That honestly isn't something very preventable, except by diet. It's very common in male cats, especially neutered ones. The commercial foods we feed our cats leads to this problem.
I want cats some day, but only if I can do a raw diet. And to do that, I'd be having to raise my own animals to butcher. Which leads to the internal conflict. But that's the plan, for the quite distant future.
When he was still alive we gave him a whole can of wet food in the evening and a 1/4 cup of dry food in the morning. Around the time of his death, I didn't notice that he hadn't been drinking water. I just assumed that someone was refilling the water as at the time, I usually slept in until noon
I recommend checking out Paws of Prey on youtube. She has a lot of great videos on creating a balanced raw diet for cats
Good luck!
Thanks!
