my local spot is full of mixy

[iceman001979 1,316]

Kill as many as you can on the land and bury or get rid off the dead ones lying about then the land have a chance down the line.Went too a spot last week that has it on the land going hit this land hard lamp and ferret and take as many off as l can then before the season ends and the spring is here before the breeding starts to see if it helps

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

When any of my places get hit with myxy I stop killing any of them. Think of this. If one rabbit in ten survives the disease then this is the rabbit that will breed more partially immune stock. If you've killed all ten then you've killed your immune breeding stock.

When a place gets hit every year then usually enough survive to breed back up but in a place that hasn't seen myxy for a few years the immune genes become rarer and when it does hit it kills far more. A couple of my spots have had myxy this year and already rabbits have recovered and bred back a bit. Once the winter sets in the disease usually dies back anyway.

Edited November 14, 2011 by Maximus Ferret

[iceman001979 1,316]

When any of my places get hit with myxy I stop killing any of them. Think of this. If one rabbit in ten survives the disease then this is the rabbit that will breed more partially immune stock. If you've killed all ten then you've killed your immune breeding stock.

When a place gets hit every year then usually enough survive to breed back up but in a place that hasn't seen myxy for a few years the immune genes become rarer and when it does hit it kills far more. A couple of my spots have had myxy this year and already rabbits have recovered and bred back a bit.

Yes but it is getting hit every year because your leaving them on the land.Get rid off them and you get rid off mixy.Yes they can breed again but if it on the land they will get it in the end

[danny300 2,240]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

[paulus 26]

When any of my places get hit with myxy I stop killing any of them. Think of this. If one rabbit in ten survives the disease then this is the rabbit that will breed more partially immune stock. If you've killed all ten then you've killed your immune breeding stock.

When a place gets hit every year then usually enough survive to breed back up but in a place that hasn't seen myxy for a few years the immune genes become rarer and when it does hit it kills far more. A couple of my spots have had myxy this year and already rabbits have recovered and bred back a bit.

Yes but it is getting hit every year because your leaving them on the land.Get rid off them and you get rid off mixy.Yes they can breed again but if it on the land they will get it in the end

if a rabbit survives it does become imune but that immunity is not passed on to any offspring. killing and removing infected rabbits will not work as the virus is spread by the fleas and tics that feed on the rabbits, buzzards and foxes will clear most infected areas rapidly, only nature has the ability to sort infected areas until such time as they either develope full immunity or man creates a cure, neither of which will happen anytime soon.

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

That's very true Paulus but we've already come a long way since the first outbreaks when 99 out of a 100 rabbits died. I was born in 1956 and during the early 60's there were virtually no rabbits anywhere. They already have a partial immunity among a percentage of the population. They may not pass it on to every kit they breed but you can bet that immune parents do breed a higher proportion of immune offspring.

I believe so anyway.

[WILF 46,524]

Personally, I would think its a good thing......give your dog plenty of easy kills and LOADS of confidence....its a win/win situation for you and the dog.

[bird 9,857]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

 

i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.??

[danny300 2,240]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

 

i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.??

the man that told me got his boots checked and there was 6 different strains on them

[bryson 562]

i had my pup out on the lamp on thursday he had 2 cracking runs resulting in 2 kills i was well over the moon but when i got home i got the rabbits out of the bag to sort them out only to see they both mixie im gutted now because the permission is a 5 miniute walk to get there and it hold a good number of rabbits

[paulus 26]

i had my pup out on the lamp on thursday he had 2 cracking runs resulting in 2 kills i was well over the moon but when i got home i got the rabbits out of the bag to sort them out only to see they both mixie im gutted now because the permission is a 5 miniute walk to get there and it hold a good number of rabbits

as you say cracking result, sounds bad could have a silver lining, keep at them they could well be the making of your pup

[Ideation 8,216]

Personally, I would think its a good thing......give your dog plenty of easy kills and LOADS of confidence....its a win/win situation for you and the dog.

 

Win/Win ?

 

Less cheery when you run out of rabbits and the spot is dead for years.

[Ideation 8,216]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

 

i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.??

 

Can be passed by the fleas, and they can transfer from the rabbits to dogs / ferrets etc and moved from permission to permission etc.

[paulus 26]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

 

i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.??

 

Can be passed by the fleas, and they can transfer from the rabbits to dogs / ferrets etc and moved from permission to permission etc.

is also spreed by birds and live stock as well as fox`s,badgers,hedgehogs infact anything a tick or flea can hitch a ride on whilst feeding.

[Ideation 8,216]

you can spread it aswell when your in an area that has it and you move on to some where new you can carry it on your boots

 

i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.??

 

Can be passed by the fleas, and they can transfer from the rabbits to dogs / ferrets etc and moved from permission to permission etc.

is also spreed by birds and live stock as well as fox`s,badgers,hedgehogs infact anything a tick or flea can hitch a ride on whilst feeding.

 

Yup.

 

But we don't have much control of the rest . . . . . .

 

I just think sometimes if you have been in one area and killing mixi bunnies and you have land in a totally different area with a healthy population, it's woth giving everything a flea treatment before you go to the healthy bit.