skimmia japonica: is it poisonous?

[spookypony]

My pony just took a chomp out of a potted plant growing outside the tack shop. He dropped most of it, I think, but still, I'm pretty clueless about plants...

It's a skimmia japonica, variant "Magic Marlot". I've done a quick google search and can find lots of links to plant shops, etc, but nothing that says if it's safe for spooky ponies to eat!

 

[Cuffey]

It looks like it is poisonous to people--potential to cause cardiac arrest
Hopefully you were quick enough to pull it out of ponies mouth
It does not appear on any list of plants poisonous to horses that I have looked at but most lists dont carry garden plants
I am 99.9% sure he will be fine
good luck

 

[Donkeymad]

Why the he*l have a poisonous plant outside a tack shop? Kids just love playing with potted plants

 

[spookypony]

I posted this when I had to run off in a hurry and had no time to research more: upon further investigation, it looks like all parts of the plant are classified poisonous, but only if you eat them in obscene quantities. It's not a known livestock poison. It's actually on a list of CHILD-FRIENDLY plants. So I'm guessing the pony is ok, since he didn't eat a whole bale of the things!

 

[Donkeymad]

That's good to know. Thanks for letting us know.