Carol's Ferals

31/07/2025

The community lost a legend Tuesday evening. Dear Susan Manos was showing signs that it was time to be released from her sickly body.

She had many years together with her daddy, Bill Gabbard whom she lived with for most of her long, happy life.

Rescued from a basement in Kentwood with her kittens in 2007, she gained her name by growling at her newly weaned offspring when they were eating from her plate of soft food. Immediately I thought of my mother who had a voracious appetite and loved to eat almost as much as me. Immediately I dubbed her Susan Manos.

She moved in with Gabby in 2010 and during her time with him, shared their home with Buzzby, Mavros and Butch.

Susan Manos, affectionately known as "Bean" was the longest surviving CF cat.

We estimate that she was 20 years old when complications of kidney disease and what we believe to be a cancerous mass in her bladder made it so that we knew it was time to let her join her friends over the rainbow bridge and meet the woman whom she was named for.

Susan Manos, May your spirit be eternal.

15/11/2024

Every single cage card from every single cat that came through Carol's Ferals TNR Program. If stacked they would be 170" tall. That's over 14 feet. Hundreds and hundreds of people brought cats to CF during our active TNR years from 2006 to 2018. Countless volunteers processed these cats with me, readying them for surgery the following morning. Upon returning from the vet's office, they would be switched into a clean unsoiled vessel where they would be served a post-surgical meal and rest up until the following evening when they would be returned to their community cat caregivers who managed colonies all along the West side of Michigan. We did some amazing work together people. I will never forget how a community of people got together and fixed nearly 12,000 stray and feral cats in Kent and the surrounding counties. Thank you all who brought cats, educated their communities, got down and dirty with me, trapping and processing these kitties so that their lives would be ultimately so much better.

I'm proud of the work I did.
We should all be very proud.

08/10/2022

UPDATE: All links are working and viewable by anyone on internet.

Feral Friends,
After much thought taking into consideration the following:
1. I have no more money coming in as donations and I can’t afford to keep the website online.
2. I want the good information contained therein to still be available to the public.
I have decided to pull all relevant info into this google doc that is viewable by everyone.
The following is a collection of links that will remain intact in this document. Please feel free to share this document far and wide.
Feral Friends,
After much thought taking into consideration the following:
I have no more money coming in as donations and I can’t afford to keep the website online.
I want the good information contained therein to still be available to the public.
I have decided to pull all relevant info into a google doc that is set as viewable by everyone.
The following is a collection of links that will ensure our good processes of TNR are still available to the Community Cat Caregivers who need it. Click Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ov0AFjkXRCWJl1mMleSF8LE2PKnfhYfpX0fucjaIqyY/edit?usp=sharing
~Carol Manos, Founder Carol’s Ferals

Feral Friends, After much thought taking into consideration the following: I have no more money coming in as donations and I can’t afford to keep the website online. I want the good information contained therein to still be available to the public. I have decided to pull all relevant info into t.....

22/05/2022

I need a home for this most awesome cat.

Her name is simone. Currently she lives in my office. She is extremely loving. As things are right now, she doesn't get a ton of attention and she is longing for it. I would say she's just about 2 years old. Last Summer she was dropped off in front of my old rescue in an air conditioner box. She immediately ran off and was eventually trapped by Us and reunited with her babies who went to be with Focus on Ferals.

But I'm only here to really tell you about how insanely neat and tidy she can be when she's bored. She has found little scraps of paper here or there and anything lying about on the floor and she brings it all into a neat little pile on or around her food dish.

She's an odd little duck.

She absolutely hates other animals. She becomes vicious toward them or any human around her when she locks eyes on one. So she has to go to a home that has no other pets whatsoever nor any plan to have pets going forward.

If you know somebody who might be interested in adopting her, please send an email to me at [email protected]

17/03/2022

Hello Feral Friends,

It's been a minute since my last update. The fall and winter were busy dissolving the organization. It's no small task, but it needed to be done. I'm starting to get my feet back under me and I'm happy to report that I've come out of rescue in one piece, though that was questionable for a moment or two. But I'm good. And I'm also happy to report that our forever fosters are doing well too.

