My puppy's spay stitches are scabbing. Is a small gap normal?

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My puppy was spayed on Monday & her stitches are starting to scab over slightly. There's no sign of infection *knock on wood* but I wanted to be sure that the scabbing is normal? It almost looks like there's a little gap at the top but I'm pretty sure it's just a black scab and not actually open We ended up taking her to get her cone readjusted and the vet tech glanced at it & said she should be fine but it wasn't a good enough look. She's very active I try to stop her but it's tough. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 5 months and 28 days old | 7.2 lbs

Rebeccah Wood · Accepted Answer

Hello there! Scabbing over the stitches is pretty normal, however a gap at the top might be a stitch from under the skin poking out. The stitches that go into the muscle layer after a spay are absorbable, but sometimes the body treats them like any other foreign substance (think splinters) and tries to reject them before they get a chance to absorb (which can take 90-200 days). If you truly see a hole in her incision line, I recommend bringing her back to the vet to see if a subcutaneous stitch needs to be removed. This would not likely require anesthesia, but it's not something that you should do at home. Good luck, and I hope that Snowball continues to do well! :)

My puppy's spay stitches are scabbing. Is a small gap normal?

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