Renal cat food pouches, any good?

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So, my 9 year old Maine Coon just spent the weekend at the vets on a drip as her kidneys had packed in, she is now home and a lot better (kidneys now working) and I've ordered a sack of Royal Canin dry renal food, but I was a bit at the price of the pouches, bearing in mind I have 2 MCs with big appetites.
They have always had dry food (and the odd blue tit...) so are the pouches worth getting?
Off to bed to give poorly cat a cuddle now, I would appreciate any suggestions from people who've used this stuff, thanks

I think, but check with the vet, that being on wet food is actually better for cats with kidney issues.

But if you're feeding at the same time, there's no reason you couldn't feed one the renal pouch and the other a different wet food.

The pouches are worth getting, but we found that they did cause our cats to have more accidents around the house, lots of little poos that seem to just pop out & they can't control it very well.

Have you tried the Ipakatine powder in their normal food instead? It's another option to try. We were also prescribed a liquid called Simintra (sp?) to give once a day which really helped.

I hope your poorly cat improves soon.

Thanks for the answers, we've got the semintra to add to the food and she is eating it but not loving it. I don't want to do a massive change in her diet overnight so am planning to mix the renal dry food with her existing kibble and gradually up the ratio, with wet at other meals. I will have to experiment to see what goes down well. Really looking forward to the accidents...

Poorly cat is well enough to squabble with her sister

I have a cat with CKD and he has been prescribed the renal diet. Now I too baulk at the price, but even worse is he sometimes will eat it, sometimes not and have had to supplement with the kitecat/Felix he used to eat. So much food is being wasted but this is a feature of CKD I understand.

Also he is impossible to pill (at least for us) and gets so stressed it is frightening. So been putting the Fortekor pill in his food which he then eats around. It is a nightmare. Once he took the pill straight off me and I was so pleased but he never did again. Argh.

I love my cat so much but he really does not make life easy!

I find myself constantly looking at uneaten food with the pill all gone mushy. I was told wet food too. And that eating is very very important.

PS. He has never had these accidents mentioned if that helps! ;)

PPS. He just took the pill but one has been wasted.

Thanks again, I'm feeling more positive now as cat is looking quite perky (for her, currently sunbathing) and is eating. I'm trying senior pouches with Semintra during the day for now and so far it's all gone down. I'm going to look at the Ipaketine powder too.

As Tabulahrasa says, wet renal pouches are better than dry renal kibble. If the cat refuses the pouches remember it's always better they eat something than not eat at all so no point havng a stand-off. Cats shouldn't go without food for more than 24 hours or their liver can be damaged.