The Rijik cat with apricot spotted was found on the streets of Tomsk in Siberia in the bitter cold, and its four paws were completely frozen. The latest winter victims in Siberia would have been very cold had it not been found by animal protection volunteers, who brought him to the Russian veterinarian Sergei Gorshkov in Novosibirsk, about 200 km away. Rijik has lived a normal life for two years at the Gorshkov Clinic, walking around four prostheses. These limbs were fitted to him using a technique similar to that used in human tooth implantation. Gorshkov said, Rijik is one of the first cats in the world to have implanted artificial claws in their bones using this technique. Demkha is another cat with whom Gorshkov rides artificial limbs. She has soft gray hair and lives with her owner in Novokuznisk.
"It is running, jumping and playing," Gorshkov said. "Its owner sends pictograms that show how they are moving. It is a great result and I am very pleased, we did not expect that. ”