Annie was spayed on Wednesday, took her for her 2 day check yesterday and the Vet said she had taken 2 of the stitches out (not unusual) but in her case there were no subcut stitches and the skin had opened up a little bit. So the Vet put 3 staples in, but they have all been taken out with no sign of them ? Her wound looks clean and healed so I am not taking her back until Monday but will she have swallowed the staples I wonder? As soon as I saw her this morning she had a very guilty look on her face and I wondered if she had taken them out but I didn't really think she would have. Only one of my other bunnies has had to have staples put in but she left them alone.
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Annie's Spay - Stitches taken out, now Staples!
- Thread starter tonibun
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Why were there no subcut stitches? That's weird that they haven't done any - we practiced rabbit spays at uni and no one ever mentioned not using them! 
not sure if she's a special case though
Have you had a check around her hutch just to see if you can find them? I'm sure she won't have eaten them! Glad it's healing well even without the stitches and staples!
not sure if she's a special case though Have you had a check around her hutch just to see if you can find them?
I'm sure she won't have eaten them! Glad it's healing well even without the stitches and staples! 