r/furgonomics

So I'm a huge fan of the show My Little Pony, and while it wasn't extremely common, the animators occasionally showed elderly ponies using walkers or canes. They're typically shown being used by elderly ponies, so I believe the implication is that they need them for the same typical reasons elderly humans need them.

But from what I understand, the main reason why humans need aids like walkers and canes is because we're bipedal. So I feel like a wheelchair designed for quadrupeds would be the proper mobility aid, right?

If they were intelligent enough to understand how to use walkers or canes, would there ever be a situation where they'd be the preferred mobility aid over wheelchairs?

As the title suggests, I'm discussing prehistoric anthros. Now, before I ask the question, let me lead with this: the universe that I am writing has the rule of only the transformation, which can include a sudden gender change, (and I guess the fact that anthros exist, buh,) being the fantastical part of the stories. There is science as to why most people have a painless transformation. That same explanation bleeds into why most are relatively calm about it, and, in turn, most come to accept their new form fairly easily (I am brainstorming a trans character, after the transformation). Also, they are few and random transformations, so it's not furries suddenly becoming their fursonas, but it isn't out of the question of some becoming an anthro of some kind anyways.

All this to ask, is it crazy, or practical to think of adding a story or two (or more) about a prehistoric anthro, such as a dire wolf, mastadon, tyrannosaurus rex, or allosaurus?

Now, I have also gotten to a point where it is becoming common practice that the transformed go to the doctor after the transformation to see if they are healthy, but it is only recently that a specific field for anthros has opened up. And, considering we only know barely a fraction of all dinosaurs and their exact looks, what's to say we have a firm grasp of their physiology? Granted, we have avian dinosaurs to help pry at that, but the point still stands. On top of this, we can only compare to modern animals what we know or think about anything prehistoric or extinct after the dinosaurs.

So, is it a crazy idea to include their anthropomorphic forms into my stories?

I thought of cats, I haven't pet one in a long time but I remember their ears being relatively thin, though proportionately a furry's would be thicker, right?

Humans can take a long time to heal for example helix piercings, would many furries suffer the same problem?

i don't know, just random question popping in my mind about watery animals of any type of species that have the dorsal fin anatomy, how would they sleep considering that almost any furry media would depict them as fully humanoid but with said part of the anatomy still attached to their backs

or is that anatomy part flexible enough to not be a bother if slept or leaned against?

I have thought for some time about writing a story about how a dragon would get by in the modern world. Like, insert a friendly dragon (four legs and wings) into the world today. What would happen? What struggles would the dragon and society face after the initial shock?

Let's say the dragon was banished from her own world and sent to Earth, specifically the United States, for whatever reason (not importantright now). The dragon is confused, the humans are obviously scared and see a huge threat. My question is, after the initial shock, years later, what is still affecting society and the dragon? Hate? New laws?

I personally like thinking about the laws around the dragon flying. What regulations would be passed for them to fly safely? How would enforcement work?