hunter96 13 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 You can eat mixied rabbits without it harming you...But... FFS how desperate are you to eat rabbit? get a non mixied one if you want to eat one! I dont feed them to the dogs even though I know it wont harm them but the ferrets will get them from time to time after they have been in the freezer for a few weeks calm done mate just curious soo i asked.. Quote Link to post
lapin2008 1,587 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 You can eat mixied rabbits without it harming you...But... FFS how desperate are you to eat rabbit? get a non mixied one if you want to eat one! I dont feed them to the dogs even though I know it wont harm them but the ferrets will get them from time to time after they have been in the freezer for a few weeks calm done mate just curious soo i asked.. Lol am calm... not sure where you got that I was anything other then calm, Makes no odds to me what you eat. Quote Link to post
R.A.W 1,987 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 hows it going mate? myxie (myxomatosis) is disease that was released by the government in the fifties to reduce the rabbit population. it attacks the rabbits eyes and ears and other holes . they become infected and clogged with puss. it is past from rabbit by flea and other blood eating parasites. it will kill around 97% of a population some rabbits do show signs of resistance. we did have a few local rabbits locally but now they have been wiped out. would it harm you if you ate it? no mate. but depending on how far along the disease is there won't be much meat on the rabbit because it can't eat and wastes away. not a very nice disease. as for taking them home for ferret food i would not advise it . you could be spreading the disease . Rabbits would be gutted/skinned on site and waste burnt. Looked over the web and mixed views all round, but this seems to be the most common. is it worth the risk mate. There is mixy up by the old Markham Colliery site, my dogs caught 3 up there last weekend. They are all just sat out on the banks, not many up there to start with so this will wipe them out what a shame mate . i've watched it travel over from crumlin and up the valley. it's a real shame Quote Link to post
stinkers 102 Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Personal preference whether you eat it, feed your stinkers with them or your dogs. Personal opinion after seeing a rabbit with mixie the last thing im thinking, is how its going to be cooked . Horrible disease and not very appealing to my pallette.............dispatch and bury for me ....but just my opinion, each to there own....plenty of healthy bunnies about (round my way) so no need to be a beggar :boogy: Quote Link to post
Tunstall 0 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 If a ferret can't get it then a human probably can't get it. They are used in medical testing because they have similar physiological, metabolic and anatomical features to us. That's why you can get the flu of them and they can get it off you. Tunstall Quote Link to post
pmatty77 26 Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 The rabbits that survive become immune,the virus then mutates and reappears,so you get sporadic out breaks Quote Link to post
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