They differ on 3 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
Prefers quiet · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Regular hours
In the evening, when you sit in your usual seat, it comes over and lies down against you. It hangs back when there are many people but likes to stay close to the ones it knows. Where and when it rests hardly changes.
Read the type guide · ISFJOn 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.
It runs up to push its cheek into your open hand, and comes back for more a moment later.
It leans its cheek into your hand and keeps it there for as long as you stay still.
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.
A new box is more fun with company, so it checks that you are standing right there before looking in.
It skips the busy rooms and sits beside you on the sofa while you fold the blanket.
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.
It bats the ball out of the new tunnel and goes after it, the next round already in mind.
The cloth ball it has always played with still wins, all the more with your hand nearby.
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.
Mid-game it flops down in a patch of sun on the rug, the ball still within reach.
It sleeps on the folded blanket beside your reading chair, in the same place each night.
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
