Inflation has also hit pet owners in the pocket.

Grozdan Volodiev has been raising a dog and a cat for years.

Regarding the maintenance of the animals, he pointed out: "Until last year, the cat was the cheaper option than the dog. Now things have turned around. If the price of certain dog food used to be BGN 8, now it is BGN 17-18, maybe even can be found for BGN 20. For the cat - the biggest increase is in toilet supplies. Before silicone it was BGN 4.60, now it is BGN 12."

 According to him, now the maintenance of his pets comes to BGN 60 per month, while before it was around BGN 20.

According to him, it is not enough that the price goes up, but the quality also decreases, BNR reported.

The increase in prices can also be detected in large chain stores, where pet food is also offered.

We illustrate with the price of a 10-kilogram bag of dog kibble from a popular brand in the mid-range segment.

It has been BGN 55 for a month, and last year it was BGN 41 for several months.

Before that, it cost BGN 30, and often with the discount it was offered for BGN 19.

Examples of a significant increase in prices can also be cited for another favorite delicacy of four-legged friends - canned goods, etc.

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The drastic triple jump of pet food has only one explanation for Grozdan: "There is specula here as well. Because many of the big warehouses have a lot of resource that was in stock, now they artificially make their production more expensive and so they are at a much larger profit".

Life isn't just getting more expensive for humans: Pet food prices have also gone up

Suspicions about the specula can be confirmed indirectly.

In the conditions of total inflation, it is understandable that pet food also increases in price, but the question "By how much?" is suspicious.

It turned out that it is possible that the increase is within the officially announced inflation index, but it applies to specialized dog and cat foods, which anyway have a high cost.

Doctor Iva Georgieva is a veterinarian with her own clinic.

According to her, there is no significant increase in the price of the specialized food for sick animals that they use in the clinic.

Every year there is some price growth in the range of 5 to 8 percent, she added, and said there was a price update in the fall, and she expects there will be one in the spring as well.

If it is taken in total, it will be below the growth of the announced inflation, pointed out Dr. Georgieva.

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