They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Tries new things · Stays close · Regular hours
Take out a toy and it comes right over, happy to try a new game. It likes being with people and sitting close to them. When the usual playtime comes around, it comes to find you.
Read the type guide · ENFJ
Joins in · Tries new things · Stays close · Goes with the moment
You sit down and it arrives with a toy in its mouth. A new box or tunnel is better if you come and look too. Halfway through a game it may wander off to a sunny spot, then come back to rub against you. None of this happens on a schedule.
Read the type guide · ENFPOn these dimensions the two type descriptions lean the same way. Similar habits can mean easy company, and also wanting the same spot at the same time.
Your morning starts and it is already at your feet, tail up, ready to come along.
A new box is more fun with company, so it checks that you are standing right there before looking in.
They may turn up in the same room, or at the same door, at the same moment. Offer more than one place to settle near you, such as two perches or two spots on the sofa, so neither has to wait for the other to move.
A new scratcher and a ball you roll toward it: it tries both, as long as you stay in the game.
It bats the ball out of the new tunnel and goes after it, the next round already in mind.
They may reach a new box, bag or toy at the same time. Put out two boxes instead of one and rotate the toys, so neither has to wait its turn to look.
When you come through the door it is already leaning its cheek against your leg.
It runs up to push its cheek into your open hand, and comes back for more a moment later.
They may want the same lap. Sit where there is room on both sides, give each cat some time with you on its own, and pause the petting now and then so either one can leave.
On these dimensions the descriptions lean in opposite directions. A difference is not a problem; it shows where each cat may need a choice of its own.
After a full day it curls up against you on the sofa, as it does most evenings.
Mid-game it flops down in a patch of sun on the rug, the ball still within reach.
One cat’s playtime may be the other’s nap. Keep the routine steady for the cat that relies on it, and offer the other a short game somewhere else when it gets going at an odd hour.
These steps are the same for any two cats, whatever their types. Go at the pace of the less comfortable cat.
This compares type descriptions for fun. How two cats actually get along depends on each cat and their home. How it works
