Well, Tabi is being the most complicated patient:
The staple was removed and the site aspirated. There is an infection there and the vet is suspicious it is a reaction to the internal sutures. So, Tabi is on antibiotics now for that spot.
That, however, is not the only problem spot. The incision on the other side behind her arm? When the vet went to remove those sutures, everything came off in one big scab, and the incision opened right up. The scab was the only thing holding the incision closed. So we are back to square one with that area. So hey, a staple worked for the other side, so why not? Two staples later she came home. Tonight I was medicating the boys and then picked Tabi up. She panicked - she had been chewing at the staple and got her lower lip hooked on the staple, so her face was stapled to her side. How do you stop a rat from tearing off her lower lip? So I grabbed a pair of small jewellery pliers and managed to unhook it and free her. She ran off to sulk and clean. Then two minutes later I hear her struggling, and grab her to find that this time she had the staple hooked over her lower jaw and incisors. It was more difficult to unhook her this time as she was struggling and it was hurting because it was digging into her jaw bone. Anyway, I removed the staple altogether as it was stretched out enough to do so. I gave her a dose of Metacam and I am hoping she leaves the other one alone tonight once the meds kick in. I texted my vet and she will remove the other staple and try gluing the incision shut again tomorrow.
We also may have to go and do surgery to remove the suture material in the first site if things do not improve a lot in the next few days on antibiotics.
Oh Tabi...