X-RAY help please!

[Sharp the German Giant]

My beardie Sharp is about 7 years old and is a German Giant. He has not been eating on his own for two months and I have been feeding him critical care for 6 weeks. It was 6 weeks ago that I took him to the vet and the vert just asked if he had diarrhea and at the time it was very watery but not more frequent than usual (once a day or every second day). He has always had a big appetite but now none at all. Vet suspected e-coli from the bok choy I fed him and prescribed anti-biotics. I stopped giving him those after 4 days because I found other reasons that could have made him not feel well and I felt like the vet didn't really do enough to come up with his diagnosis to warrant antibiotics. The other reason I found were a possible old merc vapor bulb that was used by mistake when all my beardies had their bulbs replaced. I replaced with a new bulb right away to fix that. He also had a toe get swollen and maybe was in pain from that? Later on his toe nail actually fell out while I was holding him. He was a rescue from 2017 that my wife and I rehabilitated and this is the first health issue he had since he came under our care.

I returned to the vet 6 weeks after intial visit because he appeared bloated and still wasn't eating on his own. I insisted the vet take x-rays of him to see if something internal was the problem. The vet didn't think it was necessary but still did it and its good that he did because it shows a large grey area in his abdomen that shouldn't be there. The vet didn't know what it was and said he could send it to a specialist. I am posting the x-rays for people on here to see in case there is someone who has experienced this before with their beardie, or can give me accurate information on what this grey area may be.

 

[Zontar’s Mom]

My beardie Sharp is about 7 years old and is a German Giant. He has not been eating on his own for two months and I have been feeding him critical care for 6 weeks. It was 6 weeks ago that I took him to the vet and the vert just asked if he had diarrhea and at the time it was very watery but not more frequent than usual (once a day or every second day). He has always had a big appetite but now none at all. Vet suspected e-coli from the bok choy I fed him and prescribed anti-biotics. I stopped giving him those after 4 days because I found other reasons that could have made him not feel well and I felt like the vet didn't really do enough to come up with his diagnosis to warrant antibiotics. The other reason I found were a possible old merc vapor bulb that was used by mistake when all my beardies had their bulbs replaced. I replaced with a new bulb right away to fix that. He also had a toe get swollen and maybe was in pain from that? Later on his toe nail actually fell out while I was holding him. He was a rescue from 2017 that my wife and I rehabilitated and this is the first health issue he had since he came under our care.

I returned to the vet 6 weeks after intial visit because he appeared bloated and still wasn't eating on his own. I insisted the vet take x-rays of him to see if something internal was the problem. The vet didn't think it was necessary but still did it and its good that he did because it shows a large grey area in his abdomen that shouldn't be there. The vet didn't know what it was and said he could send it to a specialist. I am posting the x-rays for people on here to see in case there is someone who has experienced this before with their beardie, or can give me accurate information on what this grey area may be.

Hi I searched internet and this looks like gastric neuroendocrine tumor. Is he blackbearding indicating pain or distress?

 

[Sharp the German Giant]

Hi I searched internet and this looks like gastric neuroendocrine tumor. Is he blackbearding indicating pain or distress?

Hi, thank you for your concern. My wife did some searching on the internet last night and came across GNT as well, which we thought was a possibility. He always blackbeards for no reason and likes to bob his head a lot, however, we have noticed signs that he is in pain from being lethargic, hunching over, getting darker all over his chest and back as if he was out in the sun, and his eyes are more squinty than normal, with no more bulges like he had when he was healthy. We are leaning towards giving him pain meds and keeping him at home until he passes but living as comfortable as possible because he still is showing signs that he is healthy and strong, acting normal for a few hours a day at least.

 

[Zontar’s Mom]

Keeping him home and loving him to the end is a wonderful idea. Wishing you the best .