tortoise cactus?

[tyler0912]

Can a tortoise eat any sort of cactus will it get spiked?

 

[dmarcus]

RE: tortoise catus?

I remove all spikes from any cactus before feeding, right now I only use different varieties of Opuntia cactus

 

[coreyc]

RE: tortoise catus?

Can a tortoise eat any sort of cactus will it get spiked?

Their is no one pulling them out in the wild I try to feed spineless cactus to mine

 

[Missy]

RE: tortoise catus?

In the wild they do get thorns but why risk it in captivity??

 

[jackrat]

RE: tortoise catus?

I feed the spineless. Nopales from the Mexican store when I can't get them. Sometimes I singe off the fine,hairlike bristles,sometimes not.These don't seem to bother them in the least.

 

[pandacakes]

RE: tortoise catus?

I always pull the thorns out with tweezers. i'm not willing to take the risk of my little guy getting stabbed

 

[DeanS]

RE: tortoise catus?

You can run a scotch brite over the pad to remove ALL the needles...large and small!