Second-hand pet supplies in Melbourne typically sells for A$19 to A$345 (about $13 to $240). Size and brand set the price, and condition matters more than in most categories because buyers are cautious about anything that housed another animal. Anything that dismantles sells faster locally.
Buying pet supplies in Melbourne
Melbourne has the strongest vintage and op-shop culture in Australia and a large student population across several universities, so buying second hand here is entirely ordinary. It is also the country’s music city, which keeps instruments, amps and records moving in a way they do not everywhere.
A tank full of water or a large crate is beyond what any courier will sensibly take, and glass in particular travels badly. Collecting means the thing arrives whole and can be checked before it is paid for.
What to check in person
Check cages and crates for bent bars and catches that no longer close properly, because a door that does not latch makes the whole thing useless. On a tank, look along every seal for perished silicone and ask to see it holding water.
Collecting it in Melbourne
It needs a car boot rather than a bag, so agree somewhere you can actually stop for a few minutes. That is easier away from the centre than in it.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Selling your pet supplies in Melbourne free
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally.
Say whether it comes apart for transport and how many pieces that makes, because it decides what vehicle is needed. Mention any chew damage or scratching openly, and include the accessories, which are worth more together than separately. Steady through the year, with a lift after Christmas and through the summer.
Bank transfer via PayID is instant and is what most private buyers will offer. Cash on collection remains common for larger items.
Pet Supplies worth listing in Melbourne
Same region (Victoria)
If nothing in Melbourne suits, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo each have their own pet supplies page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Melbourne: everything second hand in Melbourne, or Pet Supplies across Australia.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.