Lil Bro.
Fix them anyway you can fix Pork or Chicken. Fried, Baked,BBQ.
Wash animal first, Cut around shell, Clip feet off, skin belly first and then cut around the shell until it pops out. Meat is white and will cook like pork or chicken. Young ones are good for frying and older ones are good in stir fry or bakeing.
Chance of desease is no more than eating deer or rabbitt or any other wild animal. Here in Oklahoma, they say we don't have any of the nine banded dillers that are supposed to carry leprosy.
Like any wild meat, you should wear gloves when processing just to be sure.