They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
When guests come, it goes over to sniff their shoes and bags. Give it a new toy and it often finds a use you did not expect. It likes to wander around where people are, without always wanting to be touched. When it plays and where it sleeps change from day to day.
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Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Stays close · Goes with the moment
It often hides behind the curtain and pops out when a paper bag rustles. After playing, it loops back to your legs, rubs against you once and wanders off again. When it sleeps and when it plays depends on the day.
Read the type guide · INFPOn 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.
Two empty boxes become a passage, and it steps through to see where the game goes next.
A sheet of packing paper is today’s find: it steps in, listens to the rustle and tries another fold.
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.
Mid-afternoon it falls asleep on the cushion, the tunnel and ball left where the game stopped.
It dozes off on the round rug when it gets sleepy, whatever the clock says.
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.
Someone walks in with a paper bag and it comes over at once to see who came and what is inside.
It watches the trees from behind the curtain, where nobody walks past.
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.
At the table it takes the other chair: part of things, but on its own seat.
After a wander it loops back to you and presses its cheek into your hand.
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
