Pets at Home

The pet shops of my childhood memories were wonderful, strange places full of animals and weird reptiles. It was always an exciting adventure and I could never pass by without begging my mum to let me go in. Sadly pets at home doesn’t quite live up to those standards!
It’s a chain pet store so not exciting or unique, but the prices are reasonable and they do have a good selection of supplies for all your usual pets. They also have a small selection of pets on display. Mainly rabbits, rodents and fish.
I’ve bought dog toys and leads etc in there before and the prices are good. My trip today was purely to entertain my son as we were at eastgate and had half an hour to kill. For that purpose it worked a treat and he really enjoyed looking at the animals and fish!

While I would usually find an alternative from multi-​big bucks chain stores such as this I have to say I have been pleasantly surprised by the friendly and personal service I have recently received from the Eastgate Pets at Home!
This year Father Christmas gave me a tropical fish tank (which, by the way, involves a lot more complications and rules than you might think) and as a result have taken a number of visits to the pet-​loving staff there. The average staff age is fairly young, I guess many might be getting some good solid experience for the old CV before applying to be vets. On each occasion I have spoken to different person and on each occasion have been carefully advised and gently pushed into the right direction, the staff are patient and will happily answer any question. Before buying any fish you can have your water tested free of charge for all the appropriate chemical levels and, god-​forbid, your fish should meet an untimely death with 7 days you can bring the poor little thing back to be battered… just joking! But you really can bring them back to be test for fishy diseases and given a replacement to have better luck with.
Aside from the fish section you will find extensive cat and dog areas with everything you could possibly ever need, in every colour, and they often have special offers on the basics such as food and litter stuff. Reptiles and small animals such as hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs are also catered for. There’s also a customer board where you might be lucky enough to find kittens or puppies for sale or other pet related services like pampering and dog walking.
So, in the absence of a real local independent pet shop, like I remember from the old days, Pets at Home are doing well to fulfil pet-​owners needs and at a reasonable price too

Part of the Tesco/​Ikea set of warehouse stores in Eastville, this is a well-​stocked pet stuff shop catering for most animals. They have some animals for sale in here — rabbits, rats, fish and birds.
Their dog and cat food sections are pretty good, they hold our regular supply of hide bones but you can find cheaper bulk buys of snacks such as pigs ears and dried sprats online so check you aren’t overpaying. The accessories and toys are priced about right though.
You can bring your dog into the shop if it is well behaved, so you may turn a corner and bump into a dog, so beware if you are scared of them! The staff will often give your dog a treat at the till if they take a shine to him.

Yes it is an identi-​kit pet mega store, but it does have everything pet related you might need (twice) and is cheap. My cats love the scratching post I bought them and I love the oversized kitty litter bags because they save me frequent trips to Tescos. The staff were helpful and friendly plus it’s open until 8pm so it’s handy for nipping in on the way home from work.

Pets at home is a huge pet shop. THey sell all kinds of goods for animals such as cages, hutches, rabbit runs, foods, dog beds, collars, dog/​cat toys. They also sell some pets — rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters — very cute to look at!

great store for all types of pet care and accessories! i have cats and fish and this store offer variety of stuff for both. My little boy loves looking at the rabbits, hamsters etc. Aquarium section is great and they offer a very good service, give advise and check that what you are buying is suitable for your tank etc.

This Pets at Home store is a very large pet shop. ALong with stocking a large variety of cat, dog, and small animal foods, they additionally stock animal cages, hutches, and a variety of cat and dog toys etc. Pets at home also sell some pets eg hamsters, gerbils, rabbits and guniea pigs. The staff are freindly and willing to help you find what you are looking for.

I have a cat called star and this place is just brill to buy him cat toys and food. Also i like to buy a cat called muffin some toys aswell. Star and muffin love to play. So if you have a cat, i recommend you buy toys from here!

Easy to find a variety of foods for your pets and they usually have a few special offers on the expensive branded products. It looks like they’ve employed more staff as the store looked tidier on my last visit on Wednesday and there were two staff on the till too.
On a health & safety point, ladders were propped up aginst the higher shelves with lids running in and around the store. Owners take note.
I wouldn’t buy a pet through any pet store that is part of a chain but they all looked well on the day I visited.

i have bought 2 hamsters from pets at home and have never had any problems
they have a wide range which covers many animals including cats, dogs, birds and fish
i always find the staff very helpful

Pets At Home have a reasonable range of stuff and you will generally find what you’re looking for, but I don’t think that they care much for pets, and the pets that they are selling at their store.
I visited this store to view the aquarium with my boyfriend, and was surprised to see lots of the fish in a poor condition. In addition to that, there were several dead fish dotted around the different tanks that the staff either hadn’t noticed or couldn’t be bothered to remove. I’ve never witnessed this in any other pet shops.
As well as that, the staff seem to be in such a hurry just to sell you exactly what you want, with little or no regard for the fish’s wellbeing. and once we’d bought the fish the man was in such a hurry that he almost dropped them all on the floor!