I had a “secret” beardie in my first apartment. The landlord did eventually find out about him, but didn’t care. Even though there technically weren’t any pets allowed, he only really cared about free-roaming pets as it turned out.
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I figure as long as my little friend is quiet, unobtrusive, and non-damaging, they probably won’t notice nor care.
I feel a little nervous about ‘breaking the rules’ - but a quarter sized baby pacman is a very small friend, which means it would be a very small broken rule 
Not really but that’s my justification.
I’ve had 4 semi-annual inspections now (fire alarm checks and AC filters), and no one has questioned my isopod bin labeled ‘compost’ sooooo
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Ha Ha! You “dirty dog you!”
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I meaaannnnn no lie there! Its full of composters! They don’t need to know that particular detail
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This is a toadally charming thread! 
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Aw man I missed that one! I should’ve “croaked up” when I had the chance!
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Hi! So glad you are interested in getting a toad. It has been a delight having mine for the past month. We feed him mealworms and crickets, and I have lots of plants- a Philodendron Brazil and a button fern inside his cage. His “cage” is a large plastic box that I had laying around in the garage, but he seems comfortable and it retains humidity really well. I would honestly recommend getting a 10 gallon tank that you can see him well in. Easy to to cover up if yhe landlord comes by. He can jump really fast and far, so a tank that is long enough and a lid if he likes to climb would be the best option
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Leaf litter, moss, and the first round of clean-up crew have been added!
I go out of town sporradically until July 5, so I won’t be getting a baby friend who needs food every other day until after that, but man this has been a project that is good for my soul
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That’s such a nice arrangement Claire! Where did you find the leaves and the plants?
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Plants were all Walmart garden center finds! I have a shockingly nice Walmart with an even more shockingly nice garden center, it is a real delight.
Leaf litter was collected from my local park and boiled for sterilization, should be all oak, maple, and crabapple leaves
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Ok thank you! Just make sure the plants don’t have any fertilizer in the dirt that could harm a reptile. I find my plants at my mom and pop reptile store.
Edit: I believe if you shake all the dirt off the roots and then replant in the reptile store that would be ok
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Yep! I shook all the soil I could off the roots and rinsed them, so there should be very minimal potting soil left on the roots 
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You are on top of it girlfriend!!! 
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@cmills I need to go to Walmart and look for plants too!!!
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Thats what I do, I don’t unfortunately have any real dedicated plant stores so what I do with my store-bought plants is clean as much old soil off as I physically can with my hands and then thoroughly rinse the roots, stems and leaves before planting directly into my enclosure substrate.
A lot of my local hardware stores have gardening centers with a ton of options for reptile safe plants for a reasonable price, I just tend to pay closer attention to the plants now knowing some of them are mislabeled.
The only plants I don’t do store-bought are the Varigated Pothos I have in almost all of my builds. They come from cuttings of a giant Pothos plant my parents have kept since I was a child. They make for really good starter plants because they are so easy to keep alive and propogate.
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Don’t I know it! I just counted, and I have 6 large pothos plants right now that came from the same parent plant I keep propogating, its like the perfect (near) infinite plant hack
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I love to watch Serpa Design’s videos on youtube, and he has some excellent advice for vivariums and aquariums of all kinds! And his videos are so soothing, I use them to sleep sometimes
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Thank you Claire for the tip! I will definitely try to remember that! I need all the ideas I can get because I am not creative at all!!! 
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His videos are FANTASTIC, and he covers a ton of species. In terms of amphibians I know he has done a cane toad habitate and some fire belly toads too!
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Oh my! I hope I don’t get any more ideas on animals…
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