markieboi 0 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 mixie could someone tell me all the facts about it please as my fecking permissins got it grrrrr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OldTrapCollector 377 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 mixie could someone tell me all the facts about it please as my fecking permissins got it grrrrr Mark, In a nutshell it is a virus spread from rabbit to rabbit by fleas with a variable mortality rate. For those destined to die from the disease they can expect to suffer for up to 14 days before it takes over them completely. Visible signs are pus emitting swellings around the eyes and ears, and genitalia. :sick: OTC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markieboi 0 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 bugger so if one has got it chances are there goin to be wiped out and if they all do get wiped how long till there numbers are back up bud? cheers for the reply fella Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 bugger so if one has got it chances are there goin to be wiped out and if they all do get wiped how long till there numbers are back up bud? cheers for the reply fella It all depends. Some rabbits in a population are usually resistant to it. It depends on how many of these rabbits have bred and passed off the resistance. If the population on your permission has had a good bout of mixy before, there's a good chance that the impact will be minimal. On one of our permissions, we've found one rabbit with it so far. None of the 50 or so others that we've taken, with ferrets or guns, has had it yet. The area is quite thickly populated with rabbits, so i'd have thought that alot of them are mixy resistant. Anyway, good luck & fingers crossed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markieboi 0 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 cheers for the info bud i have only seen 1 with mixie all the rest are fine i just presumed all will defo get it now i tried grabbing the mixy bunny as it kept runing in to the stone wall to find a hole,thought i would put it out of its misery but then it ran in to a bush and couldnt find it again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratman2 2 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 These days wabbit populations seem to recover quite quickly from an outbreak of the dreaded mixi. Best to bury or burn any you shoot that are infected though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stubby 175 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 cheers for the info bud i have only seen 1 with mixie all the rest are fine i just presumed all will defo get it now i tried grabbing the mixy bunny as it kept runing in to the stone wall to find a hole,thought i would put it out of its misery but then it ran in to a bush and couldnt find it again These days wabbit populations seem to recover quite quickly from an outbreak of the dreaded mixi.Best to bury or burn any you shoot that are infected though. a fully infected/mixy rabbit, aint going to run anywhere, you can normally just walk up and wack them, so if its showning signs, its either just getting, or immune so see how it goes, why bury or burn???? mixy is passed by flea's, not direct contact between rabbits, can see the point if its full blown mixy, but anything else, Ive stuck in freezer and used, no problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratman2 2 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 cheers for the info bud i have only seen 1 with mixie all the rest are fine i just presumed all will defo get it now i tried grabbing the mixy bunny as it kept runing in to the stone wall to find a hole,thought i would put it out of its misery but then it ran in to a bush and couldnt find it again These days wabbit populations seem to recover quite quickly from an outbreak of the dreaded mixi.Best to bury or burn any you shoot that are infected though. a fully infected/mixy rabbit, aint going to run anywhere, you can normally just walk up and wack them, so if its showning signs, its either just getting, or immune so see how it goes, why bury or burn???? mixy is passed by flea's, not direct contact between rabbits, can see the point if its full blown mixy, but anything else, Ive stuck in freezer and used, no problem Now you've asked I've no idea why, it was advice given to me by my Dad some forty years ago and it's stuck with me. He was a pest controler for WarAgg after the second world war so I assume it was their policy to do so. One of his jobs was to gas rabbits in the dunes from North Coates to Theddlethorpe on the east coast in Lincolnshire, the little buggers are still in great numbers there today!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markieboi 0 Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 he many of been just getting it he couldnt see due to the fact that he was running in to the wall and its eyes where ful on pussing and swelled hopefully they should recover now they got it will the rabbits around 5 miles away likely to get it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,188 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 cheers for the info bud i have only seen 1 with mixie all the rest are fine i just presumed all will defo get it now i tried grabbing the mixy bunny as it kept runing in to the stone wall to find a hole,thought i would put it out of its misery but then it ran in to a bush and couldnt find it again These days wabbit populations seem to recover quite quickly from an outbreak of the dreaded mixi.Best to bury or burn any you shoot that are infected though. a fully infected/mixy rabbit, aint going to run anywhere, you can normally just walk up and wack them, so if its showning signs, its either just getting, or immune so see how it goes, why bury or burn???? mixy is passed by flea's, not direct contact between rabbits, can see the point if its full blown mixy, but anything else, Ive stuck in freezer and used, no problem Now you've asked I've no idea why, it was advice given to me by my Dad some forty years ago and it's stuck with me. He was a pest controler for WarAgg after the second world war so I assume it was their policy to do so. One of his jobs was to gas rabbits in the dunes from North Coates to Theddlethorpe on the east coast in Lincolnshire, the little buggers are still in great numbers there today!! theddlethorpe north cotes : Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nealey 0 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 I've had rabbits that look as if they've had mixy and have recovered, they've had scars around the eyes and on their bodies, not caused by fights though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratman2 2 Posted February 16, 2008 Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 cheers for the info bud i have only seen 1 with mixie all the rest are fine i just presumed all will defo get it now i tried grabbing the mixy bunny as it kept runing in to the stone wall to find a hole,thought i would put it out of its misery but then it ran in to a bush and couldnt find it again These days wabbit populations seem to recover quite quickly from an outbreak of the dreaded mixi.Best to bury or burn any you shoot that are infected though. a fully infected/mixy rabbit, aint going to run anywhere, you can normally just walk up and wack them, so if its showning signs, its either just getting, or immune so see how it goes, why bury or burn???? mixy is passed by flea's, not direct contact between rabbits, can see the point if its full blown mixy, but anything else, Ive stuck in freezer and used, no problem Now you've asked I've no idea why, it was advice given to me by my Dad some forty years ago and it's stuck with me. He was a pest controler for WarAgg after the second world war so I assume it was their policy to do so. One of his jobs was to gas rabbits in the dunes from North Coates to Theddlethorpe on the east coast in Lincolnshire, the little buggers are still in great numbers there today!! theddlethorpe north cotes : Byron, why the two no no smilies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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