They differ on 2 of 4 dimensions.
Prefers quiet · Tries new things · Stays close · Goes with the moment
It often hides behind the curtain and pops out when a paper bag rustles. After playing, it loops back to your legs, rubs against you once and wanders off again. When it sleeps and when it plays depends on the day.
Read the type guide · INFP
Prefers quiet · Likes the familiar · Stays close · Regular hours
In the evening, when you sit in your usual seat, it comes over and lies down against you. It hangs back when there are many people but likes to stay close to the ones it knows. Where and when it rests hardly changes.
Read the type guide · ISFJOn 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 watches the trees from behind the curtain, where nobody walks past.
It skips the busy rooms and sits beside you on the sofa while you fold the blanket.
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.
After a wander it loops back to you and presses its cheek into your hand.
It leans its cheek into your hand and keeps it there for as long as you stay still.
They may want the same lap. Sit where there is room on both sides, give each cat some time with you on its own, and pause the petting now and then so either one can leave.
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.
A sheet of packing paper is today’s find: it steps in, listens to the rustle and tries another fold.
The cloth ball it has always played with still wins, all the more with your hand nearby.
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.
It dozes off on the round rug when it gets sleepy, whatever the clock says.
It sleeps on the folded blanket beside your reading chair, in the same place each night.
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
