Petco

Very clean and well-​organized store. They carry a great selection of pet supplies as well as some small animals and fish.
Staff is very helpful and professional. Every employee I pass by offers a greeting or asks if I need assistance.
Prices are a little high but not too bad, for the most part. A dog «outfit» is anywhere from $ 15-​$ 25. Easy to find elsewhere for $ 3-​$ 10 for the same quality. I don’t need name brand for my dog.

This is the saddest little pet store.
Under stocked, or with stock sitting in the middle and at ends of aisles with no one to be seen, I had begun to wonder if the place had been abandoned.
Maybe this was just the post-​holiday lull? Not sure. Tons of markdowns, which was great. Food, treats and toys at 15 to 50 percent off throughout the store, from what I could tell. But I could find no help.
I hadn’t been to this location in years, and it seems the quality has deteriorated quite a bit.
It has a dull, somber feeling. Eerie even.
While looking for an employee, I even saw some dude sitting alone in the grooming area staring off into deep space nine. Oops! I mean, deep space. Ah, Star Trek! Like he was lost. Or had been abandoned. I think he caught me staring out of concern.
And what made me both sad and annoyed were the dozens of beta fish swimming in their own feces. So many of them, stacked on shelving seemingly with no attention or care given.
And while the parakeets looked like they were mostly enjoying one another, their cage reeked. Terrible smell.
I will not return.

This is an update about the problem I had with them. I finally went online and contacted them with an email. I told them about the problems with the management there and what had happened concerning my tank. I was contacted by Jenelle and we spoke for quite awhile about what had happened and how I and my daughter were treated. Both members of management are no longer there and we’re slowly replacing everything that died. We’re doing it slowly in order to let the animals acclimate to the shock of the transport. So far everything’s doing fine. We still have a ways to go and we finally got someone to listen. Thanks to Jenelle.

I shop regularly at this Petco because of:
price matching, friendly staff and 5.00 Pals rewards program. However I am horrified to read the list of animal treatment problems: starving Pythons, unsanitary bearded dragon habitat, misinformation to a customer about the fish tank cleaner, and short-​lived crickets. I plan to check into the situation.

My last two visits there were horrifying. There were a couple different species of snakes there that were grossly underweight, the ball pythons were ribbon thin. The bearded dragon enclosure was filled with feces and urates too. I spoke to one of the managers there about the deplorable habitats and health of several of the animals and I kid you not, he told me that the ball pythons would be on sale the following day and that I could come back and rescue them on sale. I was so angry I walked out crying. I stayed away for months but had to go in one day to find an antidiarrheal for a cat. I couldn’t help but checking on the herps (reptiles and amphibians) and again found underweight ball pythons although much cleaner habitats. I reported this to a manager, a different one from the last time, and he said he would take the snake off the floor for care. I hope he did. If you are looking for a new companion animal, please look to rescue first.

Picked up a 7 week old German Shepherd and ended up here to grab some of the essentials for a large breed puppy. Asked one of the employees there named Luis for advice on food. Received a wealth of knowledge on food as well as advice for puppy training classes and getting started with shots and even threw in some samples for the puppy breath. Glad to see an employee there care and know that much.

This store has revamped their appearance recently so it brings to mind my original tip: the quality here waxes and wanes depending on who is staffing. Currently, the aquatics is slightly better than average, but you will still find floaters on most visits. The betta section has expanded greatly (note to staff, it’s pronounced «bet-​ah» not «bay-​tah»). Shopping here is analagous to shopping at Walmart… A little bit of everything. Beware when you purchase live critters, but you’re pretty safe with foods, toys etc. Don’t expect expert help (be pleasantly surprised when you get it), and educate yourself on products/​animals you wish to purchase.

First off I must say, I am hard pressed to give them 3 stars because about a month ago I was in the market for a new furry critter (preferably a small one with easy clean up because I live in a small apartment) and apparently I should have done my research first. I went into this petco and picked out a gerbil, the store clerk who had come over to to pull him out almost grabbed him by the tail (not by accident) but he didnt so i let it go, paid them, and left. Two weeks later my gerbil wasnt eating or drinking or using his wheel, and hadnt even looked at his habitrail tubes! So we had to take the poor fella back (and if that clerk had indeed been there when we did, i would have certainly given him a piece of my mind!) Come to find out gerbils who arent kept in pairs tend to get depressed and they need eacother for basic grooming purposes, i was made aware of NONE of this! I couldnt get another gerbil so i ended up with a hamster, and my experience with her has been great, she doesnt even nip! I love her, and am thankful to the petco personnel that helped me pick her out, so it‘s still a happy ending!

We were looking around for more variety of fishes and fish supplies. Though small, it had much more fishes than the other place I’ve been going to. Stephen, one of the associates, was very helpful and answered ALL our questions. Even on our second visit a nice lady helped us and she was just as good as Stephen (never got her name). This is the place to check out if your starting a fish tank lol.

We were looking for a very specific type of outdoor bed for our dogs. We looked in three other places with no luck. We tried Petco and they had exactly what we were looking for… or so it seemed. We purchased the last two they had and went home excited our pets had new beds.
OK, so you know when you buy something and it looks like the box has been re-​taped? My spidey senses were tingling that someone else had bought this and returned it. I open the box, pull out the parts and begin to assemble the thing. There were no instructions (this was another clue it had been returned) but it all seems straightforward. After a slight struggle (which always happens to me when I have to assemble something) I get the bed together. I place it on the floor and our big dog is happy to oblige laying on it. Thing is, even though the box said it would support a 100 pound dog (our dog is nowhere near 100 pounds) the dog is hanging off both sides of the bed and the thing looks like it’s about to snap in half. This is clearly not gonna work.
I put all the parts back in and re-​taped the box. Off I go back to Petco to return the beds. I had saved my receipt and had even asked about their return policy when I paid. They happily took them back — the only question they asked is if they were defective. I did appreciate not getting grief about the return.
We were pretty focused on our first visit and just got in and out. When I made the return, I did get a chance to look around the store. I saw that they have by-​the-​pound pet treats. That’s a pretty neat concept. I will have to go back to see if they have other stuff our spoiled dogs really don’t need.

Hail the original home of my ferrets! This review is strictly based on my ferret buying process there. The salespeople are sure knowledgeable and the animals are really well cared for. We were very happy with our purchase. NOW… the negative DO NOT BUY A CAGE HERE! They are so much more expensive here then on the web. Other than that the bedding and litter is very competitive and we love the food we get here… even tho its pricey. Our lil men are happy lil Petco men.

I try to frequent the local stores for my pet needs, but sometimes-​like when the wife wants to dress up the Boston Terrier for Halloween-​you have to hit the box stores. When times like that happen, I prefer Petsmart. But I was in the neighborhood, and so checked out Petco.
Prices seem steeper than at other pet stores. Also, the employees seemed less interested in what I might be looking for.
I’ll stick with OK Feed for most of my needs, with the occasional jaunt to Petsmart.

I would say if you can avoid going to Petco, try to do so. The prices are much higher than Petsmart and local pet stores. Also it doesn’t seem as if they have as much of a variety as other stores. The few good things about this store are it is kept clean and the shelves are stocked. Unless I can’t find what I’m looking for at any other store though, I won’t be shopping at Petco for my pet needs.

This Petco is alright, I buy crickets here sometimes because their cheap, but once they died the next day, strange indeed.
I bought a dog whistle and this is just kinda fun to have, if you think it hurts the dog your misinformed.
The shop is pretty large so I’m quite sure it will accommodate your pets needs.