mixi

[ramboss 0]

went up on the heath last night and every rabbit we had ,got mixi,live near reigate,has anyone else seen much of it about,nasty shit it is.

[Ideation 8,216]

Fecking everywhere right now, warm, wet weather is real bad for it mate. Only possible upside is pup training, for everything else it's heart breaking.

[iworkwhippets 12,539]

Got myself some new permission couple of weeks ago, heaving with bunnies, went up yesterday for a mooch, absolutely riddled with mixi dogs picking em up left right and center, yet my local permission, lovely healthy specimens, as yet any roads

[Ideation 8,216]

Aye, it's come on quick this year. Couple of permissions all joined on, about 1000 acres, some of my best land, and it's spreading like wild fire. Like you said, was walking it and it was heaving with bunnies, and within a very short time it's like a diseased watership down. Fecking horrible. Winter could be slow starting.

[ramboss 0]

it was clean up there last winter,do you think its been introduced or just one of thosethings,or does it go in cycles lying dormant,waiting for the right time to ruin our sport

[Ideation 8,216]

Could be either mate, most likely it's just one of those things, warm, wet weather perfect for it, and it's been carried in by a rabbit or other animal with the fleas, folk still do drop it though, usually in the form of an infected rabbit they picked up else where.

[paulus 26]

riddled round my way at the minute, there is loads of fleas and ticks this year so should be expected really

[darren lurcher 4]

went up on the heath last night and every rabbit we had ,got mixi,live near reigate,has anyone else seen much of it about,nasty shit it is.

yeah mate i put a add up fue weeks back asking the same im from ireland and were i live its walkin with the stuff i cant understand. People say ITS FROM THE FLEAS BUT WHY DOESN IT EVER AFFECT RABBITS IN THE WINTER I NOW FLEAS PROP DIE IN THE WINTER BUT THERE HAS TO BE STILL HAS TO BE SOME FLEAS THAT LIVE WITH THE VIRUS

[paulus 26]

Could be either mate, most likely it's just one of those things, warm, wet weather perfect for it, and it's been carried in by a rabbit or other animal with the fleas, folk still do drop it though, usually in the form of an infected rabbit they picked up else where.

 

 

watch a rabbit that youve just killed as soon as it starts to cool all the fleas jump off so it has to be a live infected rabbits

[paulus 26]

went up on the heath last night and every rabbit we had ,got mixi,live near reigate,has anyone else seen much of it about,nasty shit it is.

yeah mate i put a add up fue weeks back asking the same im from ireland and were i live its walkin with the stuff i cant understand. People say ITS FROM THE FLEAS BUT WHY DOESN IT EVER AFFECT RABBITS IN THE WINTER I NOW FLEAS PROP DIE IN THE WINTER BUT THERE HAS TO BE STILL HAS TO BE SOME FLEAS THAT LIVE WITH THE VIRUS

 

 

fleas become dormant in cold weather and they dont actually carry the infection themselves its in the blood they take from each rabbit so when they feed from an infected rabbit and then a non infected rabbit it gets passed on

[nasher1 258]

My best place was heaving with rabbits until a month ago then mixi reared its ugly head and bang its been wiped out, the thing is this place is isolated from other populations and hasnt been affected for the last 4 or 5 years so somebody must have dropped it in, the thing is other lads drop in with thier dogs now and again as they do, such is life but if you go to a place which has mixi and pick up a few with your dogs and then move on to a place which is clear, you can basically f**k your own sport up, while im aware that rabbit fleas wont live on a dog they dont mind a free ride till they find thier next host atb nasher

[Ideation 8,216]

Could be either mate, most likely it's just one of those things, warm, wet weather perfect for it, and it's been carried in by a rabbit or other animal with the fleas, folk still do drop it though, usually in the form of an infected rabbit they picked up else where.

 

 

watch a rabbit that youve just killed as soon as it starts to cool all the fleas jump off so it has to be a live infected rabbits

 

Yes mate i am aware that fleas leave dead rabbits pretty sharpish. My point was, it aint exactly hard to aquire a live rabbit with mixi is it? I'm pretty sure some folk still sell em to the farmers etc.

[Ideation 8,216]

My best place was heaving with rabbits until a month ago then mixi reared its ugly head and bang its been wiped out, the thing is this place is isolated from other populations and hasnt been affected for the last 4 or 5 years so somebody must have dropped it in, the thing is other lads drop in with thier dogs now and again as they do, such is life but if you go to a place which has mixi and pick up a few with your dogs and then move on to a place which is clear, you can basically f**k your own sport up, while im aware that rabbit fleas wont live on a dog they dont mind a free ride till they find thier next host atb nasher

 

 

Aye mate, got to be careful with that one, try to bag up the dead straight away, and give the dogs a wash / brush if they have been near plenty.

 

Thing is mate it can come in on any animal or plant matter etc.

[whippet08 8]

Seen a few my way also in surrey and sussex area,

[bunnyboiler 1,053]

Seen a few my way also in surrey and sussex area,

 

 

riddled with them round my way to dogs are catching them for fun which is good as there 15 months and 10 months and will bring them on for there first season that's if there's any left