rabbit shooting

dave2323

Hi, was just wondering if there is anyone on here that shoots rabbits in the Wexford/New ross/Enniscorthy area?

Johnny max

Are ya looking for shooting or do ya want rabbits shot

dave2323

I'm looking to get rabbits for feeding snakes.

Johnny max

Thers a guy living not far from me who sells all that type of stuff
For snakes and raptors

dave2323

Peter in bennetsbridge I'd say.

Johnny max

Spot on lad

dodderangler

Bit of a herpo lad myself do not feed wild rabbits to snakes
Iwas told this by a lad because I had monitors and was gonna feed same and he said not to as to many diseases in rabbits that'd do damage also liver flux in rabbits can be deadly
And never heard of anyone guttin food before giving it to a snake
Young rabbits are ok he told me

dave2323

i know a lot of the lads in the UK that feed wild shot, but they freeze them for a few weeks to kill off any parasites ect..
I don't know how well this works but they don't seem to get problems.

bradnailer

dave2323 wrote: »

I'm looking to get rabbits for feeding snakes.

Why not get a breeding pair of rabbits, rear your own. fresh disease free supply.

dave2323

We used to breed our own continental giant rabbits, they weren't that cheap to maintain. We had another child so we had to get rid of them as they are quite time consuming.
We also have one of the largest collections of large snakes in the country so they eat a lot.

terminator2

any photos dave , just out of curiosity

dave2323

Off the snakes?

terminator2

of course the snakes ,

dodderangler

What snakes have you?
Burms, retics anacondas and boas is it?

dave2323

I'll sort out a picture later.

Yeah we have retics mainly,they can pack away the rabbits when they want to.