They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
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 · INTJ
Prefers quiet · Likes the familiar · Keeps some space · Regular hours
It naps on the same level of the cat tree and keeps choosing the same old toy. It comes out at about the same times each day, and when it has had enough company it goes back to a quiet spot on its own. It does not need someone beside it all the time.
Read the type guide · ISTJOn 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.
On a rainy afternoon it takes the windowsill by itself and watches the drops run down the glass.
Mornings find it on the same window seat, by itself, looking out.
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.
During your reading hour it sits on its own cushion a step away, near you without asking to be held.
It keeps you company from its own stool beside your armchair, with a clear 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.
At dusk it is back in the same bed under the bookshelf, at much the same time as yesterday.
Evening means the same bed, the same blanket and nearly the same hour.
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.
It tries a new puzzle tray one careful paw at a time until it has worked out which piece moves.
It walks past the newer toys to bat the worn cloth mouse on its usual mat.
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
