Sophie and Emery love critters so it really wasn't too surprising to learn they had brought a toad home from soccer evaluations in a sock. After playing with the toad for awhile, Sophie started begging to keep it as a pet. Dave and I talked it over and eventually thought why not? It had been living at a city park playground, so surely our backyard would be an improvement over it's previous home. We figured that it should be able to get plenty of food just from bugs and all we'd be responsible for was providing a secure enclosure with access to fresh water. So welcome to the family Toady!
The girls played with Toady in the water table for awhile before deciding to build a better home
The kids built the first enclosure from paver stones, but Toady was too good at jumping/climbing and escaped quite easily
Enjoying a waffle snack plate while Daddy ran to Home Depot for better supplies
Enclosure 2 featured chicken wire buried in the ground and secured through the fence slats and worked much better at keeping Toady contained. It featured water, shade, and hiding spots - perfect for our amphibian friend
Little toad, meet big toad
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