Cats are very adaptable to their owners. Remember these animals domesticated themselves. Also cat vocals are largely for the benefit of non cats. Vocals are used with kittens, who don't speak fluent cat yet, and animals or people who don't speak cat. Sometimes domestic cats will continue to use vocal communication with other cats into adulthood, but that's pretty much restricted to homes where the use that for other reasons anyway.

If you get a cat who likes pets or snuggles or playing, eventually they will realize you can't see them and either talk to you, or come to you. Conditioning will basically teach them that. If they flop over for belly rubs, but you never see them or pet them when they do this, they will realize that you DO if they meow or come to you, and thus will continue that behavior.

As for the attacking. Cats are...fickle, and very individual. Some get over stimulated very easy, some are very demanding, some are very playful. All of those can lead to scratches and bites if they aren't taught it's bad, and sometimes even if they are lol.

I would recommend going to a place you can really spend time with various cats and get a handle on their personalities and then pick the one that best meshes with yours.

Warning though. Once you get a cat, always check your seat before sitting down. They love sleeping in our butt prints. Granted if you sit on them enough, they'll stop, but no one likes sitting on a cat, especially the cat in question.

I recently adopted a kitten from a friend of mine got her when she was 14 weeks old.
Pritty shure she knows i'm blind. She meows when i call her and tutches my hands when i bend over to pet her just to show that it's ok and to indicate where she is and if it's enough she puts a paw on my hand before scratching.
I'm pritty lucky tho caz she rarely uses her claws to play.

I think that if you get a kitten and you put some time in to it you'll soon start to understand eachother.

Bonus tip get them a coller with a little bell as soon as you get . they'll get used to it faster and it'll give you a good way to find them ore tell if they're aprotching you.

Good luck

If you start with a kitten, you are more likely to be able to raise the cat to adapt to you.

Some cats are very vocal. I had a Maine Coon cat, and he had a variety of trills and meows that he used to communicate that were very distinct.

As to the cat pouncing on you . . . some cats are just like that. You might be petting a cat in a way that was perfectly acceptable and five seconds later, the cat deems this to be unacceptable and bites ore scratches with no apparent warning. Again, starting with a kitten might mitigate this kind of behavior.

Signed,

Fellow cat lover

A friends’ cat always grabbed my finger in her mouth, when I tried to pet her. She held on to it for two seconds or so, before she would let go. I just thought, she didn’t want to be pet, so I left her alone. Later however, she came to me and touched me with her nose. No idea, what was going on that day. LOL.

I've had that experience before and also thought it would be about me missing something about the cat's body language. But it seems like some of them are just rather moody, wanting to be petted for a while and then basically telling you to stop now. Or, even more confusing to me, the scratching can be meant in a playful way. A friend's cat always showed me his belly, but as soon as i started stroking it, he'd try to catch my hand with his paws.

Basic cat body language is as follows: Ears forward= alert, ears back=pissed, tail swishing fast = agitated, tail swishing slow = relaxed. My sweet girl pops me with her paw when I’m doing something she doesn’t like. No claws. Her brother isn’t as controlled and he will scratch the crap out of me as he only wants attention on his terms. He also prefers to have me rub my head on him rather than pet him with my hands. He will lick and nibble my fingers while I do this. I second the bell collar, but also recommend that you get one made of a woven or vinyl material or a breakaway because my previous kitty nearly choked himself scratching one I put on him. He pulled the threads tighter and tighter until the collar had shrunk a couple inches and when I realized it was too tight, he nearly shredded my hands while I tried getting it off him. I should have just cut it off but it was so bunched I don’t know if my scissors would cut through and really wasn’t thinking about it.

Enjoy your new kitty. They really are the best!

That is just a broken cat I’ve had many many many cats over the years and only one would attempt to scratch you if you stop petting her. I guess you can say that’s just a poorly behaved cat that hasn’t been disciplined. All my cats asked for snuggles once they figure out that you’re no threat