RemyBolt 420 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 This came up in another thread, and I thought I'd pop this into it's own thread as it's a good question. If you're bagging rabbits, how do you stop any flees from them hopping over to you? Anyone got any tricks for that? Quote Link to post
mad4it 695 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 just let them cool down the fleas leave the carcass when it cools 3 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,627 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 They need body heat to live dont they just hock them and leave them high so no other quarry can get them the fleas will soon die 1 Quote Link to post
clabedoo 59 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 As above- Hock'em 'n' hang'em. Once their food supply is cut off they are pretty quick to leave and try and find another. Quote Link to post
The one 8,595 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 As said just let them cool there harmless to anything else anyway Quote Link to post
secretagentmole 1,701 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 As said just let them cool there harmless to anything else anyway Not to dogs and cats! Also they can cause irritation as they bite you trying to get a feed! Quote Link to post
The one 8,595 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Never had any bother the mutts get the drops between the shoulder blades every three months and if you eat garlic nothing bites you they can smell it in your sweat apperntly 1 Quote Link to post
torchey 1,328 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Dogs are in the back of the motor with dead rabits all the time, very rare they get fleas Quote Link to post
Rowan 308 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Never bothered about the odd one , sometimes bring them home though , which doesn't go down too well To keep the peace I give the house a spray of cimetrol now and again , just for good measure. 1 Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I use old clean plastic chemical buckets with airtight lids. Each will fit around 20 good sized rabbits in. I use these more now after the wife found a tick in the young lads ear last summer. She wasnt impressed and thankfully it hadnt gone too deep!! We tend to hock and hang then transfer them into the buckets, but there will always be fleas that wont abandon ship until the last minuet. Quote Link to post
John Stott 202 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I keep them. Started a flea circus last year. Part of farm diversification. 6 Quote Link to post
Stoater 21 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Some good ideas. Personally, I don"t find fleas leave a dead rabbit for some time- certainly 12-18 hours after killing a rabbit I still often find them. At least I love curry so maybe, as suggested, they won't actually bite me too often. Those bucket containers sound good, nobody wants a flea-ridden motor! Quote Link to post
flynndog 543 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Get someone else to carry em Quote Link to post
clabedoo 59 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I keep them. Started a flea circus last year. Part of farm diversification. How do you milk them? Quote Link to post
mark williams 7,568 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Shoot them, hang and cool them, bag in a plastic bag, home, 10 sec`s either side with a bloody hot blow torch or straight in the freezer - end of ! "scratch, scratch" Edited March 16, 2015 by mark williams 1 Quote Link to post
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