Hello everyone I'm new here but have a really sad story to start with and a warning to everyone,
first of all I am a 55 year old mum of 5 grown up kids the youngest my only daughter is a keeper at a monkey haven she has rabbits and I have guinea pigs amongst other animals so as a family we are animal mad my husband has built 3 chalet bungalow in our garden one for my 21 piggys and 2 for rabbits and store room we both clean every single day have fly zappers and use Anigene ( used to be Trigene ) as our cleaner, we live on the Isle of Wight, the past 10 days have been horrendous out of her 15 rabbits she has lost 10 we suspect of VHD2 luckly they were all injected against myxy and VHD1, so the vet asked for all bodies to be taken to them we even had to dig up poor Ben they are being frozen to help in the fight against VHD2 biopsys from 3 of them has gone to a lab in Scotland and we are awaiting for the results but both me and the vets agree its likely to be VHD2 it happens so fast they go quite we both noticed this change in our rabbits my little girl hid under a hutch and died with out convulsions most did have them there was no blood so far on any of them Ben being the first to die went stiff very quickly both me and the vet noticed this its these facts being used in the fight against VHD2, the vets have to notify certain places they got their first of the new injections in today but as our 5 left could be infected they have to wait for a few weeks for them, as soon as you know your vet has them in get them done please this has devastated us both,
we have bleached everything they come into contact with as bleach kills the virus, in fact we have been doing it every day have just got some Virkon s to spray round the sheds to get every spot we have foot baths only me and my daughter are allowed down there, we have to change clothes as well, sorry this is so sad but I need people to know we are waiting for confirmation but thought Rabbit lovers need to know NOW to protect and try to save, ours is the first outbreak on the island and every ones been commenting on how rabbits in the wild have all but disappeared , we know why now they are dying underground, I will keep you all up to date now off to check my furrys fingers crossed no more deaths , sweet dreams Ben Caramel Noodle Rolo Cookie Oreo Toffee Ted Pumba and Timon
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