Myxo

noeleire

I seen today for the first time myxomatosis on a rabbit he was in the middle of the road in rathnew he was in bits he looked like he went 12 rounds with mike Tyson it is a horrible disease . He was put out of his hisery with the next car that went by

rabbit assassin

It truly is a horrible horrible disease I have been seeing the true affects of it in the past week. Came across a young grazer couldnt have been more than 6 weeks old and both his eyes were sealed up. I got close enough to him that I could pick him up and dispatch him by hand. There has been a major outbreak of myxie in recent weeks in my area and a massive increase of rabbit numbers :eek: Its actually very hard to watch a rabbit trying to run away from you and all its doing is running into trees

Unfortunately the only treatment for myxie is a dose of lead. Medical treatment is not practical for wild rabbits as it is far too costly. I dont see why there isnt a spray that can be put down that will neutralise the insects carrying the disease.

garv123

We're after shoooting 5 rabbits with different stages of mixy on a friends farm that I recently got permission on in the last 2 weeks.. Also shot 15 healthy ones in the last 2 weeks so, The numbers are sky high but hopefully we can get rid of the mixy ones before it wipes out the 100's there.

noeleire

garv123 wrote: »

We're after shoooting 5 rabbits with different stages of mixy on a friends farm that I recently got permission on in the last 2 weeks.. Also shot 15 healthy ones in the last 2 weeks so, The numbers are sky high but hopefully we can get rid of the mixy ones before it wipes out the 100's there.

If anybody needs some help reducing the number of rabbits just pm

dodderangler

Ya know you can eat the mixxy rabbits
I wouldn't but ya can
Havint seen any mixxy this summer but seen a good few in April

snipe02

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhUg8OVE22Y

Heard this years ago and it stuck with me