There are also dissolving internal stitiches. The pet can not chew them
since they are inside and they dont need to be removed as they dissolve.
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>From: Tana Lyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Tana Lyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Questions about items for Gerbil first aid kit-additions
>Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:44:59 -0500
>
>>
>>With gerbils the problem is not just self-mutilation but partner
>>mutilation
>>too. I have had a gerbil kindly remove it's partners stitches after a
>>scent gland op.
>
>Just a sidenote: When my Pookie had a leg removed, the vet used aluminum
>staples instead of stitches. He said that small animals tend to leave the
>staples alone where they would chew on stitches. It seemed to work,
>neither Pookie nor his cagemate Rascal acted like they even noticed the
>staples were there! Perhaps it would be good for gerbil owners facing
>surgery on a gerbil to ask the vet about aluminum staples.
>
>
>
>
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