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My dog has new dark bruising near his groin after surgery. What to do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Male | neutered | 1 year and 9 months old | 25 lbs

My dog had some stitches and a drain tube put in on his rib cage from running into a ladder. His tube was removed yesterday morning and I just noticed some dark purple bruising in an unrelated to the injury spot near his groin. What should I do?

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on July 15th, 2017

He may have banged into his willy when he hit the ladder causing this bruising, or it could have been when he was in for his operation. It should settle with time, if it diesnt look swollen i would keep an eye on it and apply some arnica cream.

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