Yes, lizards can eat prickly pear, as it is safe and provides hydration due to its high water content. However, it's important to ensure that the spines are removed before feeding, as they can be harmful. Additionally, prickly pear should be offered in moderation as part of a balanced diet, alongside other fruits and vegetables appropriate for the specific lizard species. Always monitor your lizard's response to new foods to ensure they are digesting them well.
The Prickly Pear Cactus
There is no such place as the Saguaro Desert. There is the Sonoran Desert where the saguaro cactus grows. Some small animals such as rodents and rabbits feed on the prickly pear as well as javelina, deer, pronghorns, bighorn sheep and tortoises.
They eat apple and pear
desert tortouise
No, only animals can have predators. However there are animals that do eat prickly pears (including humans).
A "prickly pear" is not actually a pear.
the prickly pear is the opuntia genus and the most popular one is opuntia ficus indica and that is the one that people eat the pads and the fruit which looks like a pear.
Yes. Yes it does.
Rabbits, deer & bear eat the young flower buds of the prickly pear cactus.
They mostly eat the Optunia a catuse also called a prickly pear.
The desert tortoise, javelina and deer will eat prickly pear cacti.
Yes, pack rats do eat the flesh of prickly pear cacti. They are able to navigate around the spines with their dexterous paws and consume the juicy interior of the cactus. Additionally, they may use the prickly pear pads as nesting material.