Early closing tonight at Angell Pets

Early closing tonight so I can go and get a bit fitter. I need to get away early tonight to sign back up for kick boxing training before I put on any more weight or get any less fit! We will be closing at 5.30pm tonight instead of 6pm.

We are normally here later than 6pm, as many of our customers know and would not normally turn anyone away, even if we were already closed but tonight I am afraid I must leave dead on 5.30pm.

If you normally shop with Angell Pets between 5.30pm and 6pm on a Monday and just cannot get here any earlier tonight, don’t forget you can order online and we will delivery locally (Gloucester and Cheltenham) for FREE.

Sorry for any inconvenience but there is no other time I can do this and as George is in Malvern looking after the birds of prey and ferrets etc. at the moment, we just don’t have the cover.

The Angell Pets Team

Dog coats 10% off whilst stocks last

Dog coats seem to be in demand early this year. It seems that summer is ending early this year and the rain is setting in. So we have put ALL our dog coats on offer at 10% off in store and on line whilst stocks last.

dog coats 10% discount

Visit our website to see what dog coats we have and either purchase from there, give a ring or pop in to pick one up at a bargain price.

Don’t forget we also offer FREE local delivery to Gloucester and Cheltenham postcodes (GL1,2,3,4,50,51,52 and 53). Order online or over the TelEphone, get your 10% off any of the dog coats in stock and we will pop it round for you.

The Angell Pets Team

Ninja turtles all over again

A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle film is due for release in October this year and the responsible trade is already taking steps in advance to avoid the problems caused last time round.

In the wake of the last round of popularity for this movie franchise, thousands of yellow bellied turtles, red eared sliders and cooters were sold, essentially just cashing in on the popularity of the films. Unfortunately parents were giving in to the demands of the kids without fully appreciating the high levels of equipment, care and maintainance these fairly large turtles require. Irresponsible traders have to bear a lot of blame too for not ensuring the prospective owners knew exactly what they were getting into. Many were selling 50p sized turtles in small tanks without all the necessary equipment for healty growth and without making clear to the the new owners just how big they were going to get and the size of tank required by an adult.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

As a result, this combination of lack of parenting skills and lack of care from sections of the trade has resulted over the years in sick turtles with MBD and malformed shells and also rescue centres, newspapers and more recently online sites awash with unwanted pets.Probably worst of all, canals and ponds found themselves with new residents as owners who haven’t appreciated what the word responsible means just dumping theirs where they can.

In light of what has gone on before and knowing that often we can talk till we are blue in the face about tank size, UVB requirements, filtration, basking spots etc. but the person in front of us is just not listening, we have decided not to sell any of these species from now until at least a year after the release of the film. Actually we haven’t stocked any yellow bellies or their like for a couple of years but we do get requests for them from time to time. We already get offered unwanted ones on average once a week and the film is not even being promoted yet. This action is inline with calls from REPTA to get importers to agree to a 12 month moratorium on sliders, cooters and other unsuitable species, which we fully support (although we do not sell wlid caught animals anyway).

One last thing I think needs saying. The last childrens’ film involving animals I took my kids to the cinema to see was G Force (the one with the guinea pigs). I was disgusted to see a sales display for guinea pigs from a well known pet supermarket (you all know the one) directly opposite the cinema screen exit, in the old Cineworld in Gloucester. Trying to capitalise on the pester power of kids in this way is just wrong. When they are hyped up on soft drinks, popcorn and sweets and have just seen a high action film is not the time to decide to buy an animal that is going to live for several years and have very specific care needs.These are living animals we are talking about, not sweets at a checkout. Lets hope they won’t try and pull any stunts like that with this new film.

 Please do not buy any animal just because it featured in a film. Do your research first and find out, in advance, what is involved with its lifetime care and remember some animals are going to outlive you if looked after properly. If in any doubt about the long term commitment do not buy. If you are unsure what is involved come and ask us. Ninja turtles are not real, real ones need looking after.

The Angell Pets Team

Special offers for August

Special offers this month include Burgess Excel guinea pig nuggets, Whiskas pouches, Johnsons house flea spray and much more.

Click the link for details of this months wholesaler special offers.

special offers August

Best Pets special offers August

We also have additional special offers in store a online this month.

Selected Royal Canin 400g  bags 10% off.

Biorb 30L 20% off

Pet Rebellion mats 10% off

In addtion we have several new lines in our reptile section.

Habistat bulbs

Slate pieces (only available in store as sold by weight)

White rock pieces for aquariums and vivariums (£2.99 each)

Habistat substrates

Komodo salad flavour tortoise food

Habistat digtal thermostats

Pop in and see us or check out the webiste to keep up to date with all our special offers in future.

 

The Angell Pets Team