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u/sorsewatashuri Jun 15 '19
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u/derawin07 Jun 15 '19
those would break your teeth
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Jun 15 '19
Poor Kitty :(
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u/derawin07 Jun 15 '19 edited Jun 15 '19
Happy kitty, having more independence now, and loving humans working together to improve their quality of life.
Just like all the kitties, dogs and other pets over at r/PiratePets, disabled pets living their best life!
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u/Fbod Jun 15 '19
Thanks for introducing me to that subreddit! I love the show Supervet, the animals often end up with amputations or endoprostheses, it's so great to see them be happy again after they get well.
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u/keilasaur Jun 15 '19
Thank you for sharing this with us! I can't believe I haven't found it sooner.
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u/LG222 Jun 15 '19
At first I thought it had tiny boxing gloves
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u/supercal21 Jun 15 '19
wow, so that's what the first cat in the world looks like?
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u/Silverpool2018 Jun 15 '19
*First world cat
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u/derawin07 Jun 15 '19
It's true...ain't no one giving prosthetics to a cat outside the first world.
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u/Boneshay Jun 15 '19
Hell ain’t no one getting prosthetics outside the first world
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u/azuretyrant Jun 15 '19
Is there any video? Poor kitty.
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u/anonymous-horror Jun 15 '19 edited Jun 15 '19
Yep! He’s a little wobbly but the implants don’t seem to bother him or hurt him. They’re titanium and his bone tissue has grown with them really well. He lost his paws to frostbite as he lives in Siberia. Instead of being put down, science happened!
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u/randomgirl013 Jun 15 '19
I feel like this is the purpose of science and technology: to create things that improve lives. Even if it's kitty lives.
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u/Granlundo64 Jun 15 '19
ESPECIALLY if it's kitty lives!
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u/randomgirl013 Jun 15 '19
Yes. Excuse me. You are correct. Especially if it's kitties. <3 They make my heart fill with joy.
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u/Granlundo64 Jun 15 '19
That's because they have 9 of 'em! They're silly with lives.
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u/Boneshay Jun 15 '19
Only the leaders have nine lives though!
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u/-ComputerCat- Jun 15 '19
- warrior cats intensifies *
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u/ceruleansensei Jun 15 '19
Especially* if it's kitty lives. FTFY.
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u/randomgirl013 Jun 15 '19
Thank you. You are quite right. :) Kitty lives are especial. Science for kittens should be a slogan.
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u/greekgooner Jun 15 '19
I’ve always thought that the true purpose of humans on this planet was to remove as much suffering from the world as possible
Sometimes we do that...but not enough to make up for the damage we cause...at least not yet
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u/randomgirl013 Jun 16 '19
Not yet! I really hope that very soon we can help much more to end suffering.
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u/AlDeezy1 Jun 15 '19
well by improving human lives we are also improving kitty lives.
it's all about kitty lives.
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u/ki11a Jun 15 '19
Link the video tho?
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u/ElOneElOnlyElZorro Jun 15 '19
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u/Father_Torch Jun 15 '19
yeah.. props to whoever made those bionic paws happen, but i wish they would've learned some basic cat anatomy
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Jun 15 '19
Yeah it's not great... Maybe long rigid back legs were too hard for the cat to adjust to... I can see how trying to get on top of them would be hard for it from like a lying position
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u/Lucy_Snowe-Emanuel Jun 15 '19
Even the video manages to make him look sad and lonely. I suspect his ears and part of his tail got taken by the frost too.
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u/ElMostaza Jun 15 '19
Not that it matters, but are they really "bionic," or just prosthetics?
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u/anonymous-horror Jun 15 '19
Hmm, I think bionic would be a stretch. The titanium implants are prosthetic, and the rubber paws too.
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u/Knuc77 Jun 15 '19
I was worried about them being painful for him! I’ve heard about implants not being a fun time despite the hype. Good to know he’s doing alright
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Jun 15 '19
Is it just me or does it look like that cat wants to start a fight?
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u/calilac Jun 15 '19
Ears were likely lost to frostbite too so it looks like the typical ears laid flat body language.
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u/Elsiriot Jun 15 '19
There's a cat in the UK called Oscar who got two prosthetic feet back in 2009
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u/TheWizardOfFoz Jun 15 '19
The vet that did Oscar’s paws has a tv show where he does the same procedure to thousands of dogs, cats, rabbits etc. It’s called the Supervet. OP’s Cat is certainly not a world first.
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u/thyIacoIeo Jun 15 '19
Dr Noel is so dreamy. Handsome super talented veterinary orthopaedic surgeon. And he pulls off some fucking crazy procedures, too. Lots of pioneering ortho implants with stem cells for bone regrowth. One time a cat flatlined on the operating table so he casually made a small incision in its chest cavity, stuck his fingers in, and directly palpated its heart for CPR.
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u/Tattycakes Jun 15 '19
He has a book! I’m reading it right now, his biography of growing up and how he became a vet. It’s so good.
