Timothy wrote in
news:1105488334.4e11b3f1015552936403ad4ca0d36a08@t eranews:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:12:49 -0800, Timothy wrote:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:38:34 -0800, Pen wrote:

I have wild rabbits roaming my yard this winter, they've eaten all
my lupin seedlings -- which is okay with me. Are rabbits immune to
the poison or is lupins' toxicity a myth?

As far as MRS.M.Grieve is concerned, the anwser is no. Follow this
and read for your self:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/l/lupins50.html Enjoy your
day.


After reviewing Mr.Henning's post, I dug a bit deeper into this. I
really hate to spread incorrect/false information, so I googled over
an hour on this subject (besides, it's starting to snow again...
nothing better to do eh?)

As far as I can see, it's a bit of a sticky question. Yes and no or
depends would be my new answer. Agirculture and Agri-Food Canada
states it best:

http://res2.agr.gc.ca/ecorc/weeds_herbes/fam48_e.htm

"Because of the difficulty in identifying lupines, literature reports
of poisonous species are difficult to interpret. Moreover, under
varying seasonal and edaphic conditions, the toxicity of particular
plants can change, making prediction of poisoning uncertain.
Consequently, all lupine species in Canada must be considered
potentially poisonous, but only four species are included in this
inventory."

So if you have the complete latin name of your lupin, then we would be
able to determine for sure.


Maybe the rabbits just have enough sense to eat them when they are not
poisonous.