Baby Gargoyle Gecko Colours

[Pissykrissy3]

Ok so I got my baby gargoyle gecko a few weeks ago, and for the most part has remained the same colour. I remember seeing her (just using her as a pronoun, I know that it isn't sexually mature yet) looking pale, mostly on the face, one day but she went back to her original dark brown colour (with orange stripe). Today, however, she's very pale again, but her stripes are still bright orange, so I'm guessing she's not shedding. I saw a few conversations about this on the web, but they weren't very clear. I also noticed she was being a bit more reactive to my hand in the cage. She used to stand still and avoid me, but when I went to spray the walls with a spray bottle, I saw her kind of jerk backwards a few times, almost like she was about to leap at me or something. Do gargs "fire up" or whatever? And what exactly does that mean?

 

[acpart]

Gargs do "fire up". With gargs and crested geckos (and some other species with which I have no experience), their colors tend to be pale when they are asleep and/or calm. When they're awake and active and/or upset, their colors are darker and more vibrant. Sometimes just holding one in your hand and stroking it causes the colors where you're stroking to get brighter. Of course, when they're shedding they also can get kind of frosty.

Aliza