The Magical Menagerie was a pet shop in Diagon Alley. It was here that Hermione Granger purchased Crookshanks. It appeared in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
About[]
The walls in the shop had every inch hidden by cages belonging to creatures. People could buy a pet or take their pets to get checked at a counter if they were unwell and they were advised what treatment could help. They could buy products including treatment, e.g. Rat Tonic.[1]
Pets included[1]:
- Purple toads who were fed blowflies
- Jewel-crusted shell tortoises
- Poisonous snails
- Transforming rabbits
- Ravens
- Cats
- Humming furballs
- Intelligent, skipping black rats
- Owls
History[]
Crookshanks lived at the shop for years because the shop couldn't find a buyer.[1]
In August 1993, Hermione Granger was given ten galleons to purchase an owl. Harry Potter suggested the shop and Ron Weasley wanted to get Scabbers checked because he was thinning. He took the rat to the counter and was advised to buy Rat Tonic. Crookshanks began chasing Scabbers who jumped down and run away. Hermione decided to buy Crookshanks instead.[1]