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Please help - is this poisonous?
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daphnephoebe
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Has this worked? 
daphnephoebe
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I'm hoping someone else will be along who can identify the plant and tell you for sure.
Has one of your bunnies eaten this?
daphnephoebe
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For the time being, put some netting around it (you can get ones specially designed for fruits etc). That way you have time to find out if its dangerous of or not. Its a very pretty plant
Jack's-Jane
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http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/private.php?do=newpm&u=7603
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=1149
No idea if it is OK or not for rabbits. I would make sure they can't get to it or the berries - just in case. It's quite a rampant plant if left to its own devices - but very unusual flowers.
Yes, I agree this is what the plant is. I do not know if rabbits are OK with it and so would avoid letting them nibble any of it.
parsnipbun
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This is indeed (Leycesteria formosa). or Himalayan Honeysuckle or (just to be confusing) one of TWO plants known as Pheasant Eye. I was told some time ago that it was toxic but there seems no real evidence for this. However i note the tortoise website appears to regard it as dubious as well;
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Many sources say that Himalayan Honeysuckle is not toxic, and we cannot find a list of toxic properties in this plant, but there have been associated deaths in cattle reported in New Zealand and Australia, where it is a rampant weed.
Because there is no scientific literature relating to this plant and reptiles, we feel it would be best to avoid it until relevant research comes to light.
Personally it just looks like something I would not feed . . .that colouring is often a warning sign. .
Do the birds eat the berries?? That is sometimes a guide - if the birds leave them then its definitely a no, if they eat well it could just mean birds can eat them.
