So I work with a woman who has a ton of cats and does rescue work. She's even a bigger cat goofball than I am. When I got married she got me a gift certificate for 30 minutes with an "animal communicator".
http://www.dawnallen.org/
She claims to be able to talk with your current and past pets. So I made an appointment for today to see what she says about my recently deceased, newly acquired and current cat. I don't plan on giving her any details other than names and ages. We'll see what she has to say. Should be a hoot and I'll report back on Monday. Something tells me I'm going to get a lot of generalizations and leading questions.