Pioneering vet gives cat new prosthetic feet
01 Jul 2010
A cat named Oscar that had its back feet severed by a combine harvester, has been given two prosthetics in a pioneering operation.
The new feet are custom-made implants that “peg” the ankle to the foot.
They are bioengineered to mimic the way deer antler bone grows through the skin.
The operation – a world first – was carried out by Noel Fitzpatrick, a veterinary surgeon based in Surrey, UK.
His work is explored in a BBC documentary called The Bionic Vet.
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25 Responses
2010 Jul 01
It made my day.
It made my day.
2010 Jul 01
@samisyosam …
@samisyosam priceless
2010 Jul 01
love the tape!
love the tape!
2010 Jul 01
@chechnya i’d say …
@chechnya i’d say the same thing if someone gave you prosthetic hands =/
2010 Jul 01
Wait a second.. …
Wait a second.. HOLY SHIT. Have you guys seen the price tag on this procedure yet?
2010 Jul 01
@amybernhardt2010, …
@amybernhardt2010, NOT Lame at all! Totally human. Those of us who have a heart on for animals get it and were getting ‘teary-eyed’ too, With Pride! Go Oscar!
2010 Jul 01
@streaksoflight, …
@streaksoflight, respect for matching his blackness! Like being well-dressed, no brown feet!
2010 Jul 01
Bless you Oscar and …
Bless you Oscar and to the surgeon and his team! We will all remember seeing this cat ‘take one for mankind” when this same surgery is able to be done on a human. Thank you all for making it happen, please take care of this wonder boy to keep him struting his stuff! PurrZ.
2010 Jul 01
I LOVE IT!!!!!!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!
2010 Jul 01
Hehe Basement …
Hehe Basement kitteh finally gots his hoofs….
2010 Jul 01
Bless the peoples …
Bless the peoples that goes the extra distance to save animals… this made me sob to… dammit!!
2010 Jul 01
Cat:”argh i be a …
Cat:”argh i be a real pirate now i got me my prosthetic leg! now were be me cat nip and me trusty other pirates!”
2010 Jul 01
This is pretty …
This is pretty amazing.
2010 Jul 01
Hahahahaha I …
Hahahahaha I thought he was gonna use the tape to tape onto Oscar cause he said the tape is great technology, but actually he was just going to use it make the implants black. So funny.
2010 Jul 01
@chechnya Agreed. I …
@chechnya Agreed. I wouldn’t agree if it was a technology that was already researched and proven to work, but this was an experiment (Albeit a successful one).
2010 Jul 01
@chechnya If I find …
@chechnya If I find you, I’m going to cut your feet off with a rusty saw
2010 Jul 01
@chechnya You …
@chechnya You obviously need love..
2010 Jul 01
“Come here, Oscar, …
“Come here, Oscar, come here!”
“PFFFFT, later for you, man! I’m going places with my robot feet! Hasta la vista, suck- ooooh, head scratchies… You win, you mobile pair of opposable thumbs.”
Very sweet. I hope Oscar is doing well. If the machinery designed by man harms a living being, man has a duty to help put that being back together. …now if only they could equip him with laser vision or a jet pack.
2010 Jul 01
I admit to crying a …
I admit to crying a few manly man-tears of joy.
2010 Jul 01
@amybernhardt2010 xD
@amybernhardt2010 xD
2010 Jul 01
@GRANPA156 It is …
@GRANPA156 It is VERY selfish that instead of looking out for the cats best interest, they were selfish in keeping it alive. Why not end the cats pain and suffering? Some people are just sick I suppose.
2010 Jul 01
@Lushac WOW really …
@Lushac WOW really
2010 Jul 01
@chechnya Die in a …
@chechnya Die in a fire.
I hope someday you lose an appendage and someone is there to say “lets put ‘im down. it’s very selfish to keep this animal alive.”
2010 Jul 01
Very selfish to …
Very selfish to keep this animal alive.
2010 Jul 01
@zimthehomicidal 34 …
@zimthehomicidal 34 now