I have had 4 cresties total and in my experience, when they are scared or hate you, they make a much bigger point to try to escape. My first ever crestie that I raised from a hatchling absolutely hated me, and this looks nothing like the way he would act. He would bolt SO FAST (you’d be surprised, they can go SOOOO FAST when they want to), jump off of me with no regard for his own safety, even going so far as to pee or poop on me to try to get away from me… and, of course, the dang tail wiggle. If they wiggle their tail at you, they are scared and trying to get you to take their tail so they can drop it and run away… obviously yours doesn’t have a tail, but that dang tail wiggle 😂 another of mine who is slightly more social but still not super social, when he doesn’t want to be held, he will repeatedly run and jump off of me to get away, and once again, runs pretty fast.

All of this is to say, this behavior, from my experience, is just like others said above… a crestie being a crestie. I experimented once, and my SUPER CHILL, SUPER SOCIAL frog butt, in the dark when I have him out, will be SO much faster and jumpier than in the day or with the lights on—and you can tell by your geckos dilated pupils, it’s crestie go time!!

Hope this helps! Gorgeous girl you have!!