Need some techniccal help (spay issue)

[catnapper]

Callie was spayed Aug 13th. The spay went fine. the healing went fine. then this past week we noticed a lump forming under the skin that moves back and forth. I thought it felt like a piece of plastic about 1/8" wide and 1/2" long.... like perhaps a clamp or something left behind? The vet said its just a piece of thread that hasn't dissolved.

Then today it looked like a blood blistered formed at the scar just above the lump. It burst (thanks to a hubby who poked and prodded a bit too much )

Attached is a video of it. I tried to get a photo, but it was impossible with a squiggling, squirming, panting puppy.


Anyone have any ideas as to what this might be? I honestly don't care if they left something behind -- admit it and repair your error!

[Grace]

Considering it has been a month since the spay, I would have expected the incision to be pretty much healed. That incision looks infected.

I would take her back to the Vet for another look - or get a 2nd opinion.

[Aspen and Misty]

I have to agree. My vet told me that 10 to 12 days after the spay they are pretty much healed up. If it has been over a month something is not "right" with her scar. I would get a second opinion from another vet.

Keep us updated!

Ashley

[scrain2329]

I would 100% go back and get it looked at, the bump I wouldn't worry about it too much but still ask. The incision does look pretty infected poor baby!

[kimlovescats]

OUCH! Yea, that doesn't look right! Poor puppy!!

[catnapper]

Thing is, it was perfectly fine as little as TWO days ago, except for the bump. Yesterday it started looking red. Last night it bled.

As far as Callie is concerned, it only bothers her when we force her to lay down and stay still to look at it.

[kimlovescats]

Maybe you can just call the vet back and tell him / her how it is looking now. Good luck!

[61TJ]

One month ago my husband and I had our 2 silky terriers spayed. Milly has been fine, but Polly had a lump even before her stitches came out. She had her stitches out a week after the op, and we were told that it would calm down. The lump in the last couple of days came up like a blood blister and then had a yellow head on it like an abscess, and it burst before we could get her to the vet. The vet said it was probably a reaction to the internal sutures which apparently take about 120 days to dissolve. She is going in tomorrow and he is taking the sutures out. from the day she had the op she didn't leave the stitches alone, so it is not clear if her constant attention to them has played a part in this, or the irritation is what caused the attention in the first place. We are not having to pay for this treatment so I guess the vet is also checking that he did things properly as well, I don't care as long as she is safe and healthy after all of this, Toni