Topic: rabbits with mixi

[mat]

the midges are out there, I have them at home and in the fields I am already seeing large clouds of them...

[Toadspawn]

The disease is spread by fleas and not by midges.

[shirlton]

Well if my rabbits get fleas they have to have got them from my Tone cos I ain't got no fleas. ;D

[terrier]

snip...
Blood-sucking insects, including mosquitoes, fleas, lice, ticks, and mites, are the main method of spread. Direct transmission is possible, usually by the aerosol route
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I suppose that could mean it's spread by midges. My horse suffers from sweetitch which is spread by midges and it's a horrible thing to deal with. I've sort of got to hate midges more than wasps over the years!

[lewic]

It's perfectly OK to eat them as you can't get the virus

Ewww!! I wouldnt even touch a diseased animal let alone eat it. AIDS and CJD started as animal viruses.

Not sure I could kill anything, I'd probably put a bucket over it so it couldnt run away, and phone the RSPCA.