Yes prosthetics do give all sorts of animals a new lease of life. I think it is a great idea! I have seen quite a few happy healthy 3-legged dogs...but if they can be given a new 'limb' so long as it doesn't cause pain, that is even better.
It's good to know there is a specialist who devotes his skills to animals.
What I often wonder about is that the work of the Fitzpatrick clinic in England, provides animals with an endoskeletal prosthetic. That is a prosthetic which is attached to the bone, and which merges into the bone. With that method there can sometimes be infection possibilities -but if it works, the animal has a new limb which becomes a part of their body for the rest of their life. Yet I haven't heard or seen anything much at all about that for humans! Humans seem to be always given exoskeletal prosthetics! These can be hard to get used to and can be uncomfortable sometimes.
It's good to know there is a specialist who devotes his skills to animals.
What I often wonder about is that the work of the Fitzpatrick clinic in England, provides animals with an endoskeletal prosthetic. That is a prosthetic which is attached to the bone, and which merges into the bone. With that method there can sometimes be infection possibilities -but if it works, the animal has a new limb which becomes a part of their body for the rest of their life. Yet I haven't heard or seen anything much at all about that for humans! Humans seem to be always given exoskeletal prosthetics! These can be hard to get used to and can be uncomfortable sometimes.
