They differ on 3 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 · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Regular hours
It naps on the same level of the cat tree and keeps choosing the same old toy. It comes out at about the same times each day, and when it has had enough company it goes back to a quiet spot on its own. It does not need someone beside it all the time.
Read the type guide · ISTJOn 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.
After a full day it curls up against you on the sofa, as it does most evenings.
Evening means the same bed, the same blanket and nearly the same hour.
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.
Mornings find it on the same window seat, by itself, looking out.
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.
A new scratcher and a ball you roll toward it: it tries both, as long as you stay in the game.
It walks past the newer toys to bat the worn cloth mouse on its usual mat.
A new toy may interest only one of them. Bring new things in without taking the old ones away, and let the more cautious cat watch from a distance for as long as it likes.
When you come through the door it is already leaning its cheek against your leg.
It keeps you company from its own stool beside your armchair, with a clear gap between you.
Closeness that one cat offers, the other may not want. Watch whether the cat being approached stays, moves away or turns its head, and make sure it always has a way out.
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
