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Originally Posted by scrapindee  How is your dog doing? Was the chip removed? |
Our pup did get her chip removed last Friday. The procedure was quick and only required one stitch. They did have to shave a spot, which is too bad because now we have even more hair to grow back! The vet put her on a short course of antibiotic to prevent infection.
On Saturday we had to take her into the on-call clinic because the area had become quite red. The vet said there was no issue, the stitch had just pulled a bit and the redness was likely due to her sensitive skin reacting to the razor. We were overly cautious, but after months of treatment we didn't want to let our lack of experience or a nonchalant attitude let something important not get treated.
The surgery was a little harder on her than I anticipated given the size of the wound! No problems with anesthesia but she did not feel good for a couple of days. She kept giving me that "something hurts" sad look that just tugged at my heart. She's a lot spunkier now and we have to watch that she's not trying to scratch. She can't get all the way to the stitch but she gets close and impacts below it where it's shaved. I had trimmed her nails up nice and short and filed them smooth before the surgery, so there's not much nail there to worry about. She gets her stitch out on the 21st. Vet said we can do it, but I will have them take a look anyway.
The first couple of days after the surgery she lost a lot of hair in the area around the wound
But that has stopped and we already see some hair sprouting - like a beard growing. I figure given our experience it will take about 6 months for the hair to grow out all the way. That will make this a 1 year saga! Until then, she can channel my brother with a little comb-over to cover the spot
We are cautiously optimistic that this will stop the constant irritation and hair loss in that area.
Finally, the vet gave us the chip which is still active. I am looking for a tag collar that I can sew the chip into. I have ordered an embroidered collar with our contact information on it for her to wear. She's not a fan of tags and collars but I am hoping that as this area clears and there is less constant irritation that she will learn to accept a collar so she'll always have ID on. For walks she wears a harness with her tags, but she won't be wearing that for a while until this spot heals. If we have no choice, we'll put a little t-shirt on under her harness.
Thanks for checking in!