mike17l
Active member
I saw a thread on another forum that mentioned opuntia species as being the "alfalfa of the south" or something like that. I live in deep South Texas (Corpus Christi area) and have unlimited access to Prickly Pear Cactus. I was wondering how safe it is to feed to rabbits and in what quantities it can be feed to rabbits. I recently acquired a small group of california rabbits and am slowly moving them from pellets to a natural diet. I grow buckwheat as a soil conditioner and as a nectar source for the bees. The rabbits have been getting pellets, buckwheat, bermuda grass clippings, some alfalfa hay, some sweet potato, and the odd safe weed in the yard. Any advice on the opuntia would be greatly appreciated. So far I have really enjoyed everything I have read on this site.