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About

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Stark Raving Cat

Definition: 1) a condition in which a person is cat-obsessed; 2) an intensely feline feline; 3) a crazy cat; 4) a maker of cool toys, treats, and gifts for cats and the cat-obsessed.

Each catnip joint is hand “rolled” with love and care, near Austin, Texas.

To use: Wake up your cat. Run a joint under your cat’s nose, like a fine cigar. Toss a joint toward your cat, high in the air, like prey. Then toss another, and another, and another…

Catnip is legal in all 50 states, for recreational use.

Approved by our CEO Tamale and a growing family of Stark Raving Cats nationwide.

StarkRavingCat.com: Home of the original catnip joint, and other raving good products. SRC-branded products are exclusively designed by or for Stark Raving Cat (SRC), and sold online and wholesale.

Beside this website we also have stores on Etsy and Amazon Handmade. Our products are also carried by a select group of independent retail pet stores and cat cafes in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, and Portland OR. Contact us at cat_AT_starkravingcat_DOT_com, or at Stark Raving Cat, PO Box 2261, Wimberley, TX 78676, to see if there is a store near you.

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Meet Stark Raving Kate

I’ve given up food for cats.

Best Job Ever! For years, I’ve been a foodwriter, written eight books, and won some book and art awards. A clowder of cats wandered into my life (literally) decades ago. Now I make specialty cat toys and gifts, at Stark Raving Cat.

The prospect of being labeled a “cat lady” kept me from shouting out my love for these wacky, tender little beasts. But no more: I’ve embraced my inner cat.

Cats are funny. Like me, they have a dry sense of humor. They give, they take, they sleep. And they play!

Tamale is our CEO and Chief Product Tester. Founding brothers Wolfie and Pookie reached 20 years old; when these two geezers played with a toy, we knew it was a winner! Their mom Zombie also tested prototypes of our toys, and I think they kept her young and spry (she lived for 17+ years, some of it as a feral).

Why did I start Stark Raving Cat? The problem with many cat toys, especially catnip toys, is: they don’t work. Sure, you need to engage a cat so it plays, but I’ve wasted tons of money on toys that just have no kitty appeal. What are these designers thinking?!!!

Cats are finicky. I can’t guarantee all cats will love Stark Raving Cat toys, but our products are rigorously cat-tested. If they don’t pass our Kitty Committee, we don’t sell ’em.

Our cat toys are not “made in China.” Our toys are handmade near Austin, Texas, in the USA: we know exactly what goes into them. Our cats and helping hands get paid fair wages. And we feature only premium catnip in all our products.

Wake up your own stark raving cats – let’s play together!

– Stark Raving Kate (Heyhoe)

Our Kitty CEO

Tamale Selfie
Tamale Selfie

Tamale, Chief Product Tester and CEO – Tamale is my closest buddy. She’s smart, sassy, and glued to me most of the time. I nursed her back to health when she was a teensy kitten: her tail was broken in two places and her ears chewed off; but she looked at me with big blue eyes that said “I want to live!” And so she did. She’s spunky, feisty, sweet, and a real cutey. (We found her on the street at the Tamale Festival in Indio, California. Hence her name.)

 
Wolfie and Zombie at play
Wolfie and Zombie at play

Wolfie, Founder, RIP – Wolfie was a sweetie-pie. The only cat that din’t hide when strangers showed up. Wolf-Boy and his mom Zombie formed a black-cat clique. They were best buddies, and are now reunited in Kitty Heaven.

 
Pookie the Pretzel
Pookie the Pretzel

Pookie, Founder, RIP – Even after Pookie got old and deaf, that didn’t stop him from whacking at catnip joints or high-flyer wands. He was a very willful cat: the only member of our original clan who could scale up and over our 6-foot chain link fence around the back yard to keep coyotes out. He was also a talker and could be very affectionate…when he felt like it. As you can see from the photo, he was made of rubber.

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Chase Away the Winter Blues

Glow in the Dark Kicker
Top photo: Angel shows the proper technique for using our Glow in the Dark Kicker (photo by @mochikit on Instagram). Middle photo: Paisley inspects a Screeming Meemie (photo by @kpnabbers on IG). Bottom: Ginger Baby with Catnip Candle Birthday Card (photo by @charlieandginger on IG).

