I last went to this typically noisy pet shop on Town Street simply to browse, and to check if the…read morefamous parrot was still taking pride of place in the centre of the shop - he was. The parrot (who's name I unfortunately don't know) sits in the middle of the store, chatting away all day and all night, and you have to drag yourself away from him to realise that this is actually a pretty nifty little pet store. The parrot is the only bird in the store, but crammed in next to him is a cute selection of rabbits, gerbils and hamsters. If furry little rodents aren't your thing, look no further than the back wall, where there's an impressive array of fish, of both the tropical and everyday varieties. In terms of non-living items for sale, Mutley's has everything you'd expect from a decent pet-store - food for all types of pet, cages, tanks, leads, toys, treats. In closing, it's a lively pet-shop with plenty of character and enough items to ensure you won't have to look elsewhere, but you might find yourself going in even when you don't need anything, just to talk to the parrot.

Lizards and snakes really give me the creeps but I enjoyed seeing them in this environment. I'd…read moreheard about this place from a friend who has her own snake and uses the shop regularly. I decided to pop in with her one day and was pretty amazed really. Good prices, plenty to look at and friendly staff who really kow their stuff!

You can keep your shoe shops and your designer boutiques - this is the sort of shop I like to…read morebrowse. Unfortunately my voyeuristic interest in pets of the slimy and scaly variety is all too often spoilt by a shop that keeps its animals in cramped or unhygienic conditions (yes, I know it's not a zoo, but still...). Happily, I encountered no such problems at Tyrannosaurus Pets, an 'exotic' pet store that stocks lizards, snake and amphibians. Quite aside from having one of the best pet shop names ever, this shop is a credit to its trade with a shiny, modern shop floor; helpful, knowledgeable staff and - most importantly - spacious, clean vivariums filled with content animals. When I visited I was quite open about the fact I'd just come for a gawp, but the staff treated me as if I was a paying customer, and told me lots of stuff about the logistics of keeping lizards and snakes that I'd never heard before, despite pet shop loitering being something of a habit of mine. If you're thinking of buying an unusual pet or already own one and need to stock up on accessories, this is the only place you should need to go in Leeds.

I go in here about once a month with my cockatiel-owning mate, and it's a fun occasion, as pet…read moreshops should be. Yes, we tell ourselves that we go there to buy bird food, but really we could stock up on it and not go for years. Instead, we go there so frequently because we are basically a couple of kids in men's bodies who love squawking, shrieking animals of all varieties. They do birds, fish and rodents as you'd expect, and, as is the case with the food/cages/toys that we go in to purchase, the selection is wide, and the prices are low. Love it.

To be honest I'm a cat and a dog person. I'm not really into things that eat things whole or can…read morecrawl. My friend is into her weird (sorry unusual) pets though so Pet and Garden World was a good choice. It's a fish lover's heaven and not like the Cat off Red Dwarf. I'm talking for people who like their swimming things to be kept alive. They've got loads to look at. From different species to all the stuff you need to keep them. Next it's the wonderful world of the reptiles and they seem to know their iguanas from their well erm other iguanas. I don't mind admitting my reptile interest and knowledge is somewhat limited. If you like more conventional animals you'll still be fine here and get your laughing tackle around things for a host of creatures including dogs, cats, parrots, small birds, hamsters, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas. Excellent find and plenty of the things you need on hand.

My husband has been to the Pet & Garden World in the last week for some plants & tropical fish as…read morehe has renewed a old hobby & both of us are very pleased with the beautiful healthy fish & plants plus the staff are very helpful & polite. Chris & Stew

Forget the Christians and their Gregorian nonsense, in our household there is only one measure of…read moretime, Pre-Steve and Ado-Steve. It's hard to remember the time PS, the more we charge ahead into the AS era the more the past becomes fuzzy, fragmented and frankly pointless. I can't remember what life was like for me before the advent of the Universe's Greatest Kitten and I'm beginning not to care. Everything starts and ends with Steve. Step aside assorted mystical deities, there's a funky black kitteh in town. Steve, or to give him his full title Unstoppable Steve 'Awesome' Summers-Jackson, came from this excellent pet shop on York Road. I've been going here for years for the wide range of food and treats, fishies and fishy related frippery and to buy small furry things whose entire purpose in life is to make me feel cuddly on the inside. As soon as we saw Steve we knew he was the one, he'd already made a huge impression on the staff in his time there by virtue of his mega meowy awesomeness and they still ask how he's doing every time we pop in. Great shop, great staff, happy and well cared for animals and an excellent example of how to do things right in a tricky and often poorly delivered industry. If Steve could say anything other than MROOOOOOOWWW, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and PRRRRRUPPP I know he would give a double thumbless up.

I came here with my friend to get some food for her little dog and we ended up getting really…read moredistracted by the animals in store. ..as usual. I love pet stores that actually have animals inside for you to look at and paws for thought really do have a wicked reptile selection. I'm not a fan of them as they creep me out a lot but I kind of like looking. They provide care sheets for loads of different animals in store which is a really good service and all of the staff really know their stuff about how to look after the animals properly. As Susan's review said, they advise the RSPCA on exotic animals so they really do know their stuff.

An amazing pet shop with some fantastic and exotic species, including boa constrictors, pygmy…read morehedgehogs, bald rats along with more common small and furry animals too!

Me and my bird-owning bud went here once because we were in the area, simply to compare it to the…read moretwo pet shops we usually use, Mutley's and Animal Planet. Pet shops are, on the whole, much of a muchness - small, smelly, noisy, but undeniably interesting. Four Paws is not much different from the aforementioned two, but for some reason, we didn't enjoy our visit as much as we usually do to the other two places. Perhaps it was the indifferent staff, or the smell that was more unpleasant than it should have been, or simply the fact that they didn't have a talkative parrot on show. On the plus side, it was absolutely stacked with food, toys, cages and anything else you could possibly need so I'm sure it's more than adequate as a pet shop. It's just not that fun.

A delightful little pet shop in dinky west park Four Paws Pet Shop sells most things any domestic…read morepet owner could require. As I don't actually have cats of my own I only go into pet shops to look for my Mum's cats at home, so I decided after wandering past many a time to have a gander at the kitty gifts for my next home visit. They sell all manner of blankets, mice toys, stringed dangly catch toys, items with bells, scratch posts, litter trays, food bowls. You name it. The staff were also friendly and were ready to help me if I needed assistance. Lovely. The only thing I need now is an actual cat of my own and I could then lavish all my cutesy needs here on a more consistent basis! As well as pet items they also sell a number of different gardening and hardware items, so it's a pretty useful all in one shop - handy in such a tiny area as West Park!