Our Story

We started as a mother, son duo doing cat rescue in Arlington, Texas when we lived less than five miles from a VERY high kill animal shelter.  After our first set of kittens…six Siamese babies that were only four weeks old…we were hooked!

In Texas, two of our foster kittens came to us when they were just 10 days old.  We named them Brother and Sister.  Two little ginger babies.  One long hair, one short hair.  He was healthy as could be…she wasn’t so much.  When they hit about 12 weeks old, we realized she had a horrible disorder that made her poo equal water.  We had three Vet’s tell us to put her down…but Eli and I just couldn’t do it…there had to be a way to help her.  It would kill Brother…they were a bonded pair.  Brother wouldn’t leave her kennel.  He played with her through the bars…slept beside her right on the outside…and sat by the sink while I bathed her several times a day.  So many of the pictures we have of them show them in the shape of a heart.  A little while into the problem and after we had tried EVERY thing and every food on the market, I tried a special food…that was actually for losing weight.  It worked!!!  Our little Sister’s poop had form literally over night.  We were so attached and bonded to this little pair by then that we couldn’t bear to adopt them out.  So Brother and Sister became family members.  During all of this, we decided they needed to be named Tigger and Nala from the kids movies.  He looks like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh and she looks like Nala from Lion King.  Well, Tigger stuck…but so did Sister.  So we have Tigger and Sister.  They are still a bonded pair…but Tigger’s determination and loyalty to his ‘Sister’ is where we came up with the name TiggerTown.  We want to be just as determined and dedicated to all of our foster babies as Tigger was to Sister!

134 Texas lives saved, we decided to move back home to Chattanooga, TN.  Upon arriving back home, we started TiggerTown officially!

Now my son has graduated college and is finding his own way in this world.  I have teamed up with a couple beautiful ladies that have a heart for rescuing dogs.  This partnership has allowed us to start saving pups as well as kitties.  Now we save both!  It is super exciting!