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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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Springtime Happiness

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

On Instagram

  • by starkravingcat 5 days ago
    Our guitar kicker puts the roll in rock n roll ... No one rocks the house quite like  @fur_babyz  Rock ‘n, roll!  #guitarkicker   #catnipguitar   #guitarkickstick   #guitarcattoysrc  .  #AngelTamaleCEO  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
  • by starkravingcat 6 days ago
    After a busy weekend filling Easter baskets, T-Bunny worked up an appetite! Have a wonderful rest of the week, cats, wabbits and humans  #tbunnysrc  StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys   #catgifts   #catpins  . For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #txhillcountry   #etsy   #etsyshop   #starkravingcat   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo 
  • by starkravingcat 2 days ago
    I thought Tamale was cute with the bunny, but OMG! Otto here is the cutest! Repost  @norilynfox  : Otto loves his bunny from  @starkravingcat  ♥️ STOCK ALERT: only 8 Bunny & Carrot sets left. See profile for shop links.  #bunnycarrotcattoy   #bunnycattoy   #carrotcattoy   #bunnysrc  StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys  and more. For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #starkravingranchito   #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #txhillcountry   #etsy   #etsyshop   #starkravingcat   #angeltamaleceo   #catvideo   #cutecatvideo 
  • by starkravingcat 5 days ago
    From Tamale to T-Bunny: same day, one year apart. Both in the same part of the yard. T-Bunny is a regular part of our lives now. The first thing I do when I get up is to see if she’s around. Usually she is. Or shows up within the hour. She’s always here in the evenings, too. And usually she’s around in the afternoon, either in the yard or out with Catdad in his garden area. We’ve grown very fond of this little bunny. I think she may be the same bunny in the last video, with Tamale last fall.
  • by starkravingcat 3 days ago
    Watch: Kissies from one cat to another, and then on to a Beach Baby Mother’s Day is May 9, so I found some cute baby (Catnip Beach Baby) photos to share. My favorite, of course, is Tamale with her pink seahorse, and I also love all these shots. Happy Purrsday, buddies! Catnip Beach Babies: 10 different toys including octopus, whale, dolphin, lobster, seahorse, starfish and more. Collect them all!  #CatnipBeachBabies  . StarkRavingCat.com: Small batch artisanal cat toys and hip handmade gifts. For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #starkravingcat ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #etsy   #etsyshop   #etsysuccess   #catnip   #catniptoys   #catgift   #catlovergift   #catmomgift   #tamaleceo   #angeltamaleceo 
  • by starkravingcat 5 days ago
    Tongue out with Catnip Mangling: Tamale even punches the catnip plant swipe for the video. Happy Tuesday! Enjoy Angel Tamale Here’s to feeling good today! .  #catniphigh   #tamaleceo   #tamalecandoit   #toughasnailstamale   #tamalestrong   #TamaleCEO  and  #StarkRavingCat : toys and cat lover gifts Handmade at  #starkravingranchito   #txhillcountry  near  #Austin  StarkRavingCat shop link in bio, or find us on  #etsy   #etsyshops   #tamaletonguetuesday   #tamaletuesday   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo   #catvideo   #cutecatvideo   #catoncatnip 
  • by starkravingcat 1 day ago
    Yesterday’s birthday cards from Catdad. Every holiday, Thomas cobbles together cards with a personal touch. There’s also a lovely card in this sequence from my brother and family, of a scallion-wearing duck (!), and gorgeous ranunculus from them. It was a good week too: got our 2nd Pfizer shots Missing Tamale at the party this year, she is always in our hearts and minds. And now we have T-Bunny —  #tbunnysrc  —to keep us company. Thanks for all the good birthday wishes!
  • by starkravingcat 2 days ago
    When in doubt, make soup... Or salad Or a strawberry smoothie with your tail Bon appetit! (Hey, Food Network: Angel is ready to compete! ‍) Repost  @mochikit  CHEF ANGEL WANTS TO COOK. BUT SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE CAN DO WITH THESE @STARKRAVINGCAT ‍  #starkravingcat   #fruitsnveggiescatniptoys   #fruitsnveggiescattoys   #fruitsandveggiescattoys   #carrotcattoy   #avocadocattoy   #strawberrycattoy  StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys   #catgifts   #catpins  . For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #txhillcountry   #etsy   #etsyshop   #starkravingcat   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo 
  • by starkravingcat 4 days ago
    Angel can’t wait - she attacks our fruits and veggies right in the bag Repost  @mochikit  I'll show you how much Angel is crazy about  @starkravingcat  cat toys!  #starkravingcat   #fruitsnveggiescatniptoys   #fruitsnveggiescattoys   #fruitsandveggiescattoys   #carrotcattoy   #avocadocattoy   #strawberrycattoy  StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys   #catgifts   #catpins  . For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #txhillcountry   #etsy   #etsyshop   #starkravingcat   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo 
  • by starkravingcat 3 days ago
    Catmoms are the best moms! I designed this card featuring vintage Victorian scrap from my artist-mom’s stash. Swipe to see some other Mother’s Day gifties (including cute pins, and Love Bites hearts). I’m also working on some new cat earrings but I’ll share those in a post nest week. Happy Purrsday!  #catmomsarethebestmoms   #lovebitescatniphearts   #catmomcard   #pinkbutterflycattoy  StarkRavingCat: Handmade  #catnip   #cattoys   #catgifts   #catpins  . For your  #catmom ,  #catdad ,  #catlover ,  #instacat , from  #Austin   #atx   #austintxlife   #txhillcountry   #etsy   #etsyshop   #starkravingcat   #angeltamale   #angeltamaleceo 

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