They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Stays close · Regular hours
It keeps away when the house is busy. Once things quiet down, it jumps onto the arm of the sofa and sits beside you. It walks over slowly to look at a new toy, plays for a while, then comes back. Most evenings it shows up at that spot around the same time.
Read the type guide · INFJ
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Keeps some space · Regular hours
Usually watches the house from a high, quiet spot. When something new appears, it comes down to sniff it and circle it once, then goes back to its usual place. Meals and naps happen at about the same times, and it rarely needs someone right beside it.
Read the type guide · INTJOn 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.
Its favorite company is one quiet person: it sits at the window while you read, a cushion between you.
On a rainy afternoon it takes the windowsill by itself and watches the drops run down the glass.
They may choose the same quiet spot. Offer several quiet resting places, in different rooms or at different heights, so each can be alone without having to guard a favorite corner.
A new toy is sniffed slowly from one end to the other before the first careful pat.
It tries a new puzzle tray one careful paw at a time until it has worked out which piece moves.
They may reach a new box, bag or toy at the same time. Put out two boxes instead of one and rotate the toys, so neither has to wait its turn to look.
Every evening it curls up on the same folded blanket at the end of the sofa.
At dusk it is back in the same bed under the bookshelf, at much the same time as yesterday.
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.
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.
Once you settle with a book, it rests its cheek and one paw on your arm and stays there.
During your reading hour it sits on its own cushion a step away, near you without asking to be held.
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
