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If the incisions were glued then chances are the glue is stuck on her fur and it is bothering her. You can take a look at the paws yourself and see if there are hard bits of glue present. With some of this you can pull it off yourself. However, so soon after surgery there is a possibility of causing the areas to open so you might want to talk to your vet if you can feel and see glue or hard substances and ask them to get it off of her paws. She will still be painful even 3 weeks out from surgery so I would also consider another week or two of pain medication if you can as well as this may help to deter her from chewing on her feet. Until then I would monitor her with the cleaning which is normal but excessive cleaning can still cause some harm and introduce infection to her feet. If she gets to the point it does actually open or drain then she should have the ecollar placed back on until you can revisit your vet. Your vet should not charge you since this is still a post operative recheck.

Theresa

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Answered:	8/7/2009

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