My Ash is also nearly non-vocal, he purrs and only miaows when there is something very special coming his way on his dinner plate, after leaving him at the cattery when we went on holiday , he came back and was suprisingly very vocal for him, it was amazing, however he is back to his usual laid back quiet self. my lil Lexie sure makes up for it, she is a very chatty lil madam, and i love it.