Same lean on all four dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Regular hours
In the morning it makes a round of the house to see what everyone is doing. It likes being near people but has its own seat and would rather not be held. It wants the old toy, and if dinner is late it comes to tell you.
Read the type guide · ESTJTwo cats of the same type share one description, so on paper their habits match on every dimension. Similar habits can mean easy company, and also wanting the same spot at the same time.
You start tidying the shelf and it comes to stand beside you, checking where everything goes.
They may turn up in the same room, or at the same door, at the same moment. Offer more than one place to settle near you, such as two perches or two spots on the sofa, so neither has to wait for the other to move.
It sits by the ball track it has always used and waits for you to start the usual round.
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 takes the stool next to your chair, facing the same way as you, without leaning in.
Each may want a seat of its own instead of a shared one. Separate perches within sight of each other let them be in the same room without touching.
At night it is in the basket at the end of the hallway, right on time.
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.
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
