is this a disease?

[jf1970 328]

while i was cleaning out one of the rabbits i caught yesterday i came across a large ball like growth inside the rabbit,it was a bit smaller than a tennis ball,white and hard,when i cut it open the inside was a thick white liquid,about the same thickness as wallpaper paste,does anyone know what this is and would the rabbit have been ok to eat(i threw it away).thanks

[Ideation 8,216]

Sounds nasty!

[jf1970 328]

Sounds nasty!

thats what i thought,never seen or heard of this before

[auld salmon 28]

probably just an abcess . i had one the other week with one on its back just binned it, we get them on the sheep at work sometimes and if you cut them they stink

[SMOGGY 34]

I think you'll find it was young inside thats been aborted due to the cold snap, the rabbits reabsorb the goodness in the unborn young rather than abort it out of the body.

 

yis

smoggy

[jf1970 328]

probably just an abcess . i had one the other week with one on its back just binned it, we get them on the sheep at work sometimes and if you cut them they stink

this was inside the rabbit not outside.

[jf1970 328]

I think you'll find it was young inside thats been aborted due to the cold snap, the rabbits reabsorb the goodness in the unborn young rather than abort it out of the body.

 

yis

smoggy

interesting,now iam no biologist but where this ball was i dont think it was near the womb,maybe im wrong.

Edited February 4, 2010 by jf1970

[SMOGGY 34]

I think you'll find it was young inside thats been aborted due to the cold snap, the rabbits reabsorb the goodness in the unborn young rather than abort it out of the body.

 

yis

smoggy

interesting

 

And the meat is prefectly ok to eat, although its not the best time to be stocking up your freezers as most rabbits are in poor condition due the rescent weeks of bad weather

 

yis

smoggy

[Jamie m 668]

there was a thread last week about worms duno meself check that out

[auld salmon 28]

probably just an abcess . i had one the other week with one on its back just binned it, we get them on the sheep at work sometimes and if you cut them they stink

this was inside the rabbit not outside.

i you can get them inside too looks like rice pudding but smooth or lemon curd you can gat abcesses anywere on the body

[jf1970 328]

probably just an abcess . i had one the other week with one on its back just binned it, we get them on the sheep at work sometimes and if you cut them they stink

this was inside the rabbit not outside.

i you can get them inside too looks like rice pudding but smooth or lemon curd you can gat abcesses anywere on the body

that is exactly what it was like mate,i was able to cut it of intact,do you think the meat would have been ok to eat and what would have become of the rabbit.sorry for all the questions

[auld salmon 28]

probably just an abcess . i had one the other week with one on its back just binned it, we get them on the sheep at work sometimes and if you cut them they stink

this was inside the rabbit not outside.

i you can get them inside too looks like rice pudding but smooth or lemon curd you can gat abcesses anywere on the body

that is exactly what it was like mate,i was able to cut it of intact,do you think the meat would have been ok to eat and what would have become of the rabbit.sorry for all the questions

depends on how hungry you were we get them on the sheep at work they just cut them off but a lamb costs a bit more than a bunny just cut it out and give rest to ferrets

[longdog13 36]

I had the same thing, golf ball size, just below the liver, it's not re absorbed young

The whole young re absorbtion thing would take place in the womb, below intestines next to the bladder.

 

I dom't wnow what the cytsesque thing is, but i don't eat the rabbits with internal growths

[max abell 196]

Never come across that one before mate but if in doubt deffo dont eat or feed to your ferrets for the sake of

one bunnie its not worth taking a chance

[andy_browning 0]

I had the same thing, golf ball size, just below the liver, it's not re absorbed young

The whole young re absorbtion thing would take place in the womb, below intestines next to the bladder.

 

I dom't wnow what the cytsesque thing is, but i don't eat the rabbits