i was under the impression Cat form eventually recieved a skill that is like feign death. Did this get nixed in favor of Cower?

Yeah, they took both the cat and the rogue (?) feigns out during beta, I think.

yes, no more play ded in kitty form. Cat form is just the druid's version of the rogue. They removed the ability from rogues (since it really was useless for us) and thus had to remove it from the kitty, too.

FD is a Hunter only skill that I know of now.

It was pretty crappy anyway. It gave you rezz effects. :(

I am not sure how useful the Hunter one is now.