Pets at Home

This is a large store located within the Drumchapel retail park. I always go in for one thing and come out skint. Today I was in for so me new balls as we managed to loose our lady on this mornings walk. You can pick up the odd bargain as they do reduce their items or have a special offer but they can appear a tad pricey. The store offer additional services and often have animals such as rabbits looking to be regimes. Staff are amazingly helpful and knowledgeable.

If you’re looking for fish-​tank equipment, go to Dobbies garden centre in Milngavie instead. The fish-​keeping staff at Pets at Home are rather rude.
I’ve been keeping fish for over 25 years and a staff memeber told me and my Daugther that he wouldn’t sell us fish because he didn’t trust us to look after them.
For other pet care equipment, the shop is a good visit and I like the fact that owners can bring their pets into the store.

Thanks to Pets At Home adoption section or will we just call it ‘abandoned furries’ for arguements sake, I now have a little black lop eared rabbit called mitsy. Did I want a rabbit when I walked in those automatic doors that day, well I hadn’t thought about it but Pets At Home have hit the nail on the head with this area.
They look more caring which was probably something they lacked as such a large organisation. So where do they get the little guys to fill the adoption section? I asked and they actually honest to god said that people leave pets outside the door that they can’t or don’t want to look after anymore. So sad, go get yourself a little animal!

Pets at Home really now how to tug at the heartstrings. It’s practically impossible to walk past their adoption section for unwanted pets, without leaving with some form of livestock under your arm. They’ll have a little sign up next to them with something written like «My name is Buttons, please give me a second chance of a loving home.» I actually found it quite difficult the other day not to take a giant rabbit home, even though deep down I knew he was just a massive, twitching rat.
In all seriousness I suppose getting people all teary eyed will help to ensure the animals get a new home, so I’m all for it. Other than that, they stock pretty much everything you could hope for in a pet superstore, from food to bedding to toys to hutches to aquariums etc etc etc, and have a massive selection of fish and rodents, though strangely no birds or reptiles, which was a minor letdown.

It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for pet shops — so with that fact in mind I’ll try to be as unbiased as possible. It’s not just a shop– it’s a superstore! It is to your local pet shop what B&Q is to the tiny hardare shop around the corner. They stock bedding and pet food in bulk — perfect for kenels I imagine, and have a vast aquarium section. It’s pretty tempting too when little electric coloured fishys are priced at a mere 99p — but don’t get carried away; the start up costs for fish are huge — even more so than any other animals. Plus, fish are so delicate that my friend and I managed to make a game out of spotting the casualties floating at the top of the tank!
You can literally get EVERYTHING for pets here; toys, treats, cages, leashes, collars, pet guides, dog clothes, cages, beds… the list goes on. There’s even a comprehensive selection of «Beware of» signs for every breed of dog — even the ridiculous chihuahua!
There’s a small animal section, and a touching adoption area where the animals automatically become more cute by association with abandonment. Disappointingly, there were no larger animals like cats and dogs to coo over, and the bird section has disappeared. So don’t go looking for that budgie for Granny here.

This is a great pet store where you can even take your dog inside to do the shopping with you! They have everything you might need for your pet, and have some animals in store to buy (or just look at) like bunny rabbits, gerbils, budgies, and loads of fish! If you are buying a fish they have the tank, tubes, heating systems, cleaners, food — everything! Your cat or dog will not go without either, they have some cool beds, and cute collars and leads. All you need for grooming too. Worth a look.