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crestie

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Question
my crestie female started walking in real slow motion on my bed. it took 10 mins for her to cross it. why is she doing that?

Answer
Crested geckos rely on their unusual head shape and broken patterning for camouflage.  If caught in the open, a crested gecko's safest option is to look like leaves/debris.  That means staying still.  But you can't get out of the open if you stay still, so the second best option is to move so slowly that predators that track motion are less likely to see you.  She felt exposed, so she was leaving the area to find a more secure place to be, and doing so the safest way she knew how.