Spay stitches - swollen?

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- 10/22/2018 at 3:09 AM
  Vecerrov
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  Hello,
  last week on Tuesday Toffee was spayed. She was eating as usual by wednesday afternoon (about 24 hours after surgery). I am supposed to go to the vet with her on Friday to remove stitches. I check them everyday. Today I noticed the bottom part of the stitches is red and a bit swollen I guess?
  Image: https://imgur.com/a/yjwypkL
  I don’t know if that’s alright or not? Should I go to the vet with her? I don’t want to take her there unnecessarily since I have to go by bus for 20 minutes which would be stressing for her.
- 10/22/2018 at 7:19 AM
  jerseygirl
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  She might be reacting to the stuff they use for the outer stitches. It didn’t appear too bad, I mainly could only really see the blue material!
  
  Has she been licking the site at all? That can get it looking more red.
  
  It’s not uncommon to get a bit of “bunching” or the skin at the end of the incision site. My first rabbit had that. She has glue but I could see the very end opened a little and I could spot the end of the inner stitches. I rang the clinic to describe it and they’d told me not to worry.
  
  Could you ring them then sent the photo via email?
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