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title: "PSA: if you're a dumb and don't put gloves on when repotting a…"
description: "PSA: if you're a dumb and don't put gloves on when repotting a cactus..... duct tape, really helps get those quills out 😆😰😢"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/vOLjreBcQ-OpqrHIhVSc4w/mwoo3gD5qGaHf2XzHCPmcf"
community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Wolfen 🐺"
published: "2025-03-16T21:27:04.805167Z"
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# PSA: if you're a dumb and don't put gloves on when repotting a…

_Posted by Wolfen 🐺 on 2025-03-16_

PSA: if you're a dumb and don't put gloves on when repotting a cactus..... duct tape, really helps get those quills out 😆😰😢

## 8 comments

### Just a guy commented on 2025-03-16

Mine has soft spikes🤣

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-16

That's a plus. I have about ..mmm.. 25 cacti, most are prickly, only a few have papers spines

### Joycita commented on 2025-03-17

I just brushed up against my Opuntia cactus and am trying to get the microscopic quills out. I’ll try duct tape, thx!

### MicAZ commented on 2025-03-17

It’s amazing the amount of times I’ve thought “it’ll be fine, I don’t need gloves” 🙄😂

### Tiff commented on 2025-03-18

SAME. That's why I bought these tongs to hold them. I got tired of feeling like I was continually at the Drs.

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-18

Oohhh I do have big tweezers for TC, imma try those next time.

### Lover of Cacti commented on 2025-03-23

Oof it hurts so much. My smallest cacti, which is less than an inch long, is more dangerous than all of my other cacti. I named him pokey, because a single brush up against him will give you like 50 spines. I found him one day when i was out in the woods. I sat down on a rock and accidentally placed my hand on him. I then was so mad I kidnapped him and he lives here now, obviously against his will.

#### Wolfen 🐺 replied on 2025-03-23

Lmao, that's the best story. These were from a purple prickly pear, so unassuming. And most actually came from the paper towel it was wrapped in.

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