By the way, prickly pear cactus and prickly pear fruit is in season now, so if you can find a Mexican Market near where you live, you should have no problem finding it. The pads are really popular around here, people cook and eat them and they taste kinda like green beans. If you can't find any anywhere, let me know and I could mail you up some of the pads. They keep well in the fridge, and you can even plant a few and start your own little cactus garden for him.