I bought a spineless prickly pear cactus for the tune of $90.00 ouch!!!! I haven't been able to buy pads here. My question is how do you feed it to hatchlings. Do you have to peel it.
Well first thing I would do ( at $90.00 ) is start a cutting . Break off a pad and let it start to dry . Now do you have a large tort or a small tort ? I would cut the pad into 3 inch squares and give a square to your tort . Send a pict to us of it eating .
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I pick the young pads because they are more tender than the older ones. Then I scrub it with a plastic pot scrubber like Scotch Brite (except I buy them at the dollar store for cheaper) and scrub all the spines off. Then I use a potato peeler and peel off the tough outer layer. You don't need to peel it for older tortoises, but babies have a hard time biting through the tough outer layer. Then I cut it up into small pieces or put it through a cheese grater and mix it up with his other greens.
Me too. Mostly during sumer because everything else dries up and dies. In summer they get lots of cactus, Mazuri, grass clippings, cuttings from my testudo mix seeds from Tyler, and mulberry leaves. In winter they eat all the native weeds and grasses that sprout up. This heat wave is completely destroying my remaining weeds for the season...I only feed cactus a couple times a week.
My question is how do you feed it to hatchlings.