They differ on 2 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.
Read the type guide · ESFJ
Prefers quiet · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Regular hours
It naps on the same level of the cat tree and keeps choosing the same old toy. It comes out at about the same times each day, and when it has had enough company it goes back to a quiet spot on its own. It does not need someone beside it all the time.
Read the type guide · ISTJOn 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.
The evening game is the one it knows: you roll the cloth ball and it trots along behind.
It walks past the newer toys to bat the worn cloth mouse on its usual mat.
A new cat, new furniture or a new smell is a big change for either of them. Change one thing at a time, and keep each cat’s own bed, blanket and favorite toy where they have always been.
It curls up in its corner of the sofa beside whoever is sitting there, as it does every night.
Evening means the same bed, the same blanket and nearly the same hour.
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.
With the family sitting on the living-room rug, it settles in the middle of everyone.
Mornings find it on the same window seat, by itself, looking out.
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.
You open the door and it is at your ankles, winding around them with its tail up.
It keeps you company from its own stool beside your armchair, with a clear 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.
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
