The Pet Centre

As anyone who owns a pet will know, feeding and caring for them is an expensive business, which is why I’ve always found myself pleasantly surprised by the prices at The Pet Centre. Their prices constantly outstrip those of bigger, chain pet stores, and I’ve bought a pet carrier (£17.85) and a hutch and run (£109.99) from there. Both are excellent, and still serve me now, and I’d certainly look to them if I needed similar equipment in the future. As well as this kind of product, they sell food, rugs, scratching posts, essentially anything you can name to do with pets. They also, of course, sell the pets themselves, with an impressive range covering everything from rabbits to rodents and birds to bearded dragons. The staff are also extremely helpful, even coming out of the shop to ask if you need help if you’re looking at the various hutches at the front.

Only come here if you want to rescue their pets! I came here looking for a cage for my hamster and found that the animals have barely any room to move around and it’s hard to believe they stay like that most of the day if not all the day. However they do have everything you need for basic pet care; from vitamins and minerals to massive cages, so I treated my hamster. They also have a small aquarium and reptile centre but for some reason that isn’t always open.
I wasn’t surprised about the animal care because the staff didn’t seem to care much either. I asked for a cage within my budget and the woman just pointed in the direction, not guide me there. Not only that I had to take it from the top shelf because there was no one there to help! Talk about breaking the safety rules. When I got the check out the woman could see I was struggling to fit the large cage in the bag so what did she do? Carried on serving other people whilst I was still at the check out! So I had to bag my purchases on the floor! It would have been nice if she put a smile on her face, even if it were fake.
Even though they have good prices, I won’t be coming back here because I felt sorry for the animals and the customer service put me off.