Cant be nice for em in any way shape or form. Good human dispatch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 Am I right in thinking they can recover form the mixy and become immune to it and pass on the immunity to young ect. ? however that one looked in bad nick! If they have it, they have had it! An immune bunny would not suffer and reach reproductive age, and thats how the allel is passed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Am I right in thinking they can recover form the mixy and become immune to it and pass on the immunity to young ect. ? however that one looked in bad nick! If they have it, they have had it! An immune bunny would not suffer and reach reproductive age, and thats how the allel is passed on. Some rabbits will recover, I think the figure is somewhere near 3 to 5%. Nursing does can pass on their immunity to that particular strain of the virus to their young. Tests have shown that mixie can only be passed from rabbit to rabbit by a flea bite. Experiments with rabbits that have mixie but have been deflead, then put in a cage with a rabbit that does not have mixie have shown that the virus cannot be caught by the physical presence of a mixied rabbit. There have to be fleas present for the virus to spread. Another factor is that Mixomytosis is a virus that is naturally endemic in South American rabbits. As a virus it is able to mutate, this is the reason why when one strain of the virus becomes less effective at killing rabbits, because the rabbits have gained a certain amount of immunity to that strain the virus mutates and the cycle starts all over again. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Some rabbits will recover, I think the figure is somewhere near 3 to 5%. Nursing does can pass on their immunity to that particular strain of the virus to their young. Tests have shown that mixie can only be passed from rabbit to rabbit by a flea bite. Experiments with rabbits that have mixie but have been deflead, then put in a cage with a rabbit that does not have mixie have shown that the virus cannot be caught by the physical presence of a mixied rabbit. There have to be fleas present for the virus to spread. Another factor is that Mixomytosis is a virus that is naturally endemic in South American rabbits. As a virus it is able to mutate, this is the reason why when one strain of the virus becomes less effective at killing rabbits, because the rabbits have gained a certain amount of immunity to that strain the virus mutates and the cycle starts all over again. TC Yeah that makes sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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