They differ on 1 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 · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Goes with the moment
It likes to curl up somewhere quiet, most often on one well-worn blanket. When it wants company, it comes over and leans against you on its own. How long it stays and when it plays are hard to predict.
Read the type guide · ISFPOn 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 familiar ball is all it needs: it stretches out a paw and the game has started.
Play means reaching one paw from the usual blanket to tap the usual ball.
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 brushes its whole side along your leg in passing, then turns back to do it again.
When it wants company it walks over and rests its head against 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 naps on the blanket on the bench when it gets sleepy: mid-morning today, perhaps late afternoon tomorrow.
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 settles on its blanket by the window and watches leaf shadows move in a quiet room.
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
