Our pet cats would love to communicate with us, but they aren't equipped to speak our language. Mine can understand the English words that are important to them (except for the deaf one, who understands some gestures), and they are very good at telling me what they want with body language. Digit, on the other hand, goes the extra mile to hold conversations using his cat speech the best that he can. Sure, he understands words and obeys well compared to other cats. His human knew he wanted more, so she set him up with speech buttons to express his needs and desires. Digit is very smart, and knows he must take pills every day, but probably doesn't quite understand why. It's difficult enough for people to understand autoimmune disease. You can learn more about Digit's medical history in this video. You can keep up with Digit and his special needs housemates at Instagram.