It's common for pet buns to get myxi, but usually the ones who are left down the bottom of the garden in a hutch - type of pets...
The lucky indoors ones are pretty safe from myximatosis.
There is a state in Australia called Queensland where pet rabbits are banned.
You are liable to get a $30,000 fine if you are caught with a pet rabbit in that state, and NO, I'm not joking. :shock:
Where I live, the laws regarding rabbits were just de-regulated, which means that pet shops can now sell rabbits.
Up until recently, rabbits were only available as *give-aways*, which meant nobody was allowed to sell rabbits at all.
The rabbit - proof fence never really worked that well anyways and there are wild (feral) rabbits all over Australia.
Most are killed by feral foxes or cats which we also have, or they are shot by hunters.
The wild rabbits cause alot of erosion in our sandy soils so they're not really a good thing.
Ciara :rabbit2:
