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Apparently one of the worst outbreaks for a while. If you have rabbits and they are near an area with wild rabbits its probably worth getting them vaccinated. Of course could be another one of those hyped up stories but if I kept a rabbit I would get it vaccinated anyway because I have killed enought of the wild ones to see how nasty it is.
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article329
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article329
Rabbit walks into a bar and says to the barman '2 cheese toasties please', the barman gets him his toasties and he enjoys them very much. Next day he comes in again and says '2 ham toasties please', again the barman gets him his toasties and they are even better than the cheese toasties. On the third day he says 'please can I have one cheese toastie and one ham toastie?', the barman says 'you shouldn't do that', 'never mind that' says the rabbit, 'just get me my toasties!'. The barman reluctantly brings the rabbit his toasties but immediately after eating them he drops down dead. A second rabbit walks in and upon seeing the body of the first asks 'what happened to him?'. 'Mixing-my-toasties', replies the barman.
I'll get my coat.
And a book about how to punctuate dialogue properly.
>> Edited by dieseljohn on Monday 28th November 17:54
I'll get my coat.
And a book about how to punctuate dialogue properly.
>> Edited by dieseljohn on Monday 28th November 17:54
dieseljohn said:
Rabbit walks into a bar and says to the barman '2 cheese toasties please', the barman gets him his toasties and he enjoys them very much. Next day he comes in again and says '2 ham toasties please', again the barman gets him his toasties and they are even better than the cheese toasties. On the third day he says 'please can I have one cheese toastie and one ham toastie?', the barman says 'you shouldn't do that', 'never mind that' says the rabbit, 'just get me my toasties!'. The barman reluctantly brings the rabbit his toasties but immediately after eating them he drops down dead. A second rabbit walks in and upon seeing the body of the first asks 'what happened to him?'. 'Mixing-my-toasties', replies the barman.
I'll get my coat.
And a book about how to punctuate dialogue properly.
>> Edited by dieseljohn on Monday 28th November 17:54
LOL
YarisSi said:
Apparently one of the worst outbreaks for a while. If you have rabbits and they are near an area with wild rabbits its probably worth getting them vaccinated. Of course could be another one of those hyped up stories but if I kept a rabbit I would get it vaccinated anyway because I have killed enought of the wild ones to see how nasty it is.
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article329
Absolutely. We have ours innoculated every year. Myxomatosis is a disease that I would love to see inflicted on the chemists that developed it.
www.myxomatosishelpline.co.uk/other%20peoples%20bunnies/bob%20story%20%20she%20beat%20the%20battle.htm
a nice-ending story for rabbit lovers everywhere
a nice-ending story for rabbit lovers everywhere
Sorry, its because I'm completely inundated with the rodents. My garden looks like a telly tubbies garden on steroids.
Slowly but progressively in my area the rabbit population increases year on year. This year was so bad that most days there would be twenty to thirty rabbits on the lawn most of the day. This time of year they only seem to be out at dusk but inevitably nothing in the garden, not trees, veg, anything standing above grass height is allowed to grow. Everything, fruit trees die, no sapling is allowed to grow no matter how much you try to protect them, everything is chewed or just destoyed for fun or poo'ed on. Believe it or not I even mowed one down because it didn't bother to get out of the way of my mowing machine they are that bold. Really I feel I'm in the middle of a montypython sketch sometimes.
I spend most of the summer trying to shoot them but its impossible in winter. They take over the garden like a plague of locust.
The only saving grace is that once every ten or so years the population builds up to such levels that an outbreak of myxomatosis brakes out and decimates them back down to sensible numbers. The farms then stop mass spraying chemicals everywhere and we have a little time to grow veg again.
Slowly but progressively in my area the rabbit population increases year on year. This year was so bad that most days there would be twenty to thirty rabbits on the lawn most of the day. This time of year they only seem to be out at dusk but inevitably nothing in the garden, not trees, veg, anything standing above grass height is allowed to grow. Everything, fruit trees die, no sapling is allowed to grow no matter how much you try to protect them, everything is chewed or just destoyed for fun or poo'ed on. Believe it or not I even mowed one down because it didn't bother to get out of the way of my mowing machine they are that bold. Really I feel I'm in the middle of a montypython sketch sometimes.
I spend most of the summer trying to shoot them but its impossible in winter. They take over the garden like a plague of locust.
The only saving grace is that once every ten or so years the population builds up to such levels that an outbreak of myxomatosis brakes out and decimates them back down to sensible numbers. The farms then stop mass spraying chemicals everywhere and we have a little time to grow veg again.
bravo! 
Apparently the immunity is bred out if not in constant contact with it. Also something to do with weaker stains taking 2 weeks to knock them dead. Thats why it tends to be on a 7-8 year cycle. The american rabbits the virus was found in in 1800's had become completely immune to the pox virus and so eventually so will the European rabbits as well. (I would think)
What do you shoot them with Julian? My dad just got an air rifle so I shot a few pigeons in summer and hopefully get some rabbit and squirrel at Christmas. Can i see your chicken cam? I am sad.
What do you shoot them with Julian? My dad just got an air rifle so I shot a few pigeons in summer and hopefully get some rabbit and squirrel at Christmas. Can i see your chicken cam? I am sad.
Our rabbit population was knocked sideways by myxy at the end of the summer - seems to be making a strong recovery now, though.
I use a .25 airgun when necessary, need to change it for something that provides a flatter trajectory though. The perfect solution would perhaps be an uprated .22 or .25 with enough oomph to shoot flat out to 50m but without the problems brought by the long range of a .22 rifle.
Getting an FAC for a modded airgun is probably harder than getting one for a conventional rifle, though.
We seem to have a plague of mice at the moment, too - must be the cold snap - I've trapped five in as many days.
I use a .25 airgun when necessary, need to change it for something that provides a flatter trajectory though. The perfect solution would perhaps be an uprated .22 or .25 with enough oomph to shoot flat out to 50m but without the problems brought by the long range of a .22 rifle.
Getting an FAC for a modded airgun is probably harder than getting one for a conventional rifle, though.
We seem to have a plague of mice at the moment, too - must be the cold snap - I've trapped five in as many days.
Things i have heard about Wabbits but ime not sure if they is true.
1/ They used to live under ground but the last mixxy outbreak back in the 70's forced them above ground.
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2/ They now live on verges and in bushes(not upham,upham),i see fuggin 1000's every night on the side of the road.
3/ They shag a lot.
4/ They are stupid and head towards the light.
1/ They used to live under ground but the last mixxy outbreak back in the 70's forced them above ground.
? 2/ They now live on verges and in bushes(not upham,upham),i see fuggin 1000's every night on the side of the road.
3/ They shag a lot.
4/ They are stupid and head towards the light.
Julian64 said:
.22 BSA lightning, with a gas ram. Good for up to 40m if your very good.
True about an FAC air licence. Its far easier to get a shotgun thats no use to me, than it is to get an FAC extension to cover the full 140m of by back garden
Bloody absurd isn't it. Not the best environment right now to approach plod about getting an FAC, of all things for a piddling airgun! But shotgun? Oh that's no problem sir.
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