Sorley x 32 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Just heard on Radio this morning that vets are reporting record numbers of Pet rabbits with mixy. They are saying it is down to the unseasonal weather conditions. Are we seeing more than normal out there in the wild bunnies? Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,739 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 (edited) Been getting reports from several of my ferreting buddies throughout the South... They are ALL spotting rabbits with severe,..'no fecking going back' degrees of Myxy,...it would seem that the disease never realy went away last season...I feel that we are going to have to get by as best we can... Edited August 27, 2007 by CHALKWARREN Quote Link to post
shaun v 3 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 ive never seen it has bad as this, every place i have been to has it in a bad way, its ok at the moment for my pups but come the winter the majority of them will be wiped out, i think having a couple of warm winters has escalated the discease to plague proportions Quote Link to post
Guest world.hunters Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 its a cruel disease and way to die. hopefully it wont have to bad of an impact for next year when my pup out properly, but i suppose right now a few mixy will be good for him to get his confidence up. i just really hope it doesnt have to bad an effect. W.H Quote Link to post
Guest SJM Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I see it here every year but this year it does seem to be bad, was out last night and got 9 rabbits only 3 of them were clean Quote Link to post
gaz 284 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Secured two new hill farms this year which both neighbour each other and both heavy with rabbits,but on returning from one on tuesday evening i popped into have a chat with the sheperd on the other of the two to arrange a day,s ferreting with my dog only to be told he has seen a few myxi going about in the last week or so .................fecking gutted But as yet ive seen no others on any other permision i have,so ive got my fingers,legs and toes crossed it stay's this way Quote Link to post
sniffer 167 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Ive seen killed loads this year with mixy, i think its the wet weather it seem's to breed more in the burry's when its damp, just latly the rabbits ive been getting seem to be strong hopefully its burning itself out Quote Link to post
Aled 597 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 It arrived in my part of West Wales in late August 2005 and rabbit numbers on the farms i shoot have not recovered. I am however seeing the odd rabbit around, a last year i saw none. This weeks shooting times claims rabiit number are huge. Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 same here, the farms that i control have mixy. makes my work even easier in keeping the population down. its easy pickings, plus youre doing them a favour by ending it. Quote Link to post
tote 870 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Dare I say that it's not too bad here at the moment About 6 weeks ago Tam and I were out shooting rabbits at a quarry which always holds a large number of rabbits at this time of the year.Tam said he noticed a few of the rabbits had myxy Usually as soon as the myxy appears it just decimates the rabbits so I feared the worst. This year however [up till now] it hasn't had a drastic effect.There are still the odd one with myxy but it's nowhere near as bad as I expected.I was up at the quarry last night with the air rifle and only 1 out of the 8 rabbits I got was a myxy The other farms I have permission on aren't showing any signs of myxy. But in a months time it could be different Quote Link to post
Guest The Big Fish Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Over the last week or so, driving around the country lanes, ive seen a few real baduns. It seems a little earlier this year, but as chalky stated, it probably never went away at all from last season, just been hiding in the background and vegitation. Its a disgusting disease that should never have been brought to our country Poor old bunnies eh! Quote Link to post
Sorley x 32 Posted August 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Unfortunately we will never be shot of mixy and likewise it will never ever decimated the rabbit populations like it did when it first hit the bunny population here. Basically mixy and the humble bunny are now playing a game of cat and mouse. Rabbits get hi by a strain of mixy and then they get immune to it and their numbers increase. Sooner or later the mixy mutates or another strain comes in and hits the rabbits again. It isn't in mixys best interest to kill a bunny. if the bunny dies then bang goes part of the journey for mixy. If you were being quite rational about things you would never kill off a mixy bunny because they need to go through it now in order to survive and become immune to it. I KNOW THAT IN REALITY IT AINT EASY TO SEE A CRITTER SUFFER LIKE THAT. It is a problem when you get idiots who move infected bunnies about as that exposes local rabbits to potential deadly new strains. Good job you were where you were FJ. I'd be quite interested to hear how often you actually see a carcase of a rabbit that has dies from mixy. THE TROUBLE IS that a infected bunny really isn't able to put out a good defensive front aginst all the predators out there. I tell you rabbits really are born survivors and I hope they stay that way. Quote Link to post
Guest The Big Fish Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 I'd be quite interested to hear how often you actually see a carcase of a rabbit that has dies from mixy. THE TROUBLE IS that a infected bunny really isn't able to put out a good defensive front aginst all the predators out there. Last year quite fecking often, we was tripping over the poor feckers. It was bad and looks like this year will be no better... I dont know about anyone else, but i have noted that mixy carcases dont seem to be touched by predators, they just lay there and rot away. Some of the land that i was walking last season had its fair share of foxes living on it, even they didnt seem to bother with the mixy rabbits, both live or dead! Also wittnessed this years ago when i used to run my terriers over a local peice of heavily rabbit infested ground, there were even more foxes there and they didnt touch the mixy either Quote Link to post
squirreltail 15 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Yep in our area Kent we are inundated with mixi, its a awful desease. if you see any on their last legs put them out of their misery. Its not fair game to allow the dogs on them.Just hope it goes away. Quote Link to post
TonyT2 0 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Just heard on Radio this morning that vets are reporting record numbers of Pet rabbits with mixy. They are saying it is down to the unseasonal weather conditions. Are we seeing more than normal out there in the wild bunnies? we are clear this year.so far Last year was bleak! T Quote Link to post
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