Cat Health & Safety

Urinary obstruction (a.k.a. urethral obstruction, or UO) is a very common, very serious emergency in cats, especially males. UO can come on quickly and kill fast! Unfortunately, over 70% of cat owners aren’t aware of this devastating condition until it happens to their cat — by which point it could be too late. Awareness and prevention are crucially important! Thankfully, you’re now aware. As for prevention, there are many things you can do. Proper litter box setup and care is very important (see Ch. 2), as is decreasing your cat’s stress (Tip #38). But, one of the most important things you can do to protect your cat from UO is … feed them wet food*! The greater the percentage of their daily calories that comes from wet food, the better (Tip #3). Learn more below and please share UO awareness with all the cat lovers in your life to help spare them and their cats from this devastation. Together we can drop the 72% unaware number to a much more acceptable, much safer level … like ZERO!

*Based on data collected from multiple pet owner surveys about diet and other risk factors for UO in cats.