Emma's little girlie bun has staples over her spay as well as dissolvable stitches. Wound has healed nicely, & she had her post op check up before Xmas & vet was happy. However, normally all my buns remove all their own stitches/staples, but hers are still there. Vet never mentioned coming back - will the staples drop out, or will they be irritating her? Should I take her back to get them removed. There's just 3 left.
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Staples in spay wound
- Thread starter Angie65
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Angie65 said:
I have never had a bun with staples, however I am used to them in humans. They will need removing, I would give your vets a call and find out when they are normally removed, I would assume around a week to ten days post operatively. If they are not removed the skin will grown around them embedding them which will make removal of them more difficult ... or certainly this happens in humans.
bizzy_vicki
Mama Doe
They should be removed 10 days post op 
