Pets At Home

Bought a hamster from them a few weeks ago, told I’d receive a phone call the next day to see if things were okay, no call. Got me to sign up for a loyalty card which they said I’d receive in the post… nothing. And worst of all the hamster they sold me seemed a bit wrong from the get go. took a LOT longer to tame than my last 4 hamsters, which all lived at least two years, and not about 5 weeks like this one that is now dead…

Fair selection of products with plenty of handy free parking just outside the door. Occasional special offers of pet food are worth watching out for. Staff are mostly friendly and helpful.

I came back to Pets At Home finally for the purpose of my own pet. I’ve recently adopted a rescue cat and of course there are many things that we needed to purchase to make the wee one at home. So we decided to make a shopping tip to Pets At Home to grab everything we needed. Although the store is huge and has a large dedicated cat section I found that the range was a touch disappointing.
The selection of toys wasn’t all that impressive for starters — the catnip toys were all a little expensive, though I may come back for one to see if she likes them. The other toys included a short stringy bit of felt on a stick, with feathers and a bell, some plastic balls, little material mice and a few other more expensive options. I wasn’t much inspired, knowing what my cats at my Mum’s house like to play with, so bought a few balls and the felt string thing. She’s a bit non-​plussed with them sadly!
The food section didn’t appear to sell Iams biscuits either, which my Mum feeds our cats at home, only the Iams soft food in small packages. Arg. We opted for Whiskas but sadly they too appear not to have agreed with her! Hopefully it’ll just be the move and change in food which is bothering her.
Other than that there is a large section for litter and most other things, scratching posts and the like. It’s not that the store is lacking anything major it’s just that I didn’t always find the precise item that I wanted. I didn’t find any cat beds, for example. Perhaps they were out of stock — it was a Sunday that we visited!
Staff were friendly enough this time, but unfortunately it wasn’t quite as useful as I’d hoped! It won’t stop me from shopping there again, however, as it’s still a great shop with lots to choose from. I’ll have to be a little less picky, is all!

My poor cat has had more vet trips this year than most do in their lifetime. After what seemed like months of treatment at our local vets, who happened to be fantastic, we finally had our beloved pet back in our care.
After a few weeks he started to get ill again, our hearts sank.
Thankfully our vet is open on a Sunday (it always seems to be a Sunday) and after a quick trip he advised us that our cat needed filtered water and a special diet. Not just filtered water but a water fountain for cats, where on a Sunday afternoon would I find one of those? Racking my brain I remember passing by this retail park in Meanwood and vaguely recalling there was a pet superstore there.
At this point I must have looked quite distressed as I flew in through the door repeating water fountain over and over again, but the staff showed no sign of being alarmed. I was taken over to the cat section where a choice of two awaited me. I instantly relaxed now my quest was over and as the sales assistant took over the rather cumbersome box my water fountain came in I went to have a look around. They have everything pet related you could ever need, obviously I had to treat my cat to a new collar and some treats after all he had been through. They also have some cute bunnies (can you have ugly bunnies?) and sleepy hamsters, I was very tempted one animal to look after is enough for me at the moment.