Yeah lizards make really great, landlord-friendly pets. I do seem to have a bit of problem keeping his goddamned crickets in their frakkin' cage though. Luckily the basement apartment I have now is full of spiders to eat any escapees.
There's this crested gecko powdered food stuff (you mix it with water in a weird paste stuff) made of dried nectar, fruits, etc. that you can feed them and that's supposed to be the only thing you have to feed them. Mine won't even touch the crap. Kind drives me crazy but Petey loves his crickets.
you should wait until you have to depend on said scum to tip you in order for you to live from day to day...