I did as you recommended and there seems to have been a reaction, I don't know to what, but it happened after I gave her the second Arsenicum album pellet. After about 20 minutes she acted like she had a sore stomach, moved in slow motion, then slept for 12 hours, after which she drank about 2 cups of water and is still going to the water dish. I don't know if this behavior is in reaction to the pellet or if it could be a cumulative reaction to the cranberry(unsweetened) I have been giving her previously thinking that she had crystals had been causing the urine retention, or the fact that I've been trying to switch her over to a raw food diet and have been giving her raw beef which she loves to eat(only about 1/4 cup or so a day). I don't know what to do at this point. I understand when animals are ill, even in the wild, they will go off in seclusion for days and even weeks, not eating, perhaps drinking water- a self-imposed fast in order to deal with whatever the disease is that they are fighting. But what about the threat of hepatic lipidosis? Uusually when an animal doesn't want to eat people force food thinking that the animal needs nutrition. I would like to go along with the wisdom of my cat, that she knows if and when she wants to eat, but I'm concerned about how long I let this go on. the threat of hepatic lipidosis, and that she is drinking quite a bit of water. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

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