Thanks for the response, really appreciate your help. I think right now, I'm gonna wait for it to dry(assuming it will), grind it up into finer powder, then put in fresh ethyl acetate and magstir it for 10 minutes or so.

I have no idea why I got goo, It seems like I did everything right, and everything should have been scaled appropriately with the 28.63 grams of dry cactus powder I used.