Welfare comes first
Welfare is central to how the shop is run. If the timing, set-up or plan isn't right for an animal, we'd rather say so than make the sale. The five welfare needs in the Animal Welfare Act 2006 make a good checklist.
Our story
From converted pig sheds to a full pet shop
Ornamental Fish Farm began in the mid-1980s and grew, as it expanded, out of converted pig sheds. It's not the glamorous origin you might expect from an independent pet shop near Bury St Edmunds that now looks after koi, reef fish and reptiles, but it's a true one, and we're rather fond of it.
The knowledge came with the shop. Pete, who owns it today, learned the trade from the founder, then took the business on. It has stayed independent ever since: one shop on Tut Hill in Fornham All Saints, just off the A14 and about 3.6 miles from Bury St Edmunds town centre.
Some things haven't changed since those early days. Welfare still comes first, the shop holds a current pet shop licence from the local authority with a five-star rating (licence reference AWL0141), and everything else, from the tanks to the advice, is built around that.
Tut Hill runs off the A14 at Fornham All Saints, which makes the shop an easy stop from Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding towns. If you're coming from further away, our Visit us page has drive times and a route from the A14.
