Bunny Diseases !!

[massa 9]

Hi all few weeks ago the weather was fine here in wales and we went with few friends to hunt rabbits in a private friend farum infested with this little bunny.... GOD!!! if you can see how much damage done to the land you can't imagine!!!!! the farum owner show us some time this bunny burrows collapased under the cattles feet!!! anyway we manage to hunt few but believe me its difficult task a lot escape anyway, this is not the subject we went home to enjoy our catch meat BUT next day we talk about to friends members in our local shooting club they warning us from a deadly diseases can be transmitted to human even from tuching the animal???!!! I am really concern Please anybody can highlight to me what illness can we get from this little bunny??? if there how we can spot them and avoide the sick animal??? your opinion is much appreciated....thanks

[Phantom 631]

A pic would be helpful.

 

However I suspect someone is greatly misleading you and having fun doing so.

 

Tony.

[j j m 6,559]

put a pic up bud

[massa 9]

thank guys but at the time of hunting I didn't have my camera with me! but I can describe some of what we notice in some of the hunted rabbits..... two rabbits got a swollen deformed eyes and some got a lot of fleas, one rabbit when we skin it got a deep dark coloured meat?? I mean it deep dark nearly like bruised colour? and we notice one of my mate hunt got like lumps inside it abdominal cavity like clusters of small white balls ?? I hope that help???

[paulus 26]

thank guys but at the time of hunting I didn't have my camera with me! but I can describe some of what we notice in some of the hunted rabbits..... two rabbits got a swollen deformed eyes and some got a lot of fleas, one rabbit when we skin it got a deep dark coloured meat?? I mean it deep dark nearly like bruised colour? and we notice one of my mate hunt got like lumps inside it abdominal cavity like clusters of small white balls ?? I hope that help???

mitsy rabbits always have large amounts of, fleas and tapeworms

[massa 9]

fleas understandable even my cat always got fleass even when we take it to vat.!!! BUT tapeworms? really!?? I thought tapeworms only in porks , lambs and cattles?? is that can be harmful to us ? how we can avoide get infected with this nasty parasite? is it possible by handling the animal or touching it we can get infected??? if we found it in future time is it recommended to destroyed the meat of that infected rabbit? and how about the swollen deformed eyes? any harm to us??? any opinion?? Please

[socks 32,253]

Massa what country are you from ??????

[paulus 26]

fleas understandable even my cat always got fleass even when we take it to vat.!!! BUT tapeworms? really!?? I thought tapeworms only in porks , lambs and cattles?? is that can be harmful to us ? how we can avoide get infected with this nasty parasite? is it possible by handling the animal or touching it we can get infected??? if we found it in future time is it recommended to destroyed the meat of that infected rabbit? and how about the swollen deformed eyes? any harm to us??? any opinion?? Please

unless your going to eat the guts or poo it wont be a problem there is nothing wrong with the meat of a rabbit with mitsy

[socks 32,253]

Or a rabbit with MIXY even LOL ............

[paulus 26]

Or a rabbit with MIXY even LOL ............

mitsamatosis even :laugh:

[AR177 588]

Sounds alot like mixy and tapeworms

[WoodsmanJim 160]

or even Myxi... as in Myxomatosis.

Edited March 12, 2013 by WoodsmanJim

[paulus 26]

or even Myxi... as in Myxomatosis.

american`s get everywhere :laugh:

[Phantom 631]

The deformation and large concentration of fleas are as mentioned indicative of myxie

The white balls are tapeworm eggs. Myxie is not communicable however the tapeworms are

 

Tony

[massa 9]

I know what tapeworm are.......but please forgive my ignorance,..... what this!??? MYXI OR MYXOMATOSIS????