Since l last reached out, we have had some changes in our Forever Foster population. One of our older ladies, Margaret was adopted by a friend of her forever foster. And I lost my sweet Gus last fall to cancer. This brings our foster roster to 13! My favorite number!

These 13 are very lucky cats indeed. All former street cats either friendly or semi feral have all wound up with me and I have promised to care for them for the rest of their lives.

Many of you donated generously to my last GoFundMe and those funds were utilized to care for the cats through January. I've been out of pocket since then and am hoping that you might support these cats so that I can breathe a little easier.

This is the new GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/295e21d1

By donating to this fund, you will help me continue the care of Richie, Greystoke, Cassidy, Schmedley, Simone, Sampson, Daisy, Shy Guy, Frost, Robbie Ozzy, Bacon, Susan and Butch.

Please allow me to take this moment to re-introduce you to Schmedley, AKA Sir Schmedley of Windcrest. He's a trip! Found by our very long time supporter and friend, Marilyn, he was obviously hit by a car and suffered injuries that healed in the most wonky of ways. Hips off-set from one another, a screwed up left knee, a tilted head and the psyche of a crazed maniac.

I swore after Bow pooped in my bed when I was sleeping in it, I'd not have another cat in my bedroom. Well, that lasted for about two years which was nice. Now my bed is once again covered in cat hair and I can't get a full night's sleep cuz Nutzo is either attacking my hand/arm/face when I move in my sleep, or he's trying to get into my mouth by forcing himself on me. He's very willful and wants what he wants even when I don't offer consent. He's just a beast!

He's with me because he couldn't stay with Marilyn's cats cuz he was aggressive and they weren't having any of it. I tried to integrate him into Casa Manos main population but he's just way too aggressive and my other fosters don't deserve his brand of crazy.

I've started him on kitty Prozac to calm him down and now he's not attacking me in my sleep, but he does continue to try to mo**st my pie hole as often as possible. I don't know why he's so into my mouth, but so was my Gus, so I'm thinking maybe when Gus' spirit left his body, it somehow entered this guy, cuz nobody has done that to me before. So there's that!

With his really loud meow that echoes throughout the house, he is no stranger to being noticed. He's loving and sweet till he gets that look in his eye. Then watch out! I'm sure most of you know exactly what I'm talking about.

You may remember his video I posted last summer at the old CF facility. I was calling him Nova at that time but I feel Schmedley was more suiting. And my housemate suggested he needed a more stately name, so he has been dubbed Sir Schmedley of Windcrest. That sounded more regal. So that's who he is.

He is adoptable if anyone wants a super snuggly Jeckyl and Hyde type of cat. He can't be around other animals at this time. But he's perfect if you like a big cat and you want to pretty much guarantee you will never want another pet, cuz I don't trust him with anything that moves fast. He is a kook!

Anyway, Schmedley is the poster cat for this campaign. Please help support him and his 12 other fellow forever fosters in homes throughout West Michigan.

On behalf of Sir Schmedley of Windcrest, I thank you for looking at this post.

Cheers!
Carol

Hello Feral Friends, Carol Manos here, with an ASK. As you may know, Carol… Carol Manos needs your support for Help Support 13 CF Cats in Forever Foster

04/01/2022

Donors and Supporters,

2021 donation receipts have been snail mailed and emailed to all donors who supported us via cash, check, credit card and paypal. Venmo donors will be thanked via the app later this week.

If you have not found your donation receipt in the mail box or email, please take a moment to check your spam folder. If still not found, take a moment and shoot me a note at [email protected] and I will get one to you in plenty of time to write donations off on your taxes.

Thank you all for your tremendous support. 2021 was a rough year for a lot of us. I hope 2022 brings you good health, love and prosperity.

With much love and appreciation,
Carol