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Snitch is an office employee. He is Kristi's personal assistance and he owns half of her desk (well, the middle half). He is helping answering customer calls and messages.
When you visit our Garden Center, be careful when you open the office door and step in - Snitch might be playing a Doormat!
Snitch dozed off after his office hard work
Inspecting the Grounds and Above with Dobi Duck
Snitch when he was young (2017)
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Marco watching Dobi Duck; King & Marco with their Pet Frog
Barcy, Wesley and Coconuts at sweet liquor tasting
Anyone knows the name of this creature? He feeds on our Jasmines!
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The Smallest Cat
Ricki is a tiny little cat. He is already 3 y.o. but still feels shy because he always has been the smallest one... He arrived to TopTropicals as a little kitten, along with his 3 sisters, Charlie, Purry, and LadyBug, in a box. Ricki was the last kitten in the littler and almost half the size of other kittens! But his ears were the biggest. So he became a very Wise Puuurson who knows how to Listen.
Not only Ricki was the smallest, but he also was pretty sick when we first got him at the age of 4 weeks. He had a bad infection in both eyes and could hardly see anything... His 2 sisters got adopted by employees, but no one wanted to adopt poor Ricki... so he stayed at TopTropicals. Almost 2 weeks of therapy finally helped him to get all better. Now he is one of the cutest Little People!
Ricki has his own spot at the corner of a dinner table. He is not interested in stealing any food (unlike Wesley), he just wants to be involved in a dinner conversation...
Ricki likes treats and remains very shy, staying indoors. If you visit our Garden Center, you may bring him a small treat - his favorite "Temptations".
Wesley and Ricki at Dinner conversation
LadyBug, Purry, and Ricki, 2016.
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Chief is one of the oldest PeopleCats at TopTropicals. And of course the
most experienced one. So he is in charge of the Shipping Department.
Chief likes to chill out in front of the nursery gate together with Marco, Lil S*t and Dobi Duck.
Chief doesn't like car rides to his vet and when it happens, he is very
loud. The sound he makes is "Oy-yo-yo-yooooy!!!"
Chief likes milk. He has a white spot on his black face - from drinking
so much milk! No matter how much milk we buy for him, there never seems to
be enough. Chief even has a refrigerator for his milk. If you come to visit
Chief at TopTropicals Garden Center, you may bring him a small bottle of fresh
milk!
Thank you for your purrrrrrchase for Chief!
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Many of you have already met James Coconuts who has been in charge of
our Customer Service Team for a long time. After many years of hard work,
Coconuts is now finally retired in a comfortable home but still does some
consulting for Anna Banana and other office team members. So you will hear from him
again in our Blog, helping with planting, and organizing holiday events.
Originally, Coconuts came from the Middle-of-Nowhere (what a surprise).
Tenants from our old property in Punta Gorda left him behind when they moved
out... So Coconuts lived in woods for a month and, considering being deaf
(but not dumb!) from birth, living in the wild was quite a challenge for him.
When he saw our car, he jumped right into the open trunk and never regretted
that decision. We left us no choice but to take him into our big CatFamily. He
had starved so much that he ate a whole croissant... as we had nothing else
to offer at the moment... Since then, Coconuts went through lots of troubles
including a minor stroke, being run over by a truck, lost in woods again for
a month, and surviving a wild animal fight followed by a life-threatening
abscess. Finally, he decided to stay away from trouble and happily landed on his
couch with Margaritas and Nachos, getting chubby, singing his favorite opera
songs, and writing poetry.
