Tanaka on Sunday

No I am just resting. I am not thinking of jumping about ...yet. 

     Ok. Maybe Dr Lalani has a point. 

I brought Tanaka to see Dr Lalani , his osteopath last Friday. He behaved very well and allowed the doc to massage his left hind leg very hard. He was relaxed and stayed calm throughout his therapy. Dr Lalani asked me if he had hurt himself before but I was not able to help since I didn't notice any limp before this. 

Dr L said he must have hurt himself more than once as he has some scar tissue but only at his left hind leg. His right leg is ok as are all his other legs. It could also be the case of him favoring his left leg as well. It could result  in his spine not being as straight as it should be but we will only able to know this if I can take a video of him jumping up and down from a height. I despair of ever being able to do this but I think I can watch if he does favour his left leg when jumping up and down surfaces. 

Dr L is confident that he could stretch his muscles more and more and then see what could be done to the spine (if it is not aligned well).  I suspect his spine is stiff as he is always trying to stalk Ms Akira. 

We will be seeing him again in 3 weeks. I am quite thankful that Fern told me about this. Tanaka had told her that he had hurt his leg while jumping and it was only then that I had scrutinized him walking. If not I would be oblivious to it. These things could get pretty bad the longer they remain  untreated, like Ms Akira's case. 

I am glad Tanaka likes the massage and allows Dr L to help him. If this was Bujang we would have a more difficult time of it!

When we were at the osteopath, a woman came and told is that she reads our blog. She said she always walks past the osteopath as she works around the area. We were very pleased she came to at hello and although we know that people do read our blog it was good to meet someone who does :) 

At this point we would like to thank everyone who has come to see us as well :)

Oh Tanaka!

Tanaka went to see Dr Lalani yesterday as he had an issue with his hind leg. He had landed badly a month ago but I thought since he was not limping, his leg was better. Not so...

Dr Lalani encouraged him to walk (using his leash which I brought) and did not see a limp but when he felt his muscles there was a ropiness in his left leg thigh which meant a great deal of tension. He also had a tightness in his middle rib cage. He might have hit against the edge of the cupboard when he tried to jump on it or when he was playing with Bujang and tried to escape by jumping to the top of the night cages which he does often. 

So Dr Lalani had massaged his left leg and his rib cage to lessen the tension. I think this would explain why Tanaka was not jumping in the usual way with his toys.  He would usually do many twists and high jumps to catch the lure. 

I was advised to massage his leg as well at home and bring him back in two weeks. 

I am glad I brought him to see Dr Lalani anyway eventhough his leg seemed to have healed as if not I would not know about his mid riff at all. 

This morning he was a little unsteady when he wanted to jump off my headboard onto the next cupboard. Usually he could just sail to the top.