mick54dog Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 went out for a couple of hours yesterday evening, to one of my favorate permissions, a large house with almost six acres of gardens!....and a bit of a rabbit problem. i lay down near the veggi patch, and after 10-15 mins bagged my first rabbit, then a little while later another two, the old bones started getting a bit stiff so i decided to have a walk around and went to pick up the three fallen bunnies, only to find that two of them displayed the first signs of mixy, slight swelling around the eyes. i later shot another three rabbits, again two were showing signs of the illness.....at least they got a quick clean end to their suffering. any of you guys experiencing signs of mixy? pic shows four of the six bunnies shot last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banger316 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Shot one Friday, walked up to 20 yards little ****** couldn't see a thing. Only one I've seen but one of the other guys that shoots their said he'd had a couple aswell Edited June 28, 2009 by banger316 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireJohn Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Poor Rabbits, I still can't quite understand why Mixy was introduced by Humans, surely hunting the rabbits for food would have been a better operation.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_haganizer Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 I've had one on the fields so far. Though sure that I have seen a couple more from a long way away that look like they might be starting to have it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxy72 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Poor Rabbits, I still can't quite understand why Mixy was introduced by Humans, surely hunting the rabbits for food would have been a better operation.. if i remember right ( please correct if wrong ) but the first were lab rabbits that escaped and the disease was being developed for other reasons but it spread rapid cos those little rabbits are horny little **** dont know why it has been introduced recently as it virtually died out in the uk after the first spread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 As I understand it, spread by fleas. Also developed to control rabbits in Oz? ******* evil disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 if i remember right ( please correct if wrong ) but the first were lab rabbits that escaped and the disease was being developed for other reasons but it spread rapid cos those little rabbits are horny little **** dont know why it has been introduced recently as it virtually died out in the uk after the first spread Prepare to be corrected. It was deliberately released and spread in this country (naturally occurs elsewhere) to control the rabbit population. It nearly wiped them out but they have slowly come back to near their original numbers. The virus still crops up every year, some survive and are immune and pass this on to their young I do believe(?) however as the virus mutates it can infect the population all over again. It is primarily spread by the rabbit flea but other blood sucking animals can also pass it on. Not sure the above is 100% accurate in relation to passing on immunity but it will give you an idea. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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