Pets At Home

Excellent Pet Shop with a large range of pet goods. The store allows you to take your dogs in with you which is handy as you can pop in whilst out walking your dog.
They have friendly staff.
The store is normally well stocked and reasonably priced goods with various special offers at all time.
The store also carries livestock of small pets like rabbits etc and a variety of tropical fish and birds.
The store is located on Ventura Retail park with lots of free parking although at times the retail park can be congested with traffic especially at weekends.

great choice for pets. sell livestock and good quality food although it is very expensive

generally a great place to pick up your pet essentials.
well priced, with a large choice of googs for pretty much every type of domestic pet.
as you are allowed to take pets in with you, it can be scary for young children when they come face to face with a large dog.
i wouldn’t reccoment buying your fish from here though, they are well known for dying quickly.
i found this out after i bought one for my son and less than 1 week later it had died

Part of a national chain promoting themselves as being the big boys ’ A one stop shop for all your pet needs’. So you would think they would be getting it right huh? wrong.
I guess I am a bit biased to start with, in my book its this kind of place that has killed off all the little family-​run pet shops I frequented as a kid. The ones you would go in and beg your parents to PLEEEEZ let you have the bunny with the big brown eyes (I never did get one).
Well, Pets at Home certainly have the space, and because of it a wider range than your little local guy, they stock pet food, accessories, and livestock including rabbits, guinea pigs, gerbils and other small mammals, also birds and aquatics. They also I have found are reasonably priced — I guess cos they buy in such bulk. However they are missing the magic ingredient — ‘love’. None of the staff in my opinion have that genuine absolute love and dedication to the animals that I like to see — and becuase of this are lacking in-​depth knowledge and enthusiasm.
I have rated the Tamworth store a 3 broken down as follows;
Overall as a general Petstore 4 — not bad in terms of range and a good layout — just lacking that x factor in terms of service.
The aquatic section I have only given a 2, its really bad. I would NEVER buy stock from there — the tanks are often quite badly maintained and I have seen far too many ‘floaters’ and diseased fish for my liking. I think that reading between the lines they do not quarantine properly — and the staff seem pretty clueless regards proper care regimes.
The Vetinary practice in store I have to give a 5 for however — its outstanding in terms of service, price and ethics,. The husband and wife team that run it used to own/​manage a farm in South Africa and are dedicated with a capital ‘D’ to animal welfare. Just don’t ever take him a snake though– bizarrely for a South African he is frightened to death of them and refuses to touch ‘em.