Pettin Place

I needed a warm coat for my dog… I went to all the big chain stores and no dice even if i was willing to spend up to $ 80. I walk into Pettin’ Place and for $ 6 I walked out with the perfect coat. Also when I was a kid this WAS the pet store… I’m so glad its still around!

Always helpful and I trust their crickets better than the chain stores. I like to support local businesses when possible.

This place is Awesome!
The owners are super-​nice and are very knowledgeable on a large variety of pets! They have a little bit of everything in here… Birds, Fish, Rabbits. You can tell they are very well taken care of. They also have a large selection of dog clothes! I got my chihuahua a few little outfits for a very cheap price, definitely recommend this place for your pet’s needs!

Good prices on bird food and a great variety of pets. They look pretty well taken care of in my opinion. Owners are always friendly. Love coming in to see what new birds they have.

We just moved to Reno from Carson last month and we needed to buy some food for our finches. Finch food can be somewhat difficult to come by as most places usually sell a mix for parakeet/​canary and finch.
Not only did they have a few varieties of finch food in stock, but we were able to find some well priced toys for our dogs and a good rubber brush for our cat who’s constantly shedding. The person at the counter asked us if we needed help right away and directed us to their bird section. Overall great service and good prices. We will be visiting this shop quite often.

Well.…back in 1993 or so I bought a ferret there and they were unbelievably nice. Don’t know if since then there is new management. I will say they raised the ferrets right as they told me they could be kitty box trained easily since they were not raised on litter type material including shavings. I learned a lot from the gentleman and he was right. I did exactly what he told me, and the ferret I purchased would run from the other room to get to her cage to use her potty box. When you get near the volkswagon spider on a roof, you are close to the Pettin’ Place.

I come here for feeder pinkies, other then that I would never visit this store. The owners are usually unfriendly and impersonal and even though they are cheaper then Petco, I’d rather go there regardless that their service sucks as well, its cleaner and neater. For a local business you think that you would try harder to achieve customer service and satisfaction

I can’t believe the female Capuchin monkey is over 40yrs old! Such a cute mascot. Not very many selections on the clothes rack and the sale tag, supposedly the ones with a red tag were half off, however I only found 1 item in there and it was dreadfully old. Most items need dusting and if they wish to sell the product, it would be good to pick it up and touch it without being afraid or hesitant to get your fingers dirty.
I support independently owned pet stores but if the stores can maintain cleanliness it would be more appealing for customers to stay longer and maybe even purchase an item or two. Quite a few selections in rodents, gerbers and feeders for your reptile/​s, decent price on the reptiles as well and the beautiful cat we saw today was tempting to adopt, however the cat can not get along with dogs (in which case… I could not, even if we wanted to. in fear our dogs will fight with this cute animal).
The lady behind the counter was friendly too but like I said, it needs dusting in there but it’s a cute store.

After Petco gave in to PETA’s demands that they stop selling feeder mice and rats (because it’s not OK to raise rodents as food, but apparently it is OK to let snakes starve… thanks, PETA), we had to find another place in town to find our ball python food. Pettin’ Place is pretty much the only place left in town that fills that particular niche. Of course, we should have been going there all along, because why support a huge chain store with HORRIBLE customer service when such a nice, independent business is available? You can find pretty much everything you need here (including feeder rats, mice, and crickets), and it is just a fun place to visit. They have a Capuchin Monkey (they are licensed to own it) and lots of cool birds to look at. You will receive excellent service, and feel good about sticking it to Petco and Petsmart, with their ridiculous policies and employees who know very little about animals.