I may be wrong here, but I think the tenant is trying to report an invasive pest infestation, and idiot landlord instantly assumes they are pets.
Like uh, lets go full Dale Gribble:
rodentsolutioninc.com/…/ultimate-guide-to-gecko-p…
Not 100% sure about the precise accuracy of this, but it seems like various kinds of geckos are fairly common in the southern US, either more arid climate variants, or tropical/subtropical
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 8 hours ago
Those look like common house geckos, I don’t think that species hurts anything people care about and they catch bugs anyway.
fartographer@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
And they’re adorable
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 7 hours ago
No pet!
Matty_r@programming.dev 2 hours ago
Also rent due tomorrow
Maldreamer@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Yep but they lay eggs in most unusual places, learned it the hard way by trying to remove a bulb from its holder and two tiny egg landing on my face
cm0002@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That doesn’t sound unusual, it’s probably the heat they wanted