fao Phantom

[hullhunter 219]

hi. i was up your way the other day doing a bit with the gun. at first i notest the lack of rabbits on my permission. a few mins later i started to see why there was mixi all over the place ''gutted'' i shot 4 rabbits 3 had mixi but the one of them that dident seem to have it had like a bag of skin under its chin the size of a tennis ball it looked like some one had pumped its throat up to the size of a tennis ball left it for the skin to stretch then let the air out there was about 4 lumps in it about the size of a marble. have you ever seen out like this before. also is there any mixi on your land as mine is only about 700 yards from yours.

sorry didnt get any pics i could not find the lead to charge the camara

[matt_hooks 188]

I try to avoid shooting mixy bunnies. Research has shown that the recovery rate is aroun 90%, and this helps to build up resistance in the population.

 

Of course it's not transmissible to humans or other animals, so they are perfectly edible, or good for feeding dogs and other animals.

 

Phantom's never mentioned any mixy that I can remember, it can be pretty localised when it breaks out!

 

Hope your bunnies get better soon hh!

[hullhunter 219]

Phantom. you still on here

[beddylurcher 70]

i live about 10 miles away from phantom and they is mixi all over my permission . iv been leaving them alone and just shooting woddys and rats. gonna go and try to get some crows today

atb andy.

[RiffRaff 5]

he aint said anything about it was on the dog an bone with him yesterday

[Phantom 631]

Hi Chris,

 

I dont know how on Earth I missed this thread,

I'll respond later today in full

 

Phantom

[Phantom 631]

Hi again Chris,

Please forgive my late response to this, I have my board settings so that I should receive all new topics and replies as and when they are made. I haven't a clue as to how this one slipped by me un-noticed.

If it hadn't been for Dillan calling round this afternoon; I still wouldn't have a clue of its existance.

So Thanks Dillan

 

I feel human again now after a good long soak in the bath, a scrub and a shave and boy did I need it

 

So far, I have been fortunate not to see any Myxie on the land I shoot at

The land I have is pretty much an Island that is surrounded by major traffic so hopefully that helps play a role in keeping it at bay? Who knows?

Having said that, I did have a very smelly diseased bunny in the Cemetery, but it wasn't Myxie and I've not seen anything like it since thank goodness.

 

one of them that dident seem to have it had like a bag of skin under its chin the size of a tennis ball it looked like some one had pumped its throat up to the size of a tennis ball left it for the skin to stretch then let the air out there was about 4 lumps in it about the size of a marble. have you ever seen out like this before.

 

What you mention there sound's to me very similar to one of the "Tapeworm" cyst's that I have found on over a dozen bunnies now.

The sack you mention could be the fluid ball that seems to surround the eggs Most of the ones I have seen have actually been under the muscle and feel as you describe like marbles or in the case of most of mine 'Golf Balls'

I split one once (wearing surgicals), you may remember the autopsy post's I did?

The very last one I had was on the paddock, (so far the only case on there) It felt very different indeed.

I opened the bunny to find a palm sized sack full of liquid and it had a couple of egg sacks inside. The bunnies reproductive system had been displaced right up to the chest diaphram.

Needless to say that these bunnies are totally unedible, nor would I give them to the ferrets as Tapeworm dont give a damn what creature they inhabit, fish, bird, mamal, they will live in them all

Years and Years ago, Tapeworm eggs themselves were sold in pharmacies as a way to loose weight

It worked by the person swallowing the egg and it hatching in the intestine, where it would grow and consume much of the nutrients within the food, so the host person wound up loosing weight and becomming malnourished

 

Give us a bell next time your in the area Chris Dont know if you have my old number though? I'll send you it via PM.

 

Phantom

Edited October 15, 2010 by Phantom

[hullhunter 219]

Hi again Chris,

Please forgive my late response to this, I have my board settings so that I should receive all new topics and replies as and when they are made. I haven't a clue as to how this one slipped by me un-noticed.

If it hadn't been for Dillan calling round this afternoon; I still wouldn't have a clue of its existance.

So Thanks Dillan

 

I feel human again now after a good long soak in the bath, a scrub and a shave and boy did I need it

 

So far, I have been fortunate not to see any Myxie on the land I shoot at

The land I have is pretty much an Island that is surrounded by major traffic so hopefully that helps play a role in keeping it at bay? Who knows?

Having said that, I did have a very smelly diseased bunny in the Cemetery, but it wasn't Myxie and I've not seen anything like it since thank goodness.

 

one of them that dident seem to have it had like a bag of skin under its chin the size of a tennis ball it looked like some one had pumped its throat up to the size of a tennis ball left it for the skin to stretch then let the air out there was about 4 lumps in it about the size of a marble. have you ever seen out like this before.

 

What you mention there sound's to me very similar to one of the "Tapeworm" cyst's that I have found on over a dozen bunnies now.

The sack you mention could be the fluid ball that seems to surround the eggs Most of the ones I have seen have actually been under the muscle and feel as you describe like marbles or in the case of most of mine 'Golf Balls'

I split one once (wearing surgicals), you may remember the autopsy post's I did?

The very last one I had was on the paddock, (so far the only case on there) It felt very different indeed.

I opened the bunny to find a palm sized sack full of liquid and it had a couple of egg sacks inside. The bunnies reproductive system had been displaced right up to the chest diaphram.

Needless to say that these bunnies are totally unedible, nor would I give them to the ferrets as Tapeworm dont give a damn what creature they inhabit, fish, bird, mamal, they will live in them all

Years and Years ago, Tapeworm eggs themselves were sold in pharmacies as a way to loose weight

It worked by the person swallowing the egg and it hatching in the intestine, where it would grow and consume much of the nutrients within the food, so the host person wound up loosing weight and becomming malnourished

 

Give us a bell next time your in the area Chris Dont know if you have my old number though? I'll send you it via PM.

 

Phantom

 

hi mate i think ill have your old one if you have changed it ive got the one you gave me about the ferrets.

but yes ill give you a bell next time im up your way.