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Can you feed Beavertail Cactus to your desert tortoise or will the small Glochids tiny, sharp, bristle hairs hurt them.

Just remove the glochids. I feed opuntia to my tortoise, and I happen to have a variety with lots of spines and glochids. I hold the pad with a tweezers and burn the spines and most of the glochids off with a cigarette lighter. Then I take the back of a spoon or knife and scrape the rest of the glochids off.

Nina

that's a good idea thanks i'll have to try that.

I tried it and it worked plus my tort liked the beavertail cactus.