They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Regular hours
When a parcel arrives, it is the first to inspect it and stays until the box is open. It likes being in the room where people are, but not being picked up. Around the same time each day it reminds you about dinner, then waits for the usual wand-toy game.
Read the type guide · ENTJ
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Regular hours
Usually watches the house from a high, quiet spot. When something new appears, it comes down to sniff it and circle it once, then goes back to its usual place. Meals and naps happen at about the same times, and it rarely needs someone right beside it.
Read the type guide · INTJOn 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 inspected the ball track the day you brought it home, as it does anything new, and now sits by the track waiting for you to start a game.
It tries a new puzzle tray one careful paw at a time until it has worked out which piece moves.
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.
While you fold the laundry it sits on its own mat a few steps away and watches, without leaning in.
During your reading hour it sits on its own cushion a step away, near you without asking to be held.
Each may want a seat of its own instead of a shared one. Separate perches within sight of each other let them be in the same room without touching.
The day ends in the basket at the end of the hallway, the same one as every night.
At dusk it is back in the same bed under the bookshelf, at much the same time as yesterday.
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.
You set down a new scratching post and it has started the inspection before your hands have left the base.
On a rainy afternoon it takes the windowsill by itself and watches the drops run down the glass.
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