kpnabbers-Paisley with Meemie
Ginger Baby & Catnip Birthday Card

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  • by starkravingcat 5 days ago
    Elephants! symbols of strength, wisdom, luck, responsibility... and spirit guides on journeys that require patience. In times like these, bring them on, right?!  #elephantstrong   #tamalestrong  . I bought these tiny Thai elephants a few years ago but never had a chance to list them. The elephant is the national animal of Thailand, and now an endangered species. Tamale liked this little elephant, as you can see here. They shared a lot of the same characteristics: strong, gentle, wise, and caring. ☯️ Happy humpday, furrends! . . .  #tamaleangel   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo   #tamaleceo  .  #TamaleCEO  and  #StarkRavingCat : unique toys and gifts Handmade
  • by starkravingcat 3 days ago
    Screaming Meemies and Angel. It’s FriYay! - Repost  @mochikit  ... I was gonna say Nice Catch! but ..  @starkravingcat   #starkravingcat   #screamingmeemies   #screamingmeemiessrc   #screamingmeemiescattoy   #siamese   #bluepointsiamese   #siamesecat   #siamesecatsofinstagram   #siameseworld   #siamese_feature   #siamese_love_   #meezer   #cats_of_instagram   #ilovemycat   #catstocker   #catstagram   #instacat   #catlover   #meowbox  . .  #screamingmeemiessrc   #screamingmeemies  by... StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys   #catgifts   #catcards . For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #etsy   #etsyshop 
  • by starkravingcat 19 hours ago
    Birthday season! Wheeee! We made a teeny catnip birthday cake - it’s so sweet! Tamale was a fall birthday girl, but spring babies are already celebrating . Our followers don’t need reminders but it never hurts to reinforce: Spay and neuter, and adopt don’t shop. Right? And be sure to celebrate your own cat’s birthday with lots of hugs, toys and treats! Meow! Happy Purrthday . ‍⬛‍⬛ . . .  #catnipbirthdaycake   #birthdaycakesrc   #birthdaycakecattoy  .  #TamaleCEO  and StarkRavingCat: hip toys, earrings, and gifts for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #ATX   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link
  • by starkravingcat 4 days ago
    Tamale was fond of this Pink Butterfly. It may be winter, but butterflies always make us think of spring. And hope. And rebirth. Yass! Time for change. And catnip. .  #pinkbutterflycattoy  . .  #TamaleCEO  and StarkRavingCat: hip toys, earrings, and gifts for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #ATX   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link in bio  #catgift   #catgifts   #catlovergift   #catnipjoint   #catnipjoints 
  • by starkravingcat 7 days ago
    Snow Throwback to 16-yr old Tamale, on Dec 8, 2017, testing the snow in yard and on steps... and ending in cozy warm snuggles indoors: Maybe....? Nope. Nope. Nope. ❄️ Tamale, our woodland-creature cat, is too old to enjoy this morning's rare snowstorm in Central Texas. Our 20-year old man Wolfie was raised in the mountains and wouldn't even put a toe into the white stuff. But they both loved snow when they were young and spry. ❄️❄️❄️  #tamaleangel   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo   #tamalestrong   #catvideo   #cutecatvideo   #tamaleceovideo   #austintexassnow2017   #austintexassnow   #texashillcountrysnow  ❄️❄️ .  #TamaleCEO  and  #StarkRavingCat : unique toys and gifts Handmade at  #starkravingranchito 
  • by starkravingcat 4 days ago
    Dress up your pet day? Our pets were never really down with this - swipe to see my feeble attempts with Wolfie and Tamale over the years. Kudos to all our furrends who have mastered the art of pet costuming: we envy your skills! Happy #dressupyourpetday  ! ‍⬛ . .  #TamaleCEO  and StarkRavingCat: hip toys, earrings, and gifts for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #ATX   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link in bio  #catgift   #catgifts   #catlovergift   #catnipjoint   #catnipjoints   #angeltamale   #starkravingwolfie 
  • by starkravingcat 2 days ago
    Hot licks, big kicks—literally! Caturday catnip guitar solo featuring Orieo the rock star! Happy Caturday night! ⭐️Repost  @rexandbandon  ... Orieo got his new catnip toy from Stark Raving Cat . Let’s Rock n Roll. Love it!! . . Rock ‘n, roll!  #guitarkicker   #catnipguitar   #guitarkickstick   #guitarcattoysrc  .  #TamaleCEO  and StarkRavingCat: hip toys, gifts, ornaments, earrings, and kickers for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #ATX   #txhillcountry   #starkravingranchito   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link in bio  #catvideo   #rockstarcat   #cutecatvideo  #
  • by starkravingcat 2 days ago
    Why Leila is “Queen of Scatterballs”... Swipe to see her double-paw style... Repost of  @alohaphd  story... Happy Caturday! ❤️  #leilaqueenofscatterballs  . .  #Scatterballs  bounce, wobble and scoot across the floor. Hmong stars handmade by families in Thailand. ⭐️❤️ StarkRavingCat: hip handmade gifts for cats and cat lovers. Think:  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catsofinstagram ,  #starkravingcat . Send a  #cattoy  to say  #Ilovemycat   #catstagram   #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #etsy   #etsyshop   #scatterball   #scatterballssrc   #rainbowscatterballs   #catvideo   #cutecatvideo   #caturday 
  • by starkravingcat 5 days ago
    There is something so sweet and tender about this semi-feral girl, quietly immersing herself into our catnip joint. She seems quite content, putting her whole head and body into it. Thanks to  @deb .mings ... Repost: Almost 8 year old Bea, still feral, loves catnip and especially loves her catnip joint! . .  #TamaleCEO  and StarkRavingCat: hip toys, earrings, and gifts for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #ATX   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link in bio  #catgift   #catgifts   #catlovergift   #catnipjoint   #catnipjoints 
  • by starkravingcat 6 days ago
    LOVE this: If you’re in Salt Lake City, pick up our Original Catnip Joints at Tinker’s Cat Cafe... and while you’re at it, take home a cat to go with! Thank you Tinker’s: we hope every cat gets a forever home. Repost  @tinkerscatcafe : Little Lion on catnip . Thanks  @starkravingcat  for the cat joint .  #catcafe   #catnip   #catsoncatnip   #lionkitty   #catlover   #coffeeandcats   #adoptdontshop   #slc   #utah  . .  #StarkRavingCat : hip toys,  #catnipjoints , and gifts for cats and cat lovers, at  #starkravingcat  online and on Etsy, from  #Austin   #etsy   #etsyshops  See link in bio  #catgift   #catgifts   #catlovergift   #tinkerscatcafe   #catvideo   #cutecatvideo 

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