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!
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
Questions about Cactus?  please send an e-mail!


 

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