Freezing Rabbits, What Will It Kill Off?

[GreyRake 108]

Due to neighbour problems I've had to bring my ferrets indoors. Keeping the smell down is a battle but that's another story.

I've tried a few things to feed rabbit indoors... hygienically. To stop them dragging it around their cage I've tried - a plastic box they can squeeze into but cant pull rabbit out of, tying the rabbit to one location in the cage and chopping off what I know they will eat (The successor)

A worry is fleas and tics. Will freezing the rabbits first kill off these parasites? I remember as a kid we would freeze insects then watch them defrost and come back alive. Will these parasites do the same?

[ruggers13 268]

when rabbit dies fles come off as they know its dead same with ticks i think atb

[The one 8,479]

When the rabbit cools down the fleas come off if you freeze them for three weeks I think it kills all the parasite's mate

[ruggers13 268]

When the rabbit cools down the fleas come off if you freeze them for three weeks I think it kills all the parasite's mate

i was reading about this other week n it said when an animal dies the fleas drop off when then

[GreyRake 108]

I have noticed fleas don't stick around but there may always be some lurking. Smoking them off with a fire works but that's effort I'd rather not got through with. That's what I'll do then, freeze for a few weeks.

Edited November 7, 2015 by GreyRake

[Ross M 149]

I was always told 3 weeks to kill Unwanted guests? I always give a month or 6wks.. Sorry to hear of your predicaments fellah hope it resolves it's self

[Fly The Boy 339]

Fucck the neighbours keep them outside clean the box regularly, know lads that keep ferrets in council estates, put boiling water over the rabbits then put them in a bag each then put them in the freezer,love to have a neighbour like yours I run a fuccking muck with them, put them out and tell the neighbour to fucck off and mind his own business, hobs smell in the summer bad but not this time of year, ferrets shouldn't smell this time of year.....

[vizlauk 1,568]

Freeze the rabbits for 6 weeks to kill all bacteria etc mate

[GreyRake 108]

Fucck the neighbours keep them outside clean the box regularly, know lads that keep ferrets in council estates, put boiling water over the rabbits then put them in a bag each then put them in the freezer,love to have a neighbour like yours I run a fuccking muck with them, put them out and tell the neighbour to fucck off and mind his own business, hobs smell in the summer bad but not this time of year, ferrets shouldn't smell this time of year.....

Perhaps the main problem is smell but they've gone about it claiming they own sheds that should belong to me/my landlord. The deeds bleed some shared crap so only time will tell. I'm too close to a busy street filled with school kids and drunks to have them on show in a hutch especially when reading all these ferret theft threads. It's complicated. I can live with things like this assuming my girlfriend doesn't leave me haha. They are using a litter box which is great but f*** it needs emptied three times a day. Hob will loose his nuts soon.

 

Got a freezer just for them and will just dock portions off as and when they will eat it. Rabbit doesn't smell as bad as chicken at least.

[johnrthrfrd 223]

Tape worm cysts.

[terryd 8,425]

in your situation would dry ferret food be better ?

[mrstinker 20]

in your situation would dry ferret food be better ?

Not a bad idea till the agro dies down abit.......

[Rowan 308]

Try Alpha ferret feast , mate ,,,,,,,,,,,,,other makes are available

[krawnden 1,036]

I'm convinced that freezing, even for 6 weeks or more, won't kill ticks. All this summer mine were being fed on raw carcass from out the freezer, some of which had been in there for months, and they've just had a never ending succession of ticks. At one point when I ran out of stuff from the freezer i had them on dry food and the ticks stopped appearing. Then when I started them back onto stuff that had been frozen at least 3 weeks the ticks reappeared. Can't believe it's a coincidence - they weren't coming into contact with any other possible source The way to test it - which I haven't yet tried - would be to skin the rabbits after they've defrosted before giving them to the ferrets.

[northern lad 2,292]

Im sure its 3 months to kill tapeworm eggs