Eturner63 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 my little Yorkshire terrier, Maggie was bit by another dog about 3 years ago. She almost died. We finally had it stitched. After 3 months it reopened and the vet glued it shut. Now it has open again. Why isn't it healing? We're the stitches not properly done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 so it has opened after 2 1/2 years? I'd be taking the dog to a vet pronto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 36 minutes ago, Eturner63 said: my little Yorkshire terrier, Maggie was bit by another dog about 3 years ago. She almost died. We finally had it stitched. After 3 months it reopened and the vet glued it shut. Now it has open again. Why isn't it healing? We're the stitches not properly done? Time for a different vet, and a check up NOW . Poor little dog . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkehre Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 If there were internal stitches the first time, this could have caused an issue. sometimes they don't dissolve or so extremely slowly. Often they part break down and come out through the skin. This slows down healing incredibly. A couple of years...hmmm, I guess possible but unlikely unless your dog was upsetting the surgical site during this time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavsRcute Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Probably left of centre but... when wounds on humans don''t heal,properly or take a long time it can be because they have undiagnosed diabetes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 What does the vet think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_PL_ Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 New vet! That's definitely not normal. Even if it's just a long standing infection you'll need antibiotics for quite some time before it will heal properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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