​KittyWeed® had the kind of humble beginning typical of companies that make products they love, for someone they love. 

​Keith Graves and Catherine "Cat" Lewis founded KittyWeed® in the Spring of 2015 while sitting in their living room watching their cats playing. They both noticed the cats rolling and frolicking happily with just a single sprig of catnip.

Laughing and joking Keith and Cat decided their cats were enjoying 
their own "kitty weed". 
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A half dozen "kitty weed" jokes later, they looked at each other and said in unison: 
"Why don't we make our own catnip toy and call it KittyWeed?"

Thus starting with the very first and every subsequent handmade Big Fatty® catnip toy, KittyWeed® was born in the beautiful seaside city of Santa Cruz, California.