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Diseases on/in a rabbit what to look for?

  • 06-06-2008 5:57pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,107 ✭✭✭


    What should I look out for when gutting a rabbit as far as diseases on/in the rabbit goes? What does mixi look like on a rabbit especially in the early stages?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 624 ✭✭✭thehair


    did you ever see the old rabbie in the film watership down they look
    a lot like him:p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,475 ✭✭✭bitemybanger


    thehair wrote: »
    did you ever see the old rabbie in the film watership down they look
    a lot like him:p

    General Woundworth:D:D:D
    My fav childhood film.:pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭ravima


    When you are gutting them, the liver will be markedly flecked as though with coconut flakes if the carcase has mixi.

    you can still eat them, but i don't.

    by the way, I have found that bunnies are scarce in my area this year.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭foxshooter243


    clivej wrote: »
    What should I look out for when gutting a rabbit as far as diseases on/in the rabbit goes? What does mixi look like on a rabbit especially in the early stages?

    mixy will cause the throat, face and eyes to swell and look for a watery discharge from the nose and eyes, its normally accompanied with lesions
    on the face ,ears and eyelids sometimes leading to blindness- its basically rabbit pox:eek: whilst nasty to look at the bunny is still edible-though might
    not cause your mouth to water in anticipation of a poxy feed:eek::D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,107 ✭✭✭clivej


    ravima wrote: »
    When you are gutting them, the liver will be markedly flecked as though with coconut flakes if the carcase has mixi.

    you can still eat them, but i don't.

    by the way, I have found that bunnies are scarce in my area this year.
    mixy will cause the throat, face and eyes to swell and look for a watery discharge from the nose and eyes, its normally accompanied with lesions
    on the face ,ears and eyelids sometimes leading to blindness- its basically rabbit pox:eek: whilst nasty to look at the bunny is still edible-though might
    not cause your mouth to water in anticipation of a poxy feed:eek::D

    Thanks lads that the sort of answers I was looking for. It's good to know what to look out for before bringing them home to cook.

    I was out for a couple hours last night, again didn't see any rabbits scarce enough here to. But did see a pair of fox's run past about 60m away, I was trying to call them, and a badger came up to within 2m of me, he was just strolling along, didn't see me at all.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭bunny shooter


    Check between their toes you will feel lumps if mixie is in the early stages


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,777 ✭✭✭meathstevie


    clivej wrote: »
    Thanks lads that the sort of answers I was looking for. It's good to know what to look out for before bringing them home to cook.

    I was out for a couple hours last night, again didn't see any rabbits scarce enough here to. But did see a pair of fox's run past about 60m away, I was trying to call them, and a badger came up to within 2m of me, he was just strolling along, didn't see me at all.


    I've experienced the same about a year ago Clive, out looking for foxes on a local bog giving a few hand squeal when a badger came out from a bit of cover and practically walked over my feet before copping on and doing an about turn. Didn't fancy him to mistake my leg for a big rabbit :o


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭whitser


    i caught a rabbit a couple of years back that was covered in warts, looked like it had lepersey, wasnt mixy dont know what it was.
    i asked around and turns out rabbits can get all sorts of sh1t even syphillis,no mess.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭stevoman


    ravima wrote: »
    When you are gutting them, the liver will be markedly flecked as though with coconut flakes if the carcase has mixi.

    you can still eat them, but i don't.

    by the way, I have found that bunnies are scarce in my area this year.

    thats liver fluke mate.

    for mixy look for bumps on the bottoms of the ears. the later in season they are the bigger the bumps. plus the look plain sick. also look for rabbits that will stay there when you almost walk up on them and also look for swelling of the genitallia. you prob wont see it too bad this time of year so you wont. watch for swelling around the eyes aswell. trust me you know when you will see it.

    here's a pic to help, this is common rabbit with general mixy (iv seen worse)

    ps - its a bit early in the year for mixy yet, around late summer is high time for the desease to kick in.

    myxomatosis2_edited_1.jpg


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