Anybody ever had a crestie go aggro?

I doubt it's breeding, the only time I've seen females biting is to ward off a male because she doesn't want to breed.



Idk why she bites you but it is interesting.. at least crestie bites are rather comical :oops:

Since she is female, I doubt it could be breeding. I did have a male who was quite...well, he was a lover.

YouTube - ‪Tyrian The Frisky Crested Gecko‬‎ - Sexy gecko love

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Well, our grumpy little girl's attitude still hasn't changed much. I've been making sure to use the least scented soap in the house before going near her, and she'll still lash her tail around when hands come near her, even through the glass, and sometimes bite when the opportunity arises. I'd be willing to test the breeding theory if it weren't for the fact that I just don't have the space for a whole herd of baby cresties at the moment. I guess we'll just have to continue to ride out the situation and hope she eventually re-realizes that we take care of her and do good things for her. :P

Figured I'd update the thread since it's been a while. We moved a couple of days ago, and while her behavior up to this point hadn't changed much, for some reason she was super cooperative about getting into a deli cup for the move, so that was nice. Haven't handled her since, but she hasn't displayed any of her in-cage aggressive behavior since the move either.

One other thing that may have been a factor there is that we discovered that some of her fake plants had developed a mold problem and replaced them with new ones. I'm not sure how mold could make her aggressive, but having a nice clean terrarium can't hurt, and is obviously better for her and us regardless of whether it had anything to do with the aggression.

Interesting--I hope her attitude continues to remain improved since the move and plant change. Maybe the mold was giving her a headache and that made her grumpy! I know I'd be grumpy about a headache that wouldn't go away. :P But seriously, I can't imagine that you would have an unnoticed serious mold problem go on for several months time, to the point that it actually affected your gecko's temperament, but I guess stranger things have happened.

Ugh, feeding her tonight (CGD, just pull bowl with old, replace with new), she decided she needed to hop out onto my hands. I let her crawl around for a bit, and then she went from seemingly friendly/curious to wanting to fight again. Bit me several times before I could "persuade" her to go back into her cage.

I guess that rules out the mold theory once and for all, as her cage is clean. *sigh*

Does she bite other people too, or just you? Does she make any audible noises when she bites? Are you sure she is a female and not possibly a male? I have had a few males that would bite me sometimes, like they were trying to copulate.

100% certain she's female - she has lays 5+ infertile eggs every summer, and has done so since she reached adult size. (Hasn't been around a male since she was a juvenile.)

As to the sounds thing, she sometimes "barks" at us when agitated, but that seems to be a separate thing from the biting, and she has bitten my GF as well as me, which is everyone who has handled her in recent memory.

Thought things were getting better, but tonight, she actually managed to draw blood when she chomped on my girlfriend. She seemed fine with being handled while I was cleaning her cage, and then all of a sudden, bam, she was doing her best Tokay impression again. It took a pretty significant effort to get her to let go, too. It was only a few little pinpricks, but even that is pretty impressive for a crestie.

I continue to be open to any ideas of how to deal with this - I'm really confused as to how she could make it to more than 4 years old and then suddenly have a really nasty personality change. :(

I had a couple of aggro girls. but they where older girls and it was usally when they where getting ready to lay.