how to help quiet down mixi?

[air gunner 0]

Hi what should you do if you come across a mixi rabbit?

Does burning them kill the disease?

Also i have heard that the disease can live in unused burrows for a few years is this true?

[Guest Scuba1]

Hi what should you do if you come across a mixi rabbit?

Does burning them kill the disease?

Also i have heard that the disease can live in unused burrows for a few years is this true?

 

Burning is the best option or dig a hole and sling the wabbit in there together with some lime. If you don't have lime, make the hole deep enough so that it can't be dug up by fox &co.

 

ATB

 

Michael

[stealthy1 3,964]

I just whack them and burry them out in the open, it must go some way to slowing mixy down on your patch

[festa 206]

its the flea that transmits the mixi so even if you do kill it and bury it if its been with the other rabbits you'll never slow it down

[welshdragen 9]

its the flea that transmits the mixi so even if you do kill it and bury it if its been with the other rabbits you'll never slow it down

thats what i herd that its the flea that caries the disease to the othere rabbits so cant slow it down just needs to thor its self out but killing the ones that h as got it will help a bit

[air gunner 0]

So burning is the best option but does it kill the flea?

[festa 206]

yes mate it will kill the fleas on that rabbit but what about all the other rabbits that have fleas who pass them on to the others who pass it on to the others its a massive chain reaction thats just has to run its course ..... another thing you need to watch is if you work your dogs the flea will live on your dog (dont worry the dog wont get mixi) however when you get home if you have pet rabbits well need i say more

[gazguildford 0]

also mites pass it on so clothes should go straight in a hot wash best way to slow mixi is shoot as many as you can probably not possible but shooting the population on ur permission means no mixi but also means no bunnys no sport and so on for atleast a year to 2 years to re populate id say go out have a little sport and the rest who knows where it will lead

 

edit! i always burn mixie bunnys

[air gunner 0]

i dont keep rabbits so its ok that is a good point though. damn mixi i havent seen much recently but in msy garden the whole population got wiped out by mixi there used to be loads when i was younger now i havent seen one for around 5 years.

[air gunner 0]

That may have something to do with a few buzzards and a family of foxes that live nearbye. Damed buggers stole one of my chickens. A 12bore may have to visit i think.

[gazguildford 0]

5 years? no mixie lol try and introduce a little breeding programme and let em loose alot of people dont like it but for the good of the sport lol