I speak a language of partially English to my cat Don Juan. And partially so HE could understand.
For example I used to say “MINE” when he would go after my food. So I established I am “mine” after a while.
I say “mine, bathroom” if he’s waiting for me to feed him.
Now I’m trying to brace him for a trip to Florida tomorrow for a week.
He’s going to my sisters house. I say “mine, Florida. Don Juan…gatsbys (my sisters cats name)”. And then he meows. But still he’s only been to gatsbys once so he’s confused
If he knew he wasn’t gonna see me for a week he’d be sad. He’ll survive tho. But seriously if that cat didn’t have me he would be struggling. I am his main source of inspiration for living behind food. He really loves me. And I can’t let anything happen to myself because this cat loves me too much. He would never understand if something happened to “mine”.