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
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Stays close · Regular hours
It keeps away when the house is busy. Once things quiet down, it jumps onto the arm of the sofa and sits beside you. It walks over slowly to look at a new toy, plays for a while, then comes back. Most evenings it shows up at that spot around the same time.
Read the type guide · INFJOn 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.
A new scratcher and a ball you roll toward it: it tries both, as long as you stay in the game.
A new toy is sniffed slowly from one end to the other before the first careful pat.
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.
Once you settle with a book, it rests its cheek and one paw on your arm and stays there.
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.
After a full day it curls up against you on the sofa, as it does most evenings.
Every evening it curls up on the same folded blanket at the end of the sofa.
Meals, play and naps may fall at the same times for both. Feed them at set times in separate places, so a shared routine does not turn into a contest over one bowl.
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.
Your morning starts and it is already at your feet, tail up, ready to come along.
Its favorite company is one quiet person: it sits at the window while you read, a cushion between you.
Their days may cross only now and then, and that is fine. Keep a resting place the quieter cat can reach without passing through the busy part of the home, and let the more social one come to you for company.
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
