Bendable casque?

[FactualAnthrax]

Does anyone have any experience with a cham that has had a bendable casque? i am a little confused as to what to look out for, mine is a bit squishy in the center part but i dont know what a bendable casque actually feels like or looks like.
Shes a veiled btw

 

[brandychams]

from what ive heard they can be squishy if dehydrated and bendable as a sign of mbd

 

[pssh]

It should give a little bit with gentle pressure, but if it's easy to move a lot there's a problem. Could you post pictures of her casque normally and explain how it moves (maybe with arrows or something?)

 

[Vegas Chad]

A casque should NOT be bendable… The sides will have some squish as it’s a fat storage area but I would not recommend holding your chameleon and trying to bend its head… Google a veiled skeleton picture.

 

[DChalo]

Sounds like metabolic bone disease

 

[FactualAnthrax]

yes im trying to figure out if my cham has mbd, her casque is straight and i can move it but her entire head moves too, strangely she doesnt seem to mind. ill post a picture soon.

 

[Thompson]

You should fill out the how to ask for help form. There may be something wrong with your husbandry.

 

[FactualAnthrax]

here is a photo, the brown central line (dont know what its called) is movable, but not like bending a stick movable, it just feels like loose skin.

Also i just wanted to know what to watch out for if a chameleon's casque is bendable because thats whats confusing me, how bendable is bad.

 

[Thompson]

Is she at the bottom of the cage? Do you have a laying bin for her?

 

[FactualAnthrax]

yes i do, she never gets in it though, ive looked for symptoms of egg laying but she doesnt seem to have them. thats a longer story though.

 

[Vegas Chad]

The casque looks fine. leave it alone.

The skin on your head has some to it, right?

 

[FactualAnthrax]

whew, well alrighty then

thanks everyone for your quick replies

 

[kinyonga]

Does your chameleon sit on the floor of the cage all the time or most of the time?