My gecko has become increasingly needy lately

She will stare at me like this and ignore food to follow me around until I put my hand near her, and she’ll immediately perk up and try to climb up and then plops her belly down on my hand or forearm until I move around too much. On my profile you’ll see one more post with an additional background story. Anyone have any guesses on why she’s so insistent upon being handled? The temps in her enclosures are within recommended ranges for each side during day and night. Never drops below 66 at nighttime. She has plenty of hides, especially in her new enclosure I’m trying to get her used to. It’s cute, but idk why she insists on being on me all the time