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.
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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 old ball rolls and it pounces from a standing start, as if seeing it for the first time.
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.
When the game ends it lies down right there on the rug, one paw still on the ball.
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.
You open the toy basket and it is beside you before the lid is off, to see what comes out.
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.
It sits in a low box at your feet: in the front row for whatever is going on, but not on your lap.
When it wants company it walks over and rests its head against your hand.
Closeness that one cat offers, the other may not want. Watch whether the cat being approached stays, moves away or turns its head, and make sure it always has a way out.
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
