OPUNTIA CACTUS

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Together with other items such as grasses, wildflowers, and
other plants, Opuntia provides  your tortoise (box turtles and other herps as well!)
 with EXCELLENT nutritional benefit, but ONLY if used SPARINGLY.  Avoid concentrated "cactus" or "Opuntia" powders.
Dry Matter  roughly 70%
Plant proteins roughly 6%
Moisture Content 85-90%
Crude Protein 5-12%
Phosphorus 0.08-0.18%
Calcium 4.2 %
Potassium 2.3%
Magnesium 1.4%
Energy  2.6 Mcal/kg
Carotenoids 29 ug/100 g
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 13 mg/100g
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