eggs inside of a rabbits leg???

[terryd 8,466]

I had a rabbit today it was bit tough to skin so I decided to give it to the ferrets.

When I skinned it I did notice a small red pimple on its belly under the skin other than that it looked healthy but as I went to cut the back leg of there was a big squirt of fluid and white eggs every where.

What bothers me is I didn't notice it until I cut into it so I could have used it for the table.

I have a rabbit bubbling away in the oven now but its to be tough going when I eat it latter bit put off at the moment should of had bacon,egg and chips with the mrs

Edited December 9, 2012 by terryd

[Guest vin]

we had one today the same..massive swelling on its leg..size of a tennis ball. . so we had a look and it was full of fluid and eggs..nasty horrible things... Left it for the Foxes.

 

[ferret100 47]

As said before, they are not eggs, but larval tapeworm. By leaving the rabbit carcass and young tapeworm for foxes/dogs to eat you are PROMOTING further infection. Well done.........

[tb25 4,627]

as we are coming top the end of the world very soon, i believe its not just rabbits that carry these eggs..but all animals,they are unborn aliens that have been sent from another world and have been implanted in to animals that will live on as us humans die out

merry xmas folks

[pie-eater 377]

Ive been getting loads on a new permission. Its a small woodland and neighboring sheep field.

 

According to the NHS website freezing at -10 for 48 hours is enough to kill tapeworm so I dont see a problem using infected rabbits as ferret food. I remember reading somewhere that because food passes through a ferret so fast worms dont affect them anyway.

 

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Tapeworm-infections/Pages/Prevention.aspx

[Guest vin]

As said before, they are not eggs, but larval tapeworm. By leaving the rabbit carcass and young tapeworm for foxes/dogs to eat you are PROMOTING further infection. Well done.........

 

I would of thought busting the sack and the eggs coming into contact with fresh air and a muddy field would have been enough to kill them. . . I,ll take a black sack next time im out and drain off the puss sack and dispose of it by incineration..

[ferret100 47]

As said before, they are not eggs, but larval tapeworm. By leaving the rabbit carcass and young tapeworm for foxes/dogs to eat you are PROMOTING further infection. Well done.........

 

I would of thought busting the sack and the eggs coming into contact with fresh air and a muddy field would have been enough to kill them. . . I,ll take a black sack next time im out and drain off the puss sack and dispose of it by incineration..

 

Once again, they are tapeworm larvae, not eggs. Worm eggs are microscopic. Do you honestly think parasites are not capable of surviving a bit of mud and air? How on earth can they then cope with the sac being ruptured, chewed, ingested and surviving the digestive system to develop into adults and reproduce??? Walking barefoot in a garden is the ideal way to be predisposed to infection with Threadworms!

 

Rabbits/sheep etc are the intermediate host for these species of tapeworm, the primary host are Canids. By leaving it for the fox your are promoting the cycle and likely to find many more infected rabbits.

 

As said before, the larvae do not damage the meat and cooking the rabbit makes the meat/larvae perfectly safe for consumption. If you can't cope dealing with some larvae, then burn the rabbit to reduce further infection. Prevention is better than cure.

[Guest vin]

As said before, they are not eggs, but larval tapeworm. By leaving the rabbit carcass and young tapeworm for foxes/dogs to eat you are PROMOTING further infection. Well done.........

 

I would of thought busting the sack and the eggs coming into contact with fresh air and a muddy field would have been enough to kill them. . . I,ll take a black sack next time im out and drain off the puss sack and dispose of it by incineration..

 

Once again, they are tapeworm larvae, not eggs. Worm eggs are microscopic. Do you honestly think parasites are not capable of surviving a bit of mud and air? How on earth can they then cope with the sac being ruptured, chewed, ingested and surviving the digestive system to develop into adults and reproduce??? Walking barefoot in a garden is the ideal way to be predisposed to infection with Threadworms!

 

Rabbits/sheep etc are the intermediate host for these species of tapeworm, the primary host are Canids. By leaving it for the fox your are promoting the cycle and likely to find many more infected rabbits.

 

As said before, the larvae do not damage the meat and cooking the rabbit makes the meat/larvae perfectly safe for consumption. If you can't cope dealing with some larvae, then burn the rabbit to reduce further infection. Prevention is better than cure.

 

Bit tricky lighting fires while your out ferreting. . . but point taken ferret100.

[ferret100 47]

As said before, they are not eggs, but larval tapeworm. By leaving the rabbit carcass and young tapeworm for foxes/dogs to eat you are PROMOTING further infection. Well done.........

 

I would of thought busting the sack and the eggs coming into contact with fresh air and a muddy field would have been enough to kill them. . . I,ll take a black sack next time im out and drain off the puss sack and dispose of it by incineration..

 

Once again, they are tapeworm larvae, not eggs. Worm eggs are microscopic. Do you honestly think parasites are not capable of surviving a bit of mud and air? How on earth can they then cope with the sac being ruptured, chewed, ingested and surviving the digestive system to develop into adults and reproduce??? Walking barefoot in a garden is the ideal way to be predisposed to infection with Threadworms!

 

Rabbits/sheep etc are the intermediate host for these species of tapeworm, the primary host are Canids. By leaving it for the fox your are promoting the cycle and likely to find many more infected rabbits.

 

As said before, the larvae do not damage the meat and cooking the rabbit makes the meat/larvae perfectly safe for consumption. If you can't cope dealing with some larvae, then burn the rabbit to reduce further infection. Prevention is better than cure.

 

Bit tricky lighting fires while your out ferreting. . . but point taken ferret100.

 

Mind you, it would be funny to watch some flagging celeb choking them down for some beans in the jungle..... Ostrich anus is so 2011....

[NETS 11]

First time to see tape worm cysts in rabbits even tho ive been hunting over ground with livestock for years.Dirty looking little yolks its a good job i worm the dogs and ferrets as well as freezing the rabbits for a week or so better get my self down the doctors tho