---
title: "Surgeons Gave This Adorable Cat Four Amazing 3D-Printed Paws"
description: "With the help of a local university, a Russian veterinarian 3D printed four titanium prostethics to allow four year-old female cat to walk again."
date: "2020-02-04"
modified: "2020-02-04"
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  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/cat-amazing-3d-printed-paws"
categories:
  - "3D Printing"
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "3d printer"
  - "3d printing"
  - "cat"
  - "the digest"
---

# Surgeons Gave This Adorable Cat Four Amazing 3D-Printed Paws

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cat-amazing-3d-printed-paws.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Vetclinika BEST\</em\>*

## Bionic Cat

With the help of a local university, Russian veterinarian Sergei Gorshkov 3D printed four titanium prostethics to allow a four year-old cat named Dymka to walk again after all four of her paws had to be amputated due to frostbite.

https://youtu.be/7se9a6UPFVA

## Take Two

Dymka isn't the first cat to receive bionic paws. A male cat called Ryzhik, who also lost his paws from frostbite, received the same treatment by the same clinic.

"Thus, Dymka became the second cat in the world with prostheses of all four limbs," a Tomsk Polytechnic University statement read, as [quoted by the *New York Post*](<https://nypost.com/2020/02/04/cat-who-lost-paws-to-frostbite-gets-3d-printed-titanium-prosthetics/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow>). "The cat’s new front and rear paws have an individual model that was printed using titanium on a 3D printer."

## Out in the Cold

First, they used CT scans of Dymka's legs to model the titanium legs, which they 3D printed and surgically attached to her stumps, completing the cyborg kitty aesthetic with grippy black "feet" on each end.

Dymka is now happily living with the woman who first found her in the snow, *The Moscow Times* [reports](<https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/01/15/bionic-russian-cat-becomes-second-in-world-to-receive-4-prosthetic-limbs-a68913>).

**READ MORE:** [Cat with 4 frostbitten paws gets new feet made of titanium](<https://www.livescience.com/cat-titanium-prosthetic-paws.html>) \[*Live Science*\]

**More on 3D printing:** *[Hear an Ancient Mummy “Talk” Using a 3D-Printed Vocal Tract](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/hear-ancient-mummy-talk-3d-printed-vocal-tract.md>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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