Hello, my girl Holly is 2 years old and we just adopted her 2 months ago. She was not spayed, so we made an appointment and she had her surgery last monday, so it has been about 5 days. It didn't take her long to come back to her normal self and she seems pretty healthy. But when we went to pick her up, the vet was so busy that she did not have time to talk to us. The vet tech only told us what not to let her do (jump, run, stairs, etc). I am wondering what should her incision look like after almost a week? There is some dry blood around the stitches that has been there since Monday and a few red tiny red spots. It doesn't look extremely clean but it doesn't look infected either. She did jump onto my bed once, which won't happen again!!! and she gets super excited when she sees me and has jumped around a bit, before I could make her calm down. I also noticed on Wednesday that she was swallowing a lot and she was whining softly. It was Canada day so the vet's office was closed that day, and she seemed fine the next day.
Should I post pictures of her incision so you guys can see if it looks normal? I will be calling my vet up today if anyone thinks it looks infected or something. They are just extremely busy, so if I do call it needs to be an emergency.
Should I post pictures of her incision so you guys can see if it looks normal? I will be calling my vet up today if anyone thinks it looks infected or something. They are just extremely busy, so if I do call it needs to be an emergency.
Remember, a spay is major surgery- she might be feeling a little discomfort, which would be why she's whining and swallowing like that. I swear, the recovery time is always hardest as it gets closer to the time the stitches come out!