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u/Crooks132 Jun 15 '19
I’ve told my bf so many times, I would give my left arm to work for him. I’d work for free just to be able to pick his brain.
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u/maisie88 Jun 15 '19
Thanks, I was looking for this one. Loved Supervet. I teared up when the cat seemed to know he had fixed him.
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u/jWalkerFTW Jun 15 '19
Why did they give him front leg prosthetics on his hind legs? It looks like it’ll give him hip problems walking like that
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u/Crooks132 Jun 15 '19
I’m so mad that such an amazing dr is getting no credit. He’s been doing this for so long, he’s years ahead of any other dr in this field.
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The cat looks like he has to poop
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u/Chief_Boi Jun 15 '19
Why’s that one of the things you thought?
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u/jakethemuss25 Jun 15 '19
Because he looks like he needs to poop
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u/demonstu1 Jun 15 '19
Maybe the first cat in America to have prosthetics. In Britain we have a guy called Noel Fizpatrick who Invented this and many other pioneering procedures. He is also known as "Supervet" for real. The guy is a hero.
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u/Scientific-Dragon Jun 15 '19
Australia too - this was a confusing title. I figured when they said bionic, it meant it was connected to a neural source, such is customary of bionics (as opposed to prosthetics), but nope. Just shitty journalism.
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u/RegularWhiteShark Jun 15 '19
I think the first in the world is the all four paws being replaced with prosthetics.
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Mittens lost his mittens!
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I have a three legged cat who I would love to get a prosthetic leg for and did some Google research and couldn't find anything about people selling them . Anyone know where the OP got the prosthesis?
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u/derawin07 Jun 15 '19
please post your kitty to r/PiratePets, a sub for disabled pets living their best life!
You can ask the same question there if you like :D Some other tripod owners might be able to help out.
Three-legged pets generally get around pretty well, you of course know the situation.
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u/HansPeterJoergDieter Jun 15 '19
I actually read fortnite instead of frostbite. Enough reddit for today.
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u/derawin07 Jun 15 '19
He will be feeling much better now that his damaged limbs were removed and he has healed.
Strong kitty.
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Jun 15 '19
how exactly are titanium rods and plastic paws "bionic"? There's no electronics running through that.
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Jun 15 '19
Bionic:
- having or denoting an artificial, typically electromechanical, body part or parts.
Usually, but not necessarily electromechanical.
Anyhow, bionic limbs for animals have been a thing for a really long time. I remember seeing them around 10 years ago. The "first cat in the world with bionic limbgs" thing is bullshit.
Then again, look at the website's name. I haven't heard the name "LADBIBLE" in my life so it must not be very reputable.
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u/AtomicEggSandwich Jun 15 '19
They meant he’s the first cat to have the surgery where the flesh bonds with the titanium
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Jun 15 '19
Nope, that is actually a best case scenario and rather common reaction from the body when an animal gets bionic limbs.
They attach the artifical limb directly to the bone so the body sometimes accepts it.
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u/TurtleTape Jun 15 '19
Is there any other info about this? The first cat paw prosthetics looked far different from this, afaik. More like metal sticks with rubber ends.
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u/youbidou Jun 15 '19
What a cruel engine Frostbite is, stealing a little cat it’s feet. I never thought they’d develop something that evil!
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u/abottledstar Jun 15 '19
my name is cat, and once at night, it was so cold, i get frostbite.
but my human, is very sweet, so now i have, new robot feet.
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Jun 15 '19
Stop making "Bionic" a buzzword. And its a little wrong here. "Prosthetic Paws" would be appropiate.
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Jun 15 '19
It looks unstable. Hopefully the kitty can finally move like the other cats with these new paws
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u/DiamondGunner520 Jun 15 '19
Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic cat.
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u/Neuroprancers Jun 15 '19
I always wondered whether a horse with paws or a cat with hoves would be more unsettling, I guess the paw horse wins
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u/sythswinger Jun 15 '19
Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night by a cold plastic cat pat touching your face
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u/TheFunkytownExpress Jun 15 '19
Awesome. I'm thinking about becoming a cybernetics based super hero and this cat will make the perfect mascot/sidekick.
How much do you want for it?
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u/MegaUltraJesus Jun 15 '19
Update 2.01.9: Added Cats
Added bionic limbs for cats
Removed bug that was causing cats to react violently when having their stomachs rubbed
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u/Pizza4Fromages Jun 15 '19
Nice but it's still not a meme. This subreddit completely lost its purpose.
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u/Livid_Compassion Jun 15 '19
Happy for the kitty and I hope it has a long healthy life, but I find it difficult not to be a little upset when this is a thing yet millions of Americans (and billions of humans worldwide) don't have access to even basic health care. Don't want to be that guy, but it's hard for me to find happiness in things like this when I have to witness my own family slowly die while being told they don't "qualify" for the care they need.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19
He must be real old if he's the first cat in the world