They differ on 2 of 4 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.
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Prefers quiet · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
It spends most of its time on its own and can bat an old toy around the familiar rug for ages. When you are in the room, it watches from a stool and rarely comes over. There is no set time for play or sleep.
Read the type guide · ISTPOn 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 sits by the ball track it has always used and waits for you to start the usual round.
It crouches on the rug and bats the same old ball back and forth, with nobody watching.
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.
It sits on the stool by the sofa while you rest, looking out over the room, a comfortable gap in between.
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.
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.
You start tidying the shelf and it comes to stand beside you, checking where everything goes.
It makes a quiet lap of the empty living room and stops to inspect a patch of sun on the floor.
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.
At night it is in the basket at the end of the hallway, right on time.
Between games it stretches out on the floor cushion and sleeps, the tunnel still set up behind it.
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
