Cactus for Tortoises!

[Drew81]

http://www.cactusfortortoises.co.uk/index1.html

I might give this a go what are everyone else's views on this?

 

[tortoises101]

Any Opuntia cactus can be fed to tortoises. Opuntia is generally viewed as the healthiest cactus in terms of calciumhosphorous ratio (70:1), vitamins and minerals.

 

[Len B]

Go for it, You can even grow your own,The Opuntia compressa, robusta, and bentonni should survive your winters. I grow these in Maryland and in the northern neck area of Virginia without any special care.Try some of the spine-less also, I have some spine-less that I'm working with but not sure of their names,some cactus are hard to identify until they bloom and mine hasn't bloomed yet.

 

[evlinLoutries]

Opuntia cactus is very good for our beloving torts..

 

[Ivyboo]

I used to have a cactus plant and works feed it to my tort. But I always peeled it because of the little hairlike prickies. Can they eat it with those left on?

 

[Drew81]

Thanks everyone, have got a gd organic supplier in tone UK.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I used to have a cactus plant and works feed it to my tort. But I always peeled it because of the little hairlike prickies. Can they eat it with those left on?

There's nobody to peel or de-spine cactus pads for wild tortoises...the spines and "sticky hairs" (glochids) don't slow 'em down a bit!

Spineless varieties are popular for human convenience, not for the tortoise's.