They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
Joins in · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
Any commotion at home brings it over to look. Wiggle its familiar old toy and it is playing at once; when it has had enough, it turns and leaves, flopping down somewhere nearby. It does not care much for being held, and its hours are hard to predict.
Read the type guide · ESTP
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Goes with the moment
A new cardboard box can keep it busy all afternoon, in and out and in again. It mostly plays alone; if you come closer, it glances up and carries on. Today it naps on the bookshelf, tomorrow in the box, and its schedule changes without warning.
Read the type guide · INTPOn 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 in a low box at your feet: in the front row for whatever is going on, but not on your lap.
It keeps you company from the stool beside your desk, facing the room, with a gap between you.
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.
When the game ends it lies down right there on the rug, one paw still on the ball.
The bed sits unused while it sleeps in whichever patch of sun the afternoon offers.
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.
You open the toy basket and it is beside you before the lid is off, to see what comes out.
A box arrives and it stands alongside, studying the inside, alone and in no hurry.
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 old ball rolls and it pounces from a standing start, as if seeing it for the first time.
It tries the tunnel from one end, then the other, as if checking for a route it missed.
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
