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Post by Geumlover on Oct 4, 2016 9:36:50 GMT
Sat by the side of our lane this morning, did not see me until I was almost stood next to it. From the state of its eyes, it was probably blind. This is one of the signs of Myxomatosis. Terrible illness in rabbits even if it does keep the numbers down.
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Post by SueA on Oct 5, 2016 7:44:19 GMT
Poor thing, I always worry when I see rabbits sitting on the grass verges by the side of the road anyway as they seem oblivious to the danger.
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Post by dianthus on Oct 5, 2016 18:13:25 GMT
Mixy is on the increase, again, I believe  |
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Post by Geumlover on Oct 5, 2016 19:52:59 GMT
The problem with it is that like 'flu, it mutates, so the strain which one area has and the rabbits are immune to can be spread to other areas and infect the rabbits there. Unscrupulous farmers have been known to take sick rabbits from one area to another to reduce the population.
Our previous gamekeeper used to kill the sick rabbits, but this new one is not so considerate.
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Post by dianthus on Oct 5, 2016 23:03:49 GMT
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Post by Geumlover on Oct 6, 2016 12:59:55 GMT
Not us, the estate next to us has. We get on very well with the gamekeeper, up till now. We tend to keep an eye on the pheasants for him and watch out for poachers. Mis-use of 'our' there.
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Post by Bess on Oct 6, 2016 21:41:37 GMT
Poor old bunny, I don't like to see them like that either. Rabbits can (although it's unlikely) get over Myxi, but generally it's kinder to put them out of their misery I think. When I was still at home with my parents on the farm, my dog used to catch loads of the poor things as they were so easy to grab when ill. Haven't seen any at all lately with the illness but it does seem to come and go.
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Post by sweetpea on Dec 30, 2016 23:53:42 GMT
Terrible disease, not that there are many 'Good' diseases.
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