I was wonder how I am suppose to feed cactus to my 6 months old leopard tortoise. I wanted to add it to his outdoor enclosure and was wondering is it ok to do that, would the needles on the cactus harm him in any way?
feeding cactus to baby leopard..
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We feed cactus to our hatchlings right from the start. We select the new growth that have absolutely no spines at all!
I slice thin slices with a big knives, and then mince. Then I spread it out over their greens. My baby Leo's love cactus. I still mince some and also offer larger pieces to my Leo's since they are getting close to 1 yr old.
Elohi(Earth)
Elohi(Earth)
I am growing some in a pot outside of their enclosure. If you can block them from eating one in your enclosure, I think that would work too. Someday they'll be big enough to nom it to a nub if you don't block it off somehow haha! 
Elohi(Earth)
Elohi(Earth)
We feed them the spineless varieties, so the spines are not really an issue.
If you plant them in the enclosure they will eventually be eaten.
I prefer to feed whole pads to my torties rather than chop them up. For babies I use tiny little new pads that are very tender and spineless.
If you plant them in the enclosure they will eventually be eaten.
I prefer to feed whole pads to my torties rather than chop them up. For babies I use tiny little new pads that are very tender and spineless.
The ones here have needle sharp precession & are really actually tiny knives trying to kill us
I remember once when they hurt my fingers, stomach, and tongue (I tried to remove on from my finger with my teeth & ended up getting it on my tongue ) I hope I find spineless one!
I feed both whole pads and chopped up cactus. Here's what I use:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GFFP0HW/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Takes about 2 seconds to chop it up and very little clean up. I use spineless and spiney types of opuntia, but the big spines are easily removed with a couple of cuts with a machete.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GFFP0HW/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
Takes about 2 seconds to chop it up and very little clean up. I use spineless and spiney types of opuntia, but the big spines are easily removed with a couple of cuts with a machete.
You can burn off the spines with the stove or some fire
I've seen the elephant ear prickly pear cactus in some of your pics. How do your torts like the fruit from them?
Do this ONLY with adult supervision, we DO NOT want to be sued because some kid wanted to feed the tortoise cactus, thank you
I'm not sure which ones that would be. I have about 10-12 different types. I feed the fruit from any of them that produce it and my tortoises like it all. I just fed out some cactus fruit today as a matter of fact.
Do this ONLY with adult supervision, we DO NOT want to be sued because some kid wanted to feed the tortoise cactus, thank you
Said in my best Bevis and Butthead voice... Hu hu hu, fire! Fire!
I see your profile says you live in Houston. What side of town are you on? I live in cypress on 290 and the Grand Parkway.
HEB and walmart both sell cactus pads with the spines already off.
