Pay closer attention, they are communicating all the time. We had a cat family of five, and we’re down to the last one, a 17 yo. She has an extremely wide vocabulary, and absolutely asks for water, food, snacks, cuddles, etc.

They all knew each others’ names, and ours. I have definitely seen them watch something unusual, and turn to us for an explanation.

When the Daddy cat, Jake, died, his son and best friend Charlie walked around calling for him for weeks. He would still do it now and then until the end of his life. He was clearly asking where Jake was, and calling him.

They are asking questions and communicating all day long, if you only pay attention to them.