Should you give cat food made to prevent potential urinary problems in male cat without a prescription? (He doesn't have a history of them. Looking for prevent them before they have a chance to develop)

Edit: I did not mean prescription food I mean like Hill's Science Diet Adult Urinary & Hairball Control wet food. This isn't prescription like c/d s/d.

So I'm hopefully adopting a 2 year old male tabby cat from the local shelter. He was a stray before this so the shelter doesn't know much about his medical history but he seems to be healthy.

I've been doing A LOT of research to prepare myself for this and have read that male cats have a higher chance of developing urinary blockages. From my understanding this could be very dangerous and some cats had hid their symptoms as well. I'm starting to get really anxious about that because I don't want him to get sick or something to happen to him because I wasn't able to spot the symptoms in time :(

I know transitioning him to wet food would be ideal, I plan to give him at least one serving a day for now. I'm looking into getting a cat fountain.

But are there foods to help prevent this too? From my understanding the hills science c/d and s/d are prescription. And you have to be careful about mixing brands and kinds of foods if you are giving them special urinary support foods because they way they work can clash and negate the benefits.

So should I give him special urinary support food like this or this (these aren't the c/d s/d ones) as an additional preventative measure? Or is this unnecessary?

Any other tips for a new cat owner would be really helpful too.

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