They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
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.
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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.
It skips the busy rooms and sits beside you on the sofa while you fold the blanket.
It settles on its blanket by the window and watches leaf shadows move in a quiet room.
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.
The cloth ball it has always played with still wins, all the more with your hand nearby.
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.
It leans its cheek into your hand and keeps it there for as long as you stay still.
When it wants company it walks over and rests its head against your hand.
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.
It sleeps on the folded blanket beside your reading chair, in the same place each night.
It naps on the blanket on the bench when it gets sleepy: mid-morning today, perhaps late afternoon tomorrow.
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
