Mark from acounting well you should be using something like a nopal cactus which are relatively spineless, and you should be feeding them young cacti pads(which have no spines at all) to keep them from the acid in mature pads that prevents them from absorbing the calcium they need.
I grow that type of cactus, but my leopard is still too young to eat them. He's recently started gnawing on cuttlebone. When did your leopard tortoise start eating cactus pads?
look like a pizza for tortoises, so good!
Great video very informative
Thanks for the video I m string to grow optunia so this info will come in handy when it is ready to harvest
Mark from acounting well you should be using something like a nopal cactus which are relatively spineless, and you should be feeding them young cacti pads(which have no spines at all) to keep them from the acid in mature pads that prevents them from absorbing the calcium they need.
That looks so good even I will eat it but no hay on it
Do you have to remove the needles or can they eat it with them on? Thanks
I grow that type of cactus, but my leopard is still too young to eat them. He's recently started gnawing on cuttlebone. When did your leopard tortoise start eating cactus pads?
How did you grind up the orchard hay?
May I ask which kind of Optunia you are using?
these are opuntia ficus-indica, aka nopales, common at Mexican stores, and I've gotten them to root easily (michigan)
I grow opuntia that is spineless and glochid free.
Why not just buy spineless cactus instead.
My paranoid ass would just cut them out lol
There's no need to do this they will eat it anyway