honest advice sought.

[Karpman 44]

Hey guys,

 

The myxie has been in the area for a couple of weeks and finally landed on my perm which consist of four rugby pitches three side by side and one length ways.

 

there's is perhaps twenty individual rabbits including kits in any one three hour session so there's not masses of em, now the myxie has arrived should be on an all out cull or just the ill and play it by ear and shoot nothing but the clearly infected?

 

I have wrapped the young doe in an air tight bag to keep any fleas in and she is set for the bin as I don't want to take any chances wither the rabbits close to home as there not mine.

 

any advice on or around the matter would be fantastic,had a adult off here two nights ago in fine health.

 

karpman

[mad al 146]

well if it's in the area there's not a lot you can do apart from dispatch all you see and burn them, I'd not "wrap" anything as you want the thing gone

[Karpman 44]

well if it's in the area there's not a lot you can do apart from dispatch all you see and burn them, I'd not "wrap" anything as you want the thing gone

Cheers mate, burning could be a little awkward and doubt the wrapping would be intact at the landfill.

 

Normally don't like to waste much, feathers go to the sparrows and carcasses to old Charlie and anything else fancying a feed.

 

The fleas are my concern of course.

 

Karpman

[Ideation 8,217]

I'd monitor it and kill anything that is clearly very infected. But then again, some do recover from it and then pass their immunity on (temporarily) to their kits. So it's a hard call, but i'd certainly cull the obvious bad bad cases.

[The one 8,592]

They do recover from it and any young should be immune ,but its no a big piece of ground so if there in close contact there going to pass it to each other its a 50/50 call for me .On one of mine they caught myxi in august i shot it hard and it seemed to die out and then we got a good few healthy rabbits but if you cull all the rabbits are there places nearby where some might move in from ?.

[Karpman 44]

They do recover from it and any young should be immune ,but its no a big piece of ground so if there in close contact there going to pass it to each other its a 50/50 call for me .On one of mine they caught myxi in august i shot it hard and it seemed to die out and then we got a good few healthy rabbits but if you cull all the rabbits are there places nearby where some might move in from ?.

Cheers guys,

 

Only two decent warrens on the ground its self and some come from the caravan park across the road and some from the bordering country park.

 

Place is out in the sticks like

 

Karpman

[fry 209]

leave em to build immunity in the population as said some recover

[Karpman 44]

leave em to build immunity in the population as said some recover

Yeah the virus mutates though, will just keep an eye on the place at the mo.

 

After some thought gonna leave all rabbits but the seriously sick, hate to see em with lumps on there noggin and fat fannys so to speak.

 

Wouldn't normally give it much thought but it's not for sport I wanted to use the place as a source of meat.

 

Karpman

[Ideation 8,217]

Would def suggest culling the obviously really sick mate.

 

This warm weather is a f****r for mixi.

[davyt63 1,845]

hi buddy

i would take all mixy quarry,and hope for the best

 

then dig a hole and burn them,and cover them up!

 

and still hope for the best!

 

regards

 

Davy

[Karpman 44]

Cheers guys all taken on board, off to have a chat with the grounds keeper today.

 

Karpman

[Phantom 631]

This is one of the Damned if you do, Damned if you dont scenario's.

 

More and more bunnies are building an immunity to myxie It used to be, kill em all, but now if a bunny gets it there is a GOOD chance that it will recover If it does recover, then when it breeds it will pass on a a stronger immunity to its young. If this carries on then eventually further own the line if a bunny gets myxie, its likely to be no more serious than a common cold is to us

 

Myxie hit my land last year, I'd not seen it before on any of the land I shoot over and was worried it would decimate the population. However, I've not shot the land this year for a few reasons Hull Hunter however often looks in on my land for me (even collared a couple of little gits poaching on it while I was in Germany for me) and his last report to me was something along the lines of "Looks like virgin land Tony, the place is heaving with em"

I only took 2 bunnies with myxie one by hand one shot.

So, I'd now be tempted to leave them and monitor the situation

 

Tony

[Karpman 44]

This is one of the Damned if you do, Damned if you dont scenario's.

 

More and more bunnies are building an immunity to myxie It used to be, kill em all, but now if a bunny gets it there is a GOOD chance that it will recover If it does recover, then when it breeds it will pass on a a stronger immunity to its young. If this carries on then eventually further own the line if a bunny gets myxie, its likely to be no more serious than a common cold is to us

 

Myxie hit my land last year, I'd not seen it before on any of the land I shoot over and was worried it would decimate the population. However, I've not shot the land this year for a few reasons Hull Hunter however often looks in on my land for me (even collared a couple of little gits poaching on it while I was in Germany for me) and his last report to me was something along the lines of "Looks like virgin land Tony, the place is heaving with em"

I only took 2 bunnies with myxie one by hand one shot.

So, I'd now be tempted to leave them and monitor the situation

 

Tony

 

Cheers phantom, seen myxie many times unfortunately just I somehow treat this little bit of perm like me own little meat supply.

 

If it was a large area I wouldn't be worried but small area with not so many buns I'm the first place.

 

Karpman