Cresty jumping out of tank and behaving eraticly

[MooseMoore]

Hey everyone

Thought i'd ask this question in here seeing as I haven't really found any other instances of our crestys current behaviour on the webosphere!

To give a bit of background... We got our crested gecko (Missy) about a year ago. She was about 9ish months old when we got her, and hadn't been handled much, if at all in the store.

We got off on an extremely wrong foot with her. When we first bought her home, we picked her up to take her out of the box and put her in her tank. And she freaked out, bit my girlfriend and even dropped its tail. Quite traumatic for all involved!

Anyway, this isn't really why Im posting... We resided ourselves to the fact that she just doesn't like being handled, and so ever since we've left her to her own thing. We regularly feed her live locusts. which she loves hunting, and we enjoy watching. But is always pretty shy around us, and will run the other way or freeze if she sees us.

However, recently she's started behaving almost aggressively. Shes started prowling around the front of the tank (where i usualy open it) and whenever she sees us, she jumps at the glass and the last couple of times i've been to feed her or change her water, she's jumped at me, today she actually managed to jump all the way out (nightmare trying to get her back in, seeing as she hates being handled)

Just wondered, if anyone can shed any light? Is this just "terrible teens" or is there something else that could be bothering her? Shes seemed perfectly happy but shy until now.

Here's a picture of her, for anyone interested, thanks in advance

 

[Aimless]

It could be hormones. Some geckos get moody. Or she might just be kind of evil. I have a friend with a crestie like that. Not much you can do but try not to let her hurt herself.
One other thing- has there been any husbandry change at all that can correlate? Different cage furnishing, new activity in the room where she's kept, different cage placement? If not and she continues to eat well, there's nothing to worry about.

 

[Aimless]

She is a little on the thin side. Not bad or anything, but maybe bump her feed just a little?

 

[Leogirl1377]

What is her habitat like? Can you take pics? What is your schedule like with her?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Hi MooseMoore ~

A warm welcome to Geckos Unlimited!

Are you sure that Missy is female?

What are the dimensions of her habitat?

 

[LeeLee13]

I got my crestie from a Petco...and he had never really been handled either. It has taken around a year for him to be comfortable with me. When I first got him, he was in the main part of the house where most of the "action" took place. Since getting his new terrarium in and moving him into my room, he's really come out of his shell. Doesn't hide when I near, and crawls on my hands/arms. This only started happening once he was moved to a quieter part of the house, and spent more time around just me. Maybe doing something like that would help?