“The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a
farmer.”
“An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable
that can make people laugh.”
Our customer's Tortoises
We get a real kick from the many e-mails we get telling us of how
much our customer's like their cactus leaves.
We really were surprised how many also feed the leaves to their
tortoises.
It turns out that cactus is seen as one of the best foods for
tortoises.
Here we have some photos sent to us by our customers showing their
animals.
If you have some photos of your torts or iguanas (especially if they
are eating our cactus) that you'd like to share with the world, e-mail the photos to us
with a note giving us permission to share your photos. Tell us how you'd like your name
and location listed also. You can remain anonymous on the site if you'd like.
Shell and El eating Cactus leaves
A long-time customer sent a photo of their
tortoises eating the cactus they get from us.
We grow our cactus for humans, but if you share it with your tortoises,
iguanas, bearded-dragons or exotic parrots, that’s fine with us. It’s much
better for them than sharing your iceburg lettuce which really has no nutrients.
Here’s what Avis had to say about the reaction of the torts to our
cactus….
” My tortoises are long time loyal fans of your cactus.
Attached are two pictures of Shell and El, chowing down on some yummy opuntia.
The torts and I would be delighted if you used their
pictures. Use it on the blog also.
Tortoises, at least Shell and El love this cactus and they
take it out of each other’s mouth if necessary.
Thanks for growing great cactus.”
Avis
Here is one of our customers with one of her family's tortoises.
Tortoises do love fresh cactus
One day browsing around on YouTube I found a video of someone's
tortoise eating a cactus. I thought it was cute, so I commented on the site. the reply
came back a few days later that that was our cactus the tortoise was eating! My, it is a
small world! We are stoked to think that some of our cactus is being shown on the World
Wide Web being eaten by a tortoise.
You can see the video at the link below...
Bonne Appetite little buddy!
The Shaftels Torts
The Shaftel Family sent us some photos of their tortoises.
This is a photo of (Left to right) Dupree, Betty and Kali.
You can tell they are really enjoying the cactus we grew and sent to the Shaftels.
Yum-Yum.
We've gotten so many e-mails telling us that their torts actually run to the cactus when
it is laid on the ground for them.
Here, Betty shows what fun it is for a tortoise to eat cactus.
Kali, Dupree and Althea eat cactus to their heart's delight.
