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Originally Posted by Britster  His stitches are outside and I've been letting him lick them a little bit just because he's not excessive about it. He just does a few little licks for 20 seconds or so and I know that's their way of healing their wounds. He hasn't tried to bite at them yet or anything so I'm not too worried!
He's got 5 days of pain meds but I have a feeling I won't have to give them for 5 days. |
Licking is not cleaning or healing. the dogs mouth is not actually as clean as its rumored to be and bacteria from their mouth can get into a fresh incision. They can get an infection in the incision which can take a while to heal OR they can lick the incision open. Licking is not good at all. please don't let him do it. i'm speaking from lots of experience here. I was a vet tech for years and licking causes many infections and wound issues. They don't need to "bite" at the incision to open it up. Even internal stitches can be opened from licking so i don't know why that one vet said it was ok
