Table 4.
Housing and feeding of cats after discharge
| Diagnosis | Idiopathic UO | Uroliths | Urethral plugs | Total |
| Indoor only | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Recurrent signs | 3 (3) * | 3 (2) | 6 (5) | |
| No recurrent signs | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Outdoor access | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Recurrent signs | 3 (3) | 1 | 4 (3) | |
| No recurrent signs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Fed more than 80% wet food | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Recurrent signs | 4 (3) | 2 | 1 (1) | 7 (4) |
| No recurrent signs | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Fed less than 80% wet food | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Recurrent signs | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 6 (4) |
| No recurrent signs | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
UO=urethral obstruction.
*
Number of cats with re-obstruction.