myximotosis

[the Verminator 0]

on all of my shoots there are rabbits with myximotosis. unlucky hey, so what i want to know how much is about and where is it and where's is heading for next

[hiho 5]

none any were near were i am theres to many rabbits infact

[Halfinch 51]

Seen a few mixy around here, but it hasn't been too bad this year.

[The one 8,460]

No seen it on any of my ground yet

[JPTfellterrier 65]

seen one in the last 6 month which the terrier brought to me

[the Verminator 0]

u lot are lucky, its starting to hit hard here . hopefuly they will become imune to it like they did 2 years ago, but then next year they will get it again

[jakepotjo 3]

i found if i could get to them early enuf and kill the infected then burn them it helped sort the problem out and another witch some may say is wrong is

 

all summer i shoot rabbits in serten areas to split the rabbits up from each other i only shoot these areas in the summer then when if one bunch get mixi they do not pas it on as easy to the others as ther is a big gap in between colonys we do not have a vast amount of rabbits here so preserving them is a nacery thing on one bit of ground ther was lots when i got permision then mixi whiped them out completly so i moved some from other ground in the winter and kept 2 colonys on the farm after summer shooting witch again was a nesery one lot got mixi and the other lot did not naw after 4 years ther at least 300+ on that ground and i still do what i have been doing to keep mixi at bay last year i only had one so im keeping my fingers crossed but im out most days naw looking for infected at eary stages

[the Verminator 0]

i found if i could get to them early enuf and kill the infected then burn them it helped sort the problem out and another witch some may say is wrong is

 

all summer i shoot rabbits in serten areas to split the rabbits up from each other i only shoot these areas in the summer then when if one bunch get mixi they do not pas it on as easy to the others as ther is a big gap in between colonys we do not have a vast amount of rabbits here so preserving them is a nacery thing on one bit of ground ther was lots when i got permision then mixi whiped them out completly so i moved some from other ground in the winter and kept 2 colonys on the farm after summer shooting witch again was a nesery one lot got mixi and the other lot did not naw after 4 years ther at least 300+ on that ground and i still do what i have been doing to keep mixi at bay last year i only had one so im keeping my fingers crossed but im out most days naw looking for infected at eary stages

 

i do shoot them when i find them. i can rember bout 3 years ago we had mixi real bad, we just walked round shooting them with air rilfes and then burned them, i think we killed 50 odd 1 dinner time

[Deker 3,478]

Lots...always is, moves around my areas all the time..took another one out on Friday.

 

I think we all have theories but I believe "Immunity" is banded about too much...just because Mixxy sweeps through a piece of land and some bunnies don't get it does not mean they are immune, there will always be boundaries and edges where mixxy does not reach. Inevitably there must be some level of immunity, simply by the law of averages, but I do not believe immunity is anywhere near as wide spread as may be the general suggestion.

 

Just my opinion!

[the Verminator 0]

Lots...always is, moves around my areas all the time..took another one out on Friday.

 

I think we all have theories but I believe "Immunity" is banded about too much...just because Mixxy sweeps through a piece of land and some bunnies don't get it does not mean they are immune, there will always be boundaries and edges where mixxy does not reach. Inevitably there must be some level of immunity, simply by the law of averages, but I do not believe immunity is anywhere near as wide spread as may be the general suggestion.

 

Just my opinion!

 

i only used 'immune' because i have shot rabbits and they have scares that look like they have had mixi, all round the eyes, etc. didnt want to eat them though, might not be completely clean :sick:

[danebrewer10 6]

to say there isn't myxomatosis where you are is piffle, it's everywhere, though rabbits are building a good resistance to it and it is becoming much less prevalent, though it does need the right conditions to become evident in a number of rabbits so that you can actually see it- obviously the sick and weak will be picked off by foxes and the like.

 

also as others have said, you do see rabbits with scarring around the eyes where the fur doesn't grow, they've obviously had myxy in the past and have recovered from it, I try and leave those to pass on their resistance to the next generation... it really is a horrid disease and wouldn't wish it on any animal even a pest species...

[the Verminator 0]

to say there isn't myxomatosis where you are is piffle, it's everywhere, though rabbits are building a good resistance to it and it is becoming much less prevalent, though it does need the right conditions to become evident in a number of rabbits so that you can actually see it- obviously the sick and weak will be picked off by foxes and the like.

 

also as others have said, you do see rabbits with scarring around the eyes where the fur doesn't grow, they've obviously had myxy in the past and have recovered from it, I try and leave those to pass on their resistance to the next generation... it really is a horrid disease and wouldn't wish it on any animal even a pest species...

 

completely agree

[Tobias 0]

Its just started hitting some of the ground i shoot but ive not seen it here before i shot 6 last monday morning with air rifle im trying to help thin it out as il never stop it spreading just hope it dont spread across to the next farm i shoot about 1mile away damn disease i hate it.

[lone wolf 0]

i was out shooting last friday and shot a few rabbits and 2 of them had the start of mixy,not had it here since last may time.

[Quasar 1]

not come across any yet on my permissions, time will tell.