Cactus

[Wnatalie]

Hi All,

Newbie to the site but finding it a great place to get advice.

I have a 8 year old Hermann and try to give him the best diet possible growing weeds and edible plants.

I read that cactus is great for tortoise diet, can anyone advise where the best place in the UK to buy them? Want to make sure what I buy is suitable for consumption.

Thanks in advance

 

[herpivore]

I'm not in the UK, but larger grocery stores usually carry a larger variety of vegetables and greens, and ethnic/Hispanic grocery stores will usually stock cactus pads.
Variety is important, but no one type of greens is absolutely necessary, in my opinion.

 

[Yvonne G]

I doubt if you'll be able to find cactus in the UK. It needs a hot, dry climate to grow. Unless your grocery stores import the cleaned and processed for human consumption cactus.

 

[jeneliza]

Best bet, is to order, catus pads, from Amazon, buy good quality. Ones, and plant one of the pads in potting soil , and grow your own, they are sold as potted plants, almost everywhere, however they have toxic chemicals used for plants to grow , these are meant to be house plants, I know you can wait so long to feed them after you change the soil, not sure how long it takes for this to leave the plant, I find it better to buy a pad and grow your own,

 

[Wnatalie]

Great, thanks all. I will give amazon a try.