Shortage of rabbits........?

[squirreltail 15]

No, lots of mixy ones early in the spring but now the numbers are same as any year,surprising as thought because of the mixy theyd be down.

[nrat 8]

No, lots of mixy ones early in the spring but now the numbers are same as any year,surprising as thought because of the mixy theyd be down.

OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN DUE TO MYXY STILL A FEW ABOUT THOUGH

[ad22 1]

Im in the West midlands and summer quite a bit of myxie around, but that is all over and done with now and the rabbit population is stable, still only around 1/5th of what it was in the summer but that is to be expected every year. The healthy rabbits are starting to breed again and i am seeing young rabbits and quite a few are deciding to squat at first instead of run, like it was in summer they are tough lil beasts but after summer you need to look on ideal weather nights to really get a feel for the population i can go out on a still night and not see a single rabbit where there are scores of them on a dark and windy night.

[Bullyhunt 0]

burnley is dead for rabbits at moment bin out 4 times in 2 week got 1 bunny!

[Rolfe 2]

burnley is dead for rabbits at moment bin out 4 times in 2 week got 1 bunny!

As an update to the thread............rabbit numbers are slowly recovering around here.

 

Rolfe.

[peterferret 0]

live on the nottingham/leicester border never seen so many rabbits for years. alot are living on top only to ground when cold and frosty.

[Guest little_lloyd]

After the autum mxyi setteels in the rabbits dont really recover untill march time,, We have very very few rabbits around at the moment,, But come march you start seing them alot more often.

[Hob&Jill 258]

After the autum mxyi setteels in the rabbits dont really recover untill march time,, We have very very few rabbits around at the moment,, But come march you start seing them alot more often.

Not sure about that, at the tail end of summer here we were over run with mixy, I thought my season was out the window, but they seemed to have regenerated and we havent had a mixy in the last 35 odd rabbits.

 

I hope it stays clear next summer, just horible seeing rabbits suffering slowly. Discusting disese

[Guest little_lloyd]

After the autum mxyi setteels in the rabbits dont really recover untill march time,, We have very very few rabbits around at the moment,, But come march you start seing them alot more often.

Not sure about that, at the tail end of summer here we were over run with mixy, I thought my season was out the window, but they seemed to have regenerated and we havent had a mixy in the last 35 odd rabbits.

 

I hope it stays clear next summer, just horible seeing rabbits suffering slowly. Discusting disese

 

 

 

Before the mxyi arives in the late summer/ autum time the rabbits are alive in numbers,, then few weeks after you notice theres not many around,, Up untill now your lucky to see three,, Even when you shine around at night you only see very few,, three or four,, come spring and summer they are everywhere and thats when i get most of my ferreting/ trapping/ snaring done on the shoot beacuse this time of year it would be pointless to trap up every warren to get one or ney rabbits.

 

I wish they where around like the numbers they are in summer this time of year beacuse i would rather ferret my own ground than the ferreting permission i have,, alough there is alive all year round.

[Tis TM 8]

Mid Cornwall - Deffinate drop in numbers over the last 2 years, but I haven't actually seen any Mixy

[shottyscotty 3]

shot about 150 in the last few months in north of scotland and there very little sing of mixxie here

 

the problem with mixxie is the way poeple dispatch there mixxie carcases they should be burnt if possible where they r found to stop the spread

i went on a rough shoot in my area that normaly averages about 10 hare and we only seen 1 hair all day

Edited January 19, 2008 by shottyscotty

[paddy.t 5]

bugger all around here (rotherham) mixi just wiped them all out, been like this for a few years now

[auld salmon 28]

was at a place 3 weeks ago all the rabbits clean but there yesterday mixi startn couple dead in the field & killed 1 at roadside sw scotland

Edited January 20, 2008 by auld salmon

[Guest k9wpg]

burnley is dead for rabbits at moment bin out 4 times in 2 week got 1 bunny!

As an update to the thread............rabbit numbers are slowly recovering around here.

 

Rolfe.

 

Thats nice Rolfee can i have some please

[marcus 1]

Has everyone noticed the shortage of rabbits this season due to the massive outbreak of mxyamatosis.

Our area has been decimated, the worst for many years around here.

 

I was wondering if other areas (apart from here in the Midlands) had also been badly hit?

 

 

Rolfe

hello mate i work the south downs whith my lurchers and my ferrets and for the past three seasons mxymatosis has hit us hard. from hundreds to just a few