They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
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 · ENFP
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
Any commotion at home brings it over to look. Wiggle its familiar old toy and it is playing at once; when it has had enough, it turns and leaves, flopping down somewhere nearby. It does not care much for being held, and its hours are hard to predict.
Read the type guide · ESTPOn 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 box is more fun with company, so it checks that you are standing right there before looking in.
You open the toy basket and it is beside you before the lid is off, to see what comes out.
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.
Mid-game it flops down in a patch of sun on the rug, the ball still within reach.
When the game ends it lies down right there on the rug, one paw still on the ball.
Play may start at any hour, and one cat’s burst of energy may land in the middle of the other’s nap. Keep food, water, litter and resting places steady even when the day is not, and set up a nap spot away from where they play.
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.
It bats the ball out of the new tunnel and goes after it, the next round already in mind.
The old ball rolls and it pounces from a standing start, as if seeing it for the first time.
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.
It runs up to push its cheek into your open hand, and comes back for more a moment later.
It sits in a low box at your feet: in the front row for whatever is going on, but not on your lap.
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
