It would be worth a try as they are very hardy.

Several years ago my neighbor didn't want his to grow any bigger so he trimmed them back and I got some of them, put them in the garage as it was raining and forgot them for a week!

I planted them and gave them just a bit of water and now they are doing great and flower like crazy!

One of the other neighbors said to trim them and let them callous over and just lay paddles on the ground and they will root themselves. I tried that with some and it worked great. Just be sure the soil is kept pretty dry and I think they will do okay.

btw: When handling cacti wrap them loose in layers of newspapers to keep from getting stuck!

another note:
I never water any of my cacti unless they have buds and then only once a week to encourage lots of flowers.