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Is my dog's surgical scar infected? It looks weird and she's licking.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 9 years and 2 months old | 4 lbs

Precious got a bump removed Wednesday & the scar looks a bit different today. The first picture is from yesterday & the last 2 are from today. I think I’ve stopped her from licking it twice. Is it infected? Is this troublesome? Should I put something on it?

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Answered By Maria DVM

Veterinarian

Published on April 20th, 2018

Is Precious licking at this? Does she have an elizabethan collar on? If she does not have a collar on then I would recommend putting one on her. This is starting to look infected. I would call your veterinarian and make an appointment to have them see her, but in the mean time I would recommend getting an elizabethan collar for her so she doesn't lick at this and make it worse. Thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

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