Other Pet Food

Consumers’ lives are returning to relative normality in 2022 and they are becoming more active again and are spending more time outside the home. This is leaving less time to spend with their pets and thus demand for other pet food is declining. The…

Other pet food records sluggish growth, due to low levels on interest in other pets in Morocco. There is some increase in products relating to bird and fish food in stores’ shelf space, for example as seen with the Riga brand (from Jessy Diffusion…

Other pet food is dominated by small mammal/reptile food, with the number of such pets expanding steadily over the course of the review period. This stands in stark contrast to the bird and fish populations, which both fell during the review period…

Although retail volume sales were flat in 2022, supermarkets are gaining value share due to the expansion of other pet food products with supermarkets and some discounters now stocking bird food. During the pandemic there was a tendency to shop for…

During the review period prior to the onset of the pandemic, the population of other pets (birds, fish and small mammals/reptiles) had been expanding steadily, but social isolation as a result of COVID-19 restrictions served to accelerate this trend.…

The bird population, and therefore bird ownership, has continued to gradually rise in Taiwan over the review period. Taiwan used to export many different breeds of birds as pets to other countries. However, shipping delays and rising shipping costs…

Other pet food in Japan is set to continue to post growth in both retail current value terms and volume terms in 2022, after successfully reversing the prolonged decline in 2020, as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. Before the pandemic, other pet…

The COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on sales of other pet food as Greeks adopted more pets whilst spending more time at home. Demand for other pet food surged in 2020 and 2021 as consumers brought birds, fish and small mammals into their…

Families with children showed an increased interest in adopting or buying pets during the pandemic as a way to cure the boredom and anxiety created by home seclusion. Mice and fish (mainly guppies or goldfish) are common choices in Hungary for new…

While small mammal/reptile food registered a positive performance in volume terms in 2020 and 2021 supported by an increase in the small mammal population during the COVID-19 crisis, the category looked set to return to decline in 2022. During the…

Other pet food for birds, fish, small animals and reptiles in Poland is shared among several companies, with none of them having a standout lead. Four companies lead other pet food (Vitakraft Tuptus Sp zoo, Tropical Tadeusz Ogrodnik Co, PW Hobby…

As the general awareness around pet care in Egypt increases, more and more people are opting for smaller sized pets such as birds and fish, while they are also becoming more willing to invest in the right food to keep them healthy and happy.…

Having surged to its highest-ever level during 2020, the population of other pets (birds, fish, reptiles and small mammals) in Canada declined during both 2021 and 2022. In 2020, lockdown restrictions helped to boost to popularity of other pets, with…

The population of other pets continued to decline during 2022, albeit at a slower pace than earlier in the review period. Both the fish and bird populations saw significant declines in the population during the review, while there was a significant…

While retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of other pet food did receive a boost from the pandemic in 2020, it was to a lesser extent than for either dog or cat food. This was mainly because owners are generally much less likely to…

Danish pet food producer Natural Brande A/S, which is present in all pet food categories with its Arion brand, decided to withdraw from fish food sales in 2021. An ongoing decline in the pet fish population and strong competition from international…

Ownership of other pets in Romania is mainly concentrated in large urban areas and amongst higher-income households that can afford the expense of keeping other pets. Much of this is derived from their food as certain reptiles or fish within this…

Other pet food continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2021 due in part to the decrease in the other pet population, with this pattern set to continue into 2022 and beyond. The contraction is being driven by bird and fish food, with…

The number of fish and particularly birds kept as pets in Spain continued its long-term decline during 2022, as younger consumers are generally less interested in them than older ones. Moreover, the owners of fish or birds generally no not humanise…

The pet populations of small mammals, reptiles, fish and birds, have remained relatively steady over the last 12 months, with slight increases for all categories except for fish and birds who continue to decline. The extra equipment necessary to keep…