Virus Killing All The Rabbits

[DanielG 286]

the numbers are really low around my area in south east

is it the same all over the country ?

cheers Dan

[neil cooney 10,416]

I'm a long way from you over here on the Irish East coast but yes, that disgusting virus has made the rabbit near extinct.

The few pockets that are surviving are attracting lads who should be leaving the survivors to breed again.

[northern lad 2,292]

Will be going looking at our perms in the next few weeks,vhd destroyed them last year.....fingers crossed they,ve recovered....

[Chaff 3,622]

Looking good so far, might be year we miss the myxi fingers crossed. Last year was bad less than , but defiantly seeing more healthy looking rabbits than this time last year.

Atb

[stevo79 569]

I'm down south, lucky to see any round my way. Been like it for a few years now

[nothernlite 18,090]

Couple weeks ago now mixi has hit it

[iworkwhippets 12,838]

bit quiet around these parts also, hers even going to sleep

[iworkwhippets 12,838]

joking apart now though, last few days, ive seen nowt, where once I could guarantee a bunny or 2 theres nowt doing, thing is, ive been offered a collie x greyhound pup, but the way things are at the mo, its on hold

[Miesque 20]

There's a new strain of hemorrhagic disease, RHVD2 which is spreading rapidly. Even seeing pet bunnies with it because there's no immunity to it yet.

Edited August 21, 2017 by Miesque

[Chaff 3,622]

Evil b*****ds in the world coming up with all these disease's poor old rabbit got enough to deal with, before long the fuckers will introduce a roe disease.

[hjckcff 1,738]

been poor around me for a while now. still a few but not the numbers there used to be. not great when your bringing on a young dog

[iworkwhippets 12,838]

dog I feel sorry for, she lives for work, yeh, man made

[sher1 56]

Same in south Yorkshire. Never been loads of rabbits but last season it looked liked they where making a come back in certain parts. But since easter time not seen many at all.

[Miesque 20]

No, not man made. It's just a natural variant of the original virus that has developed. Just like say, the flu virus, can mutate/change over time the rabbit hemorrhagic has too. That sort of change/mutation is why the flu jab is annual in people, trying to keep up with the newest/strongest strains.

[Bobtheferret 1,259]

Hard to tell till the cover and crops are down, lots of rabbits will actually live in maize and heavy cover and can be hard to say until later. Mixi has arrived in the last few weeks though but it does most years and some will survive. The new disease is a bad but it has actually been around since the early 90's. Fingers crossed for a good year all round but sounds like it's slim pickings for quite a few.