Mostly to tell me that they’ve never had food or pets ever in their whole lives and that it’s a tragic void in their lives that needs to be filled.

I wish I could upload video to Lemmy, because I have a great one of my pug singing like an opera singer. He’s telling me he deserves a cookie.

My silly boy cat likes to announce everything he’s about to do. Jump up on something? Go use the kitty litter? Karate kick the door open because he wants food right now (he just did that while I was typing this, it is the only way he knows how to open doors) it’s all just little baby innocent sounding meows.

Then when he gets the zoomies, he enjoys a good yodel at the top of his lungs.

Then my sweet little girl cat just enjoys chattering away at me. She also has little high pitched baby meows and sometimes does a call and response with me when I say her name. She’s honestly such a sweetheart. I get the impression that when she chatters at me, she’s telling me how excited and happy she is.

Best I can figure since I don’t know the language:

Girl cat: “Mrep” is “Hey I see you/Hello/Aloha/Nameste” “Mrow” is “Gimme cheek rubs” “Mrp” is “I like you”

Boy cat: “Murp” is “Look at my belly/wanna play?” “Murrow” is “Pick me up and carry me around” “Mrayer!” Is “Don’t leave me, pick me back up!”

My (now passed) kitty would smell when I opened a can of tuna from several rooms away and sprint in screaming “YESSSSSS FUCKIN TUNAAAAAAA” despite knowing he was on a diet. I miss his screaming.