Aqua Pets

I bought a kitten recently, I was told she had been vaccinated, flea treated and wormed. Kitten has only been with me for 6 days, during which time she has had to have flea treatment, after which dead fleas were found, she has an upper respiratory infection (as confirmed by a vet), which has been passed to her by either the mother, father or another kitten kept in the store, that was most likely why she was on her own from other kittens available in the store and also has needed to be treated for worms. All of this despite the paperwork I was shown claiming that the kitten had been treated just 8 days before I purchased her.
The kitten I have now is riddled with cat flu, has snot coming out of her nose, and blood, has lost her meow, keeps retching, has painful ears (as is evident from constant scratching), has diarrhea and also can barely see.
I have had to spend a fortune at the vets on flea treatment, worming treatments, antibiotics and the vaccinations that clearly had not been carried out or my kitten would have been protected against such illnesses.
I will never return to this pet store again and I will ensure that everyone knows I have had this problem (and have the statement from the vets to confirm it before the owner starts replying talking about slander and whatever else she feels is relevant but really isn’t) after buying my kitten from this pet store. I will be contacting the relevant agency about this pet store and the fact that they have sold me a kitten that is seriously ill just days after leaving the store.
The store itself was a typical pet store, smelly, as you would expect. There was someone on the shop floor feeding and watering animals while we were there and it wasn’t until my kitten had been home one day and started to get very unwell that I realised this is just another store that cares little for the welfare of animals and is happy to lock a flea riddled ill kitten in a cage in the middle of a boiling shop floor.

How is this place still running? You only have to google Aqua Pets Chelmsford fine and you will see the following:
A Chelmsford based pet shop owner has been hit with £1,340 in fines and costs for breaching her pet shop licence conditions. On Wednesday 7 July 2010, Michelle Pawsey, owner of Aqua Pets, based on Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, pleaded guilty to three breaches of her pet shop licence conditions in relation to record keeping and segregation of different litters of kittens. She was also found guilty of a further breach for accepting puppies onto the premises before a seven day period had expired .
Do not buy puppies/​kittens from pet shops. Go to a reputable breeder which you will find on the Kennel Club website. Or better still go to an animal rescue place like the Dogs Trust, Battersea etc.

wow what a good petshop. I have used this shop for a few years now and always been give sound adivice about tropical fish.
The pets waiting to be homed are well cared for and looked after. The tanks and cages are all very clean.
I have also brought a couple of kittens which were very healthly and treated for fleas i can’t recommed chris and michelle enough

Quite small but good pet shop. They have a good selection of pets from kittens through to snakes and african pygymy hedgehogs!
They are also one of the few places you can get a baby tortoise legally.
The owner really loves animals and it shows in the immaculate cages and the welfare of the animals.
They also sell all the equipment needed to keep an animal such as cages, bedding food etc. The staff are very friendly and extremely helpful.
This is one petshop worth a visit and because it is a small local business needs all the support it can get in the current climate.