It all began on Thanksgiving Day. Replete with turkey and stuffed beyond belief I was sitting at the table contemplating whether to have mince pie, pumpkin pie or a nap. Naturally being of the feline purrrsuasion, and lacking the sweet tooth common found in the human species, the nap won out paws down!

Although I had every good reason to sleep soundly, I suffered from creeping sensations all night long.

I was not the only cat to be so affected.

Many cats reported sleep disturbances that night.

Some cats even experienced waking nightmares.

Sometime in the middle of the night I awoke suddenly. But all was still and quiet. I put my sleeping problems down to over-partaking at the table and dropped back into a sound sleep, little knowing that the world was about to change - and not for the better.