There is a petshop in South Qeynos and one in Freeport but I'm not sure which specific zone. This is a list of the pets sold in Qeynos (I snatched it off another board):
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* A Blackburrow Tunnel Rat - 3g, 60s
* A Common Farm Pig - 1g, 20s
* A Common Mallard (Duck) - 1g, 20s
* A Common Gobbler (Turkey) - 3g, 60s
* A Commonlands Tabby Cat - 6g
* A District Tabby Cat - 3g, 60s
* A Feerrott Jungle Crawler - 6g
* A Greenblood River Frog - 4g, 92s
* A Halasian Hunting Cat - 9g
* A Halasian Mauler (Wolf) - 17g, 40s
* A Highpass Short Hair Cat - 7g, 20s
* A Kaladim Mine Cat - 9g, 60s
* A Nektropos Night Flyer (Bat) - 8g, 64s
* A Steppes Spider - 7g, 68s
* A Stray Ally Cat - 1g, 20s
* A Thexian Black Cat - 15g, 60s
* An Antonican Bobtail Cat - 6g
* An Antonican Tortoise - 8g, 70s
About the skill required question, everything has a certain skill associated with it, if you right click on the item and select "examine" it will tell you what type of skill ...(light armor, sword...etc, that sort of thing) and what level of the skill you need to have before you can equip it.