hi everyone,been reading in this forum for a while.picked up a yellow saharan uro two weeks ago.awesome animal.i read in a post below about cactus pads.i'am assuming prickle pear cactus is the same.its what i give to my tortoises.this is ok to give to my uro to???if so how often would you suggest?thank you very much for any replies!
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prickle pear cactus
mike884
Jan 23, 2004 02:31 PM
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JDBLACKDOG
Jan 23, 2004 05:08 PM
Mike,
Veronica has some good info relating to "cactus" food on her web site. www.beautifuldragons.com
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JDBlackdog
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1.1 YELLOW GEYRI
0.2 SOMOLIAN
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Spankenstyne
Jan 24, 2004 05:44 PM
It seems the info i can gather it has great ratios as a food item, and is nutritious.Lately i've been giving a little bit at every feeding on the side with his veggie salad and he loves it.I wouldn't go overboard or make it a main diet item but it seems if available, makes a nice addition to the balanced salad.
When i had more live cacti and succulents in his enclosure he was always taking a bite here and there of them, and he's still around and as happy and healthy looking as always.I suspect they eat a fair amount in the wild as Africa as a continent has a large % of the world's succulents and my uro has never seemed too hesitant to see them as a snack item lol.Not that it makes it right, but just that it makes sense in my opinion.
