They differ on 4 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Regular hours
At the sound of keys it runs to the door and follows you in, rubbing against your legs. When the family gathers in the living room, it squeezes onto the sofa too. It asks to be petted at about the same times each day and plays the same few games.
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Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
A new cardboard box can keep it busy all afternoon, in and out and in again. It mostly plays alone; if you come closer, it glances up and carries on. Today it naps on the bookshelf, tomorrow in the box, and its schedule changes without warning.
Read the type guide · INTPOn 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.
With the family sitting on the living-room rug, it settles in the middle of everyone.
A box arrives and it stands alongside, studying the inside, alone and in no hurry.
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.
The evening game is the one it knows: you roll the cloth ball and it trots along behind.
It tries the tunnel from one end, then the other, as if checking for a route it missed.
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.
You open the door and it is at your ankles, winding around them with its tail up.
It keeps you company from the stool beside your desk, facing the room, with a 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.
It curls up in its corner of the sofa beside whoever is sitting there, as it does every night.
The bed sits unused while it sleeps in whichever patch of sun the afternoon offers.
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
