Your cactus is not a cactus, it is a euphorbia, the well known crown of thorns. It will not withstand frost, and being a succulent, will not tolerate overwatering. On the other hand, underwatering can cause leaf drop, which is not fatal to the plant. I have seen beautiful specimens in Florida, and during my last visit 2 months ago, took a few cuttings which appear to have rooted successfully, one of the cuttings even flowered a few weeks after I took it. It needs well drained soil. Christopher

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My name isn’t Justin and I don’t work for Costa Farms, but I will try to help you Camille:). Your cactus is Mammillaria vetula subs. gracilis cv. Arizona Snowcap, but if you‘re ever looking for more info you can easily type in Mammillaria ‘Arizona Snowcap’ instead of the long name I gave you in green, which is a link that will give you info on your cactus. Idk if you know this, but the new spines won’t be blue or yellow, they will be white. This cactus is a slowww grower. I personally think the first thing with any plant growing is knowing what plant you have and a little bit about the plant. If these were mine I would unpot, gently remove as much of the old soil off the roots as you can , and repot in a better faster draining mix like a perlite and or pumice mixed with cheap cactus soil. The pots look like the right size, if they’re root bound you can go up one pot size. After repotting cactus I wait about a week or two and then water them. It’s the start of the growin season so now is a great time to do this. If you live on the Northern Hemisphere of course. During the winter this cactus should be kept totally dry. I know that may sound nuts, but it’s normal when growing cactus. Many of my cactus got their first drink of water since late October a few days ago. Like my Mammillaria duwei Before After Any pieces that have fallen off set on top of the mix and they’ll root eventually. It could take months for this process so be patient and leave them be. Any rootless pieces should be kept in bright filtered sun, especially when it starts to get hot because the rootless little pieces will fry. Lastly, during the growing season your cactus may need to more sun than what’s being provided, so slowly acclimating it to more sun is probably in its future.

Ok, don't take this too badly!.... It's in an entirely wrong pot, it must have drainage at least one hole and I suspect this has none? Regular plastic is just fine and have adequate holes. Stand in a saucer and don't let plant sit in run off, ever. The soil mix looks very peaty, it needs a fast draining gritty mix. Adding 50 perlite to a bagged c/s mix is the very basic to use. Other more sophisticated blends are easy to make using grit, pumice etc, but the above is quite adequate. Its an echeveria of some kind and, as you realise, is a succulent. They store water in their leaves so don't need nice wet soil. Yes they need water, but it should drain out instantly and not leave the mix as it is above. The plant has rotted, it may not have any roots so needs unpotting asap. Leave to dry out on kitchen paper as the soil looks claggy and soaked. Whether it can be saved I dont know but it doesn't look good. The top portion could be severed, calloused over and rerooted in better mix and pot. I'll leave that for someone else's comments. It should be a tight rosette, it's now etiolated/ stretched for lack of light, (sun or lightbulb as its winter in most parts) it won't revert to that style, only new growths could be compact. I don't grow these, but I do know how they grow, so hope my thoughts may help. Whether this particular plant will pull through from this, I don't know, but my guess is not. Unless it regrows a better top which can then be cut and grown as a separate plant.....? That will depend on what's underground and if it has the strength to regenerate its upper parts. Others will be along soon to add their thoughts. Gill