Opuntia Cactus pads to take away.. - Page 2

**Alan1** · 03-02-2009, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by janeL

LOL... Another great tip, use sellotape to get the prickles out of you hands!!!

Damn, 3 weeks too late

My hand actually swelled up and went all red with the tiny spikey hairs so some people may be allergic to them so look out!

Valerie · 05-02-2009, 04:33 PM

Funny story - once I visited a garden centre in a floaty skirt and didn't realise I was walking round with one of these stuck to it. I must have walked round all day with it hanging there then I sat down in the car and the whole lot stuck into my bum!! I've still got it though, I say i 'rehomed' it.

Kirkie · 06-02-2009, 10:36 PM

Won't ask how you got the spines out Valerie

alotoffluff · 07-02-2009, 06:22 PM

Dave, if i buy some, can i ask you to pop round and de-spine them for me? You seem to be so good at it!

ME SHELL · 07-02-2009, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Valerie

Funny story - once I visited a garden centre in a floaty skirt and didn't realise I was walking round with one of these stuck to it. I must have walked round all day with it hanging there then I sat down in the car and the whole lot stuck into my bum!! I've still got it though, I say i 'rehomed' it.

Kirkie · 07-02-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by alotoffluff

Dave, if i buy some, can i ask you to pop round and de-spine them for me? You seem to be so good at it!

I know I'm looking for a new job but Fluffy's personal cactus de spiner? I'm not sure I'm ready to join his entourage yet.

Two facts about prickly pear cactus - you can make a lethal Tequilla like spirit out of it and it's being sold in health food shops, in powdered form, as the ultimate hang over cure.

So it's not just perfect for tortoises either

**Alan1** · 08-02-2009, 08:06 AM

Out of the two pads I got I used up one but only once was a piece eaten, they simply don't like it my pair. The other pad is in a pot in the hope it will grow and produce flowers that they might eat

Sylvia1 · 08-02-2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Valerie

Funny story - once I visited a garden centre in a floaty skirt and didn't realise I was walking round with one of these stuck to it. I must have walked round all day with it hanging there then I sat down in the car and the whole lot stuck into my bum!! I've still got it though, I say i 'rehomed' it.

Hahaha - I'm def going to try that. I'll make sure I 'sweep' past all the thorny plants. Who knows, I may come home with all manner of 'cuttings' quite by accident you understand

jahred · 10-02-2009, 05:37 PM

Just picked some up for Spartacus and Boadicea. I hope they like them, if not, then I will have to make a new garden!

jahred · 18-02-2009, 12:50 PM

The Pads arrived today! (Must have been a good day for Tortoise deliveries!)

After following advice on here and burning off the spikes; I sliced off a thin sliver and then split it between the two of them. Luckily, they loved the stuff and demolished it in seconds! However, due to the stickly nature of the cactus, they ended up looking right messes!

So, I will be feeding them a small sliver each day just before their bath!

05-02-2009, 04:33 PM	#12
Valerie Member Hatched Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 461	Funny story - once I visited a garden centre in a floaty skirt and didn't realise I was walking round with one of these stuck to it. I must have walked round all day with it hanging there then I sat down in the car and the whole lot stuck into my bum!! I've still got it though, I say i 'rehomed' it. __________________ 1 Testudo Hermanni Hermanni 1 Dog Yorkshire Terrier x Patterdale Terrier 6 Dwarf lop ear rabbits 5 fish

06-02-2009, 10:36 PM	#13
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Won't ask how you got the spines out Valerie

07-02-2009, 06:22 PM	#14
alotoffluff Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: greenwich, london, previously born and brought up in Kent! Posts: 2,127	Dave, if i buy some, can i ask you to pop round and de-spine them for me? You seem to be so good at it!

08-02-2009, 08:06 AM	#17
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Out of the two pads I got I used up one but only once was a piece eaten, they simply don't like it my pair. The other pad is in a pot in the hope it will grow and produce flowers that they might eat

10-02-2009, 05:37 PM	#19
jahred Member Egg Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canterbury, Kent Posts: 50	Just picked some up for Spartacus and Boadicea. I hope they like them, if not, then I will have to make a new garden!

18-02-2009, 12:50 PM	#20
jahred Member Egg Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canterbury, Kent Posts: 50	The Pads arrived today! (Must have been a good day for Tortoise deliveries!) After following advice on here and burning off the spikes; I sliced off a thin sliver and then split it between the two of them. Luckily, they loved the stuff and demolished it in seconds! However, due to the stickly nature of the cactus, they ended up looking right messes! So, I will be feeding them a small sliver each day just before their bath!

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