Infected Stitch

[josaphine32]

My Puppy got spayed on 2nd April, She had her post op check on the 11th, She has always had a little lump at the top of the stitches which vet said will go down, It has got a little infected as one of the stitches is half poking out, How long do the stitches take to fully dissolve? Also is there anything I can put on it apart from savlon, There was a small amount of puss in there which popped on touching, she is fine in her self,

I will ring vets in the morning but as it is not an emergency im not going to ring today,

[miarob40]

I had my puppy spayed a few years ago and the same thing happened to her, the best thing is to wait what the vet says, mine had to have an injection and then a course of antibiotics which cleared it up very quickly.

[Mosaic]

Check with vet whether savlon is safe for your dog...I think some common human remedies are poisonous to dogs.

[ladybirder]

Use Sudocrem, I've used it many times. It's very gentle as it's used on babies' bums.
http://www.sudocrem.co.uk/

[woofgang]

another vote for sudocrem or nothing at all.

[Sqad]

Why do anything?

Leave well alone and your puppy will deal with it.

[julieblue65]

I would only use colloidal silver or plain boiled water to keep it clean until the vet has checked it out.

[lankeela]

Boiled water cooled with a teaspoon of salt in it.

[lcg]

don't put savlon on it....it stings!!!! wash it with boiled salty water as lankeela says, it will be sterile. make sure it stays dry and a light application of sudocrem to finish. stitches often get infected, but your puppies' immune system will take care of it. if it spreads to other stitches or along the wound, take your woofer back to the vet asap.

[josaphine32]

Just to say thank you, four your replys, We wemt to the vets this morning and she managed to get all the stitches out in one go, Stitches can take as long as 3 months to dissolve properly.