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Puppy spay incision has red bumps and a suture. Is it urgent?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Labradoodle | Female | spayed | 8 months and 9 days old | 45 lbs

My puppy was spayed in February. She now has bumps on along the incision site (about 5 bumps), 2 of which are red. 1 of the two red ones has something sticking out of it. I tugged (lightly) on the thing sticking out, thinking it was a scab, but quickly realized it was an internal suture. She has a vet appt at 10AM (8.5 hours from now). Will she be okay to wait that long? Did I do harm by fooling with it?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on April 7th, 2017

Given that Mocha was spayed in February and it's now April, her internal incision will be long healed by now. The internal sutures are dissolvable, but sometimes they don't dissolve properly. You likely didn't do any damage at all by tugging on it, and Mocha will be ok to wait until she sees the vet tomorrow. I would not tug on it anymore tonight, and tomorrow the vet can safely remove it. Good on you for reaching out for help when you were concerned, and I hope this was helpful to you :-)

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    Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

    Veterinarian

    Published on March 5th, 2019

    It's probably just a reaction to the suture material, because the surgery has been done 3 weeks ago i would recommend taking her to your vet in order to get it checked, a course of antibiotics may be needed in order to resolve this.

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