Pet Market

This place has the basic items you need for a bird, cat, and dog; maybe other animals. I came here often for my love bird food, toys, and for my dogs flea medicine. When I bought the love bird toys not only were they dusty but very expensive as well. I also bought crickets for my chameleon here but the crickets were pricy too… every thing is pricy here.

very convenient! They have the high quality dog food (orgin & taste of the wild) I buy for my mastiff that I cant get at the other chain type pet stores! & also love the fact that they are doing rescues & adoptions now! ;)

EEEHHH. Service is a hit or miss. I’ve only been here a few times to buy mice and rat pups for my snake. The first time I went in, a male employee was very rude and told me he had no rat pups. He was very short and not friendly at all. At this point, i had no idea there was a back where I could go look in. So I asked the employee when they would have rat pups and he told me some BS about them coming in on Mondays… a few days later I found out from my friend who is a regular customer there that no, they breed their own rats in the back and I just have to ask to go in the back and see for myself since most employees are too lazy to go look. So after that time, I have now always asked to go to the back and see and almost every time I have found one for my snake, if not then I will buy him a little mouse from the front.

I come in here for the crickets. And I’m sure they’re yummy because my green tree frog tears them up each time.

I went in earlier today to ask about shots for my puppy. The girl mentioned it was only every sunday. I left there and went to the san diego shelter and found a flyer that stated a van came every 3^rd an 4^th wedneday of the month 4 – 7. Today is the 4^th wednesday. I was pretty dissapointed that the information wasnt relayed over to me.

Every employee that works there is lazy. Not long ago I saw a black pup inside a small enclosure. The amount of parakeets in one cage is to many. The moment you step in there is a bad odor. At times they greet you when coming but after that no help.

This place is horrible. It smells like death and piss. The staff isn’t helpful. AT ALL! Everything is over priced. I asked if they had a discount or a punch card and the lady rudely said that «they were already cheap enough!».
I’d give them a zero if I could.

Good place to visit, but if you see a younger Mexican girl in there she just sits there talking to friends and ignoring customers. I will not go in if she’s working.

Do your research before buying products. When I went here the person who was working did not want to help me out at all.
I know she was the only person working, but all I wanted to know was where the puppy food was (since I was in a hurry)
When I wanted to check out (I had my puppy Cudi with me) she told me the puppy food I’m purchasing isn’t good for my dog. What the heck? Now you want to help?
Poor customer service! !

I don’t support pet stores that sell puppies but besides that I haven’t had great experiences with this place. They sell the dog food I like (Taste of the Wild) but I feel so badly for the animals in there that it’s heart-​wrenching to go inside sometimes. I think if a pet store MUST sell puppies (and all other animals) they should be kept in better looking conditions. Minus one star just for the fact that one of the employees just about ran from my dog and actually told me she didn’t like them.

For one, there is no reason to purchase a dog when so many in shelters need a home. For this reason I usually shop at Petco/​Petsmart who do a lot of good for non-​profits that benefit homeless pets. I had to stop in here to get some dog food when I was in the area and didn’t know where else to go. The animals definitely need to be kept in better conditions.

I honestly think Unilocal should add a 0 or no stars option. This place is overpriced, smelly, and unfair. Most of the employees who work there do not have any knowledge about taking care of pets, on top of that they aren’t very helpful and rude. If you purhcase a pet and it dies, they do not give you a refund, they’ll say it’s your fault. I wanted to return something, and all they gave me is store credit no cash refunds. Oh forgot, you don’t have your choice to pick for fish; they scoop it out, and that’s yours to keep.
I do not know why this place is still operating. You’re better off going to Petco or Petsmart, you get discounts & way better experience than this greedy, hungry, money-​hogging pet shop.

This place was terrible!!! The girl at the counter knew nothing about the animals sheltered there. The animals were also taken care of very poorly. There was a dead hampster with bloody chunks in with the others, which were all jammed in the corner trying to stay away from their deceased friend :(Also, there whereabouts of where the puppies came from is very questionable. This is obviously not a business opened by animal lover, but to make a profit.

This place smells rotten, the animals look sickly, and the staff has complete lack of knowledge and customer service skills. I went half an hour before closing time to pick up some food for my pups and the front counter girl was too busy munching on fast food to notice I was standing at the counter. Are you serious?! What kind of establishment allows that?! The only reason I gave them a single star is the fact that I can’t give NONE! That, and they’re convenient for me. However, no more chances… I’ll just pick up their food in Santee, where I work.

Yeah this store is totally NOT anything to gossip about. I get my feeder mice Here for my snake and the first thing I smell when I walk in is poop. I mean I understand that it’s a pet store but come on, you could at least clean up a little! And the pets look miserable! I’m surprised nobody’s complained!

One Star for convenient location and plenty of parking. Other than that, the supplies are so-​so and prices are nothing to write home about. As an aside, it seems many of the animals for sale here are housed in conditions that leave alot to be desired (rats crowded into multi-​level wire cages, snakes tucked into very small pull-​out drawers, that kinda thing).
On one visit, there were small reptiles gasping for air and dying in a tank (one had been dead for a while), the overpriced mix-​breed kittens looked like they had upper respiratory infections, and there were hamsters missing clumps of fur. To be fair, the condition of the animals was marginally better the last few times I’ve been in, but it’s still not great.
My sister bought a puppy advertised as a purebred Chihuahua from this store, and not only is he just a mutt-​looking chi mix, but he has health problems and a nasty temperament — he’s been taking bites out of people since his eight week birthday. He was clearly not bred for sound temperament or health, and for $ 300 one would hope that this would be the case.
You’re better off adopting from a local shelter and then going to PETCO for the supplies.