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There's cactus in our wal-mart grocery section. It's the same cactus that grows here locally in the wild. Here being East Texas. Is anyone feeding reptiles cactus? I'm sure in my nature books , as a child, I read about it---- long,long ago. Any input would be appriciated.
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JDBlackdog
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I feed cactus to my uro's and my beardies. It's the kind that you can buy in the grocery store though. Cactus pads have a calcium to phosphorus ratio of 2.3:1. They make great treats and my reptiles seem to love cactus pads.

As far as feeding cactus type plants I would be careful. Use caution whenever buying a potted plant from the store. You have to replant it and wait 12 weeks (I think it's 12 weeks, could be 8) for the pesticides to purge from the plant. I'd wait 12 weeks just to be safe.

Instead of all that trouble of replanting and what not, I just went to a grocery that had a hispanic section and found the cactus pads. Just make sure to remove the pricklies.

Veronica
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Beautiful Dragons

Thanks! I was racking my brain ...! I come across it during Deer season. (Never store bought plants!)
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JDBlackdog
2.1 MALI
1.1 YELLOW GEYRI
0.2 SOMOLIAN
1.1 ORNATE
0.1 ROTTWEILER