Quote Originally Posted by Medusa View Post
It started about a week ago. He was sleeping at the bottom of my bed and had an episode and I flew out of bed b/c I thought he had hurt himself. He really is loud and seems to be in distress.
As this is a recent development then I think you are taking the right course of action in getting him checked over. Just because there is no obvious sign of injury or illness it doesn't mean there isn't something going on that needs looking at.