I think Maggie is okay to be playing like that. I've never heard aobut stiches like that though, our vet used those dissolving ones, and I'm glad he didn, Kitty was licking herself constantly! A agree with Karen, if you don't get proper answer on the phone, get another vet. We hav to do it now too, our vet isn't all that good, when we want to ask something, we really have to pull the information out of him, as if he doesn't want to talk. But when it comes to tell us how much the bill is, the he suddenly finds a way to talk!