They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Goes with the moment
Whoever is home, it heads for them, rubs against them and rolls onto its side. Any time is a good time for a familiar toy, and when it tires it sleeps in the sun next to someone. There is no telling when it will come looking for you.
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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.
It brushes its whole side along your leg in passing, then turns back to do it again.
After a wander it loops back to you and presses its cheek into your hand.
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.
It falls asleep on the big cushion next to whoever is on the sofa, at no particular time of day.
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.
It sees you sit down on the floor and comes straight over, tail up.
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.
The familiar ball is all it needs: it stretches out a paw and the game has started.
A sheet of packing paper is today’s find: it steps in, listens to the rustle and tries another fold.
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.
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
