Farewell, Bow

Bow was the Alpha kitty at Forty Paws. He had the honor of being the first kitty there and could remember being the only kitty for a while. When the others started to arrive, Bow made sure that each one of them knew who was the boss. Even when he got very old and sick, he remained the boss. Bow was just two months short of his 19th birthday when he was helped to the Rainbow Bridge. He had a variety of ailments and just lately his kidneys had started to fail. Maw and Paw made the decision to help him go to the Bridge because he could barely walk and he just wasn't having any good times any more. One of Bow's very favorite things to do was lie in the sun in the enclosure and soak up all the lovely heat.

                                       Bow was a cat of great renown.
                                       He ruled Forty Paws when he put his paw down.
                                             To the Bridge he went
                                             'Cause his strength was spent.
                                       Now he's strutting his stuff and running around.

Bow

Bow is the Top Cat at Forty Paws and he just turned 17 in March. He came to his forever home as a little kitty and the only kitty, to boot. Things have really changed since then. Bow has a digestive problem and has to take medicine every day to keep from barfing. He doesn't like his medicine very much and tries to hide from Maw, but she always finds him. Bow likes things warm and had his very own heated cat cup all to himself for quite a while. Then Gatsbi discovered it. Maw got another one for Bow and Jenny discovered that one. Now poor Bow seldom gets to sleep in his heated bed.

                           Bow is the Top Cat at Forty Paws.
                           He rules the house and lays down the laws.
                                    He has a heated bed
                                    In which to lay his head.
                          When pill time comes he hides from Maw.