You want to find spineless opuntia. They can eat some of the fruit occasionally, but mostly the pads. There are probably many varieties of the spineless version near you in AZ. I see them all over the place there.Thanks again. As far as what I call Prickly Pear cactus (opuntia), no. Which parts do they eat? Pads, fruit or both? I can prob find some of that in lower areas around my high desert... I assunpme I pick of the spines?
Sometimes the spineless versions will have tiny little spines or those little annoying micro spines called glochids. Your tortoise can just eat those whole with no fuss and no muss from you. For some reason those little spines don't bother their mouths at all.