Seans flemish giants are all dead. And a neighbour has found dead rabbits on his property. I never did an autopsy but I'm picking it is rabbit calicivirus disease.
There was a wave of the virus about 10 years ago,that cleaned up the rabbits
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Seans flemish giants are all dead. And a neighbour has found dead rabbits on his property. I never did an autopsy but I'm picking it is rabbit calicivirus disease.
There was a wave of the virus about 10 years ago,that cleaned up the rabbits
Goes threw here regularly, only gets about 40-50 percent now rest are immune.
Hasn't reached this far yet, sorry to hear of your loss
Shot a rabbit a while ago that only had one ear but I can't find the picture. The kittens the doe had are alive and are being bottle fed.
Was talking to a guy out Pongaroa the other day and said he thinks it out there aswell.
Thanks Frosty
Yes it fires up every few years down here too. The ODC were talking about bringing in another strain from Asia I think, to deal with the "immune" rabbits. I read it in a weekly farming mag a few months back.
There is nothing being bought in, however the councils love telling people there is as it gets them off their back for a bit.
The virus is around a lot more than people realize. Ida valley has 80ish% resistance (recorded) though. So for every 2 dead rabbits seen there is another 8 resistant ones around.....
The key thing about resistance is the young are immune so it's the older ones that tip over. I'm pretty sure it's revived through parts of Central Hawkes Bay as the two main places we were nailing heaps suddenly have gone strangely quiet and one of the farmers reports seeing sick rabbits wandering around
Havent got much of a population around here but every few years we start finding sick and dying rabbits - mostly adults and abandoned youngsters. Usually once humidity increases after prolonged dry spells as now. Waikato. Sorry to hear Seans bunnies have died. Have heard some of the domestic varieties are more susceptible than others
Where I shoot the dogs and cats catch and eat alot of rabbits, is RCD any concern to other species?
Found another dead one tonight on neighbours property.
The three little fullas that were bottle fed when there parents died are back home.:)The other one was photo shy:ORLY:
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Yeah they are resistant but could also be carriers;) Haven't seen a live feral rabbit since the 9th March.
Speaking of Flemish Giants, what are they like to eat vs a feral? Do they have more fat or still lean with a meatier carcass?
Been the odd fuck up happen to with that. Ergo the last time it was released.....
What they have is a variation of the old strain. That automatically means there will be a higher, possibly much higher resistance on release. I also heard of forty odd from up central being tested and coming back 100% resistant. Why would you bother letting it go again?