Prickly pear prep

[Zac dale]

How can I remove all of the spines off this? I'm feeding to my leopard tortoise.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Here's a good video on the subject by one of the members here.
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/how-to-despine-prepare-cactus-video.126003/#post-1169689

 

[TammyJ]

I dig the cactus spines out with the end of a potato peeler, the part you dig the potato "eyes" out with after you peel them. It works fine.