Riki-Lee wrote:
Thanks for the website. The information seemed to be very helpful. I will
take him to a different vet for a second opinion with the information that
was provided. I am not sure if there are any other signs of stress. Although
every night maybe 3 or 4 times for about the last year, Spotty insists on
trying to wake me up by pawing at my face, not in a harsh way though just
enough to try to wake me up. I will give him attention and he will start
purring, but if I dose off again he will try to wake me up. He never use to
do this before, do you think that this could be stress related? Things in our
household dont seem to be different.
Thank you to everyone who has replied to this so far. =)

Be sure the new vet checks at the *very* base of his tongue for a
thread. When I worked at the vet hosp., we found a thread in a cat
that 3 other vets failed to find. Also, have them x-ray his head to
look for a needle or wire. If it penetrated all the way in, they
won't be able to see it without x-ray.

-L.