My puppy was spayed, her stitches are gone. Is her incision open?

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My puppy was spayed just over a week ago. She's in a cone but I noticed today her stitches were gone. I don't know if they resolved or if she has opened her incision. :(. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 6 months and 16 days old

Amy S. Eutsey, DVM · Accepted Answer

It is quite possible that she did not have any external stitches. Did you see any there at any point? Most routine spay surgeries with relatively small incisions are closed with layers of stitches under the surface and only skin glue at the skin edges. This does not look to me like there were ever skin stitches there to begin with as there are no marks that would have been left from the suture material. This incision is not open.

My puppy was spayed, her stitches are gone. Is her incision open?

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