Petco

This review is just about my experience with their fish department. I am sorry, they have nice people but their fish should not be brought home. I am constantly seeing lots of dead fish in there, and have not had good luck. I had a wonderfully successful 20 gallon tank breeding guppies, and made the mistake of bringing one home and not quarantining. The fish died in 24 hours, and it took out 90% of my tank so far in 2 weeks. I tried to warn them, and they said the didn’t see the disease. After much research they have a really nasty infection of Columnaris that is killing off tons of their fish. It kills fast, and can be bought to bring under control. Without treatment it has a 100% kill rate. I am back to square one at this point, and it looks like I will have to start from scratch, and they are still in denial. Also a 30 day replacement policy isn’t great when you just will repeat the plague process in the QT tank.
My suggestion, I would personally steer clear unless you have no other option.

I recently was in a pinch and decided to have them groom my newly adopted Yorkie! We had a grooming appointment that got cancelled in Randolph the day before the appointment and we really needed our dog groomed. I called the day before and they had an appointment the next day! The girl on the phone was extremely nice and made all the arrangements for the next days appointment.
Dropping off my dog was very easy and my dog was not nervous at all. They had him done within two hours and he looked terrific! Cheaper than any groomer I’ve ever had my dog done at, too! I definitely would come back here in a heart beat!
Also, from my last post the place is much cleaner and the smell is completely gone of urine! They’ve cleaned up this place A LOT!!!

Wow. Extremely disappointed with the Avon Petco today. I came in today to purchase a few cans of regular Pedigree dog food.
First off, the location. Not very appealing location, off Stockwell Drive in Avon. In a small plaza with Staples and DressBarn. Parking wasn’t a problem today, but I could see a problem sturring up as the Holidays are approaching… and exiting is terrible (dangerous exit with never-​ending traffic on Stockwell).
Anywho, the store had a terrible smell (most pet stores do, but the smell here was MUCH stronger), and seemed extremely old. Definitely one of the Petco’s in need of re-​construction (Atlantic Retail Properties should just tear down this plaza and rebuild with a new plaza with a new, clean Petco). AND– as I stated I came for Pedigree dog food. Which they had ONE can of in the back corner of the store, that was beat up and bent. Did I ask for too much? NEVER have I come across a pet store that hasn’t had Pedigree. Ever. Even the WORST Petco in Norwood (never ever go there!).
Anyway, I ended up just leaving. Will only return never.
Not suggested. Petsmart in Brockton may be a better option (and I will definitely be going there next time!)

I would like everyone to look up petco dumpster diving. Petco throws away live animals that are either sick or unsellable. That’s not the worst part there even trying to justify this torturous act. I will never ever buy anything from another petco again. I have two beautiful boxer puppies at home and too even thinking use to buy from a store that thinks of animals lives so insignificantly. No one has the right to determine how significant a life is, human or animal.

Dog grooming is hit or miss. The first time I took my dog here, the groomers were incredibly thorough. I was far less pleased after his second visit, though. If you have a good experience with the groomers here, I strongly suggest requesting the same groomer for any additional visits. There are clearly different standards of quality services provided from groomer to groomer.

Overall, I generally don’t have much of a problem with this store. It’s not my usual pet supply store, but I do stop in when I’m in the area and need food or cat litter. Store seeks a bit smaller than other «big chain pet supply stores», and perhaps that’s why on a couple of occasions they’ve been out of stock of the specific food I feed my fur babies.
My biggest complaint lies with the high pressure pitch to donate to not one but two different animal charities at check out. I get it. Lots of neglected animals in need. I’m a charitable person. I donate the modest amount I’m allowed to both people and animal charities out of my budget. I don’t need the high pressure pitch at the end of my errand.

I like this Petco, the employees are very knowledgeable and helpful. They’ve price matched their competitors for us and even their own online pricing at times. The store itself is relatively clean and product neatly stocked for easy shopping. Get a Petco membership card and receive a coupon in the mail every month as well as other added rewards.

This Petco is all right. I buy my dog food and dog supplies here. They have all the brands of dog food available. They will price match anything in the store, they’ve done it for me.
I find the staff to be knowledgeable and helpful. They treat my dog so nice when she comes with me, offering her treats. My dog loves this place.
In the past, I’ve had 3 betta fish from here. Always had great luck with the betta fish, each one lasting 3 plus years.
Use your Petco reward card for extra savings. I always get those 2 dollars off if you take the survey offers.

I came to this Petco for the first time today to scope out their fish section after I had gone to Ikea nextdoor. The parking lot is very small and it doesn’t look like your typical Petco from the outside, it looks small.
Inside I had a blast of pet stench as I opened the doors. Unlike other Petco’s I have been in this place just smelled dirty. The fish section is off to the left and kind of hiding behind tall hamster cages. As soon as my eyes landed on the fish area I frowned. I wanted to save all the poor fish. The water conditions were terrible, algae on the aquarium walls, dead fish in multiple tanks, algae clinging to the filters, brackish water. What was going on here? Even the glo-​fish looked sad under their neon lights. I moved from tank to tank checking out all the fish and feeling guilty for all of them. There were no employees in sight.
I grabbed some fish flakes that I had came in for and made a run for it. The cashier was friendly and asked me to donate to a charity. I declined because I just wanted to GTFO of there, but she kind of forced me into rounding up my change to the nearest dollar for the charity and adding it to my card. She didn’t even really ask she just did it and said thanks for the donation. I mean sure it wasn’t that big of a deal and it was going to a good cause but if I said no, then you would think that means NO thanks. Either way I got out of there quickly and wont be back. I was sad to see that the other review was poor too and the fish quality was just as bad back then, and that was almost 2 years ago. What’s going on at this Petco?!

We needed a beta, stat. The wall-​quarium has been empty nestin’ ever since Pluto decided to nom on the big crude protein pellet in the sky. RIPizzle brosef.
Stopped in to this Petco after finding out the MOM Theater in Jordan’s closed 10 minutes before we got there. Pokemon 4-​D? Not today Damien. Not today.
The freshwater fish selection is meager with a number of long dead specimen sucked in to the filter or getting pecked at by their brethren. Just like a neighbor — playing bridge one day, eating your fin the next. We bailed on the neon mollies and sole surviving black eyed moor to find Bunnicula, Liz’s latest addition to the beta line.
The one star really comes from the checkout experience: two employees playing with some pretty damn cute and fuzzy rodents.
Me: Are those Russian dwarf hamsters?
Em: Nah. It’s a teddy bear. (They were dwarves. –Ed.)
Me: Oh, ok.
*Other employee drops her hammy. Liz and I exchange a look*
Emp: What happened? Did he bite ya?
…
Emp to his hammy: If you bite me, you’ll hit the ground too…
Me: (nervous laugh)
Emp: …at 90 miles per hour.
Exit. Stage left.