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 · 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 watches the trees from behind the curtain, where nobody walks past.
It makes a quiet lap of the empty living room and stops to inspect a patch of sun on the floor.
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.
It dozes off on the round rug when it gets sleepy, whatever the clock says.
Between games it stretches out on the floor cushion and sleeps, the tunnel still set up behind it.
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.
A sheet of packing paper is today’s find: it steps in, listens to the rustle and tries another fold.
It crouches on the rug and bats the same old ball back and forth, with nobody watching.
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.
After a wander it loops back to you and presses its cheek into your hand.
It sits on the stool by the sofa while you rest, looking out over the room, a comfortable gap in between.
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
