They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
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.
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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 settles on its blanket by the window and watches leaf shadows move in a quiet room.
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.
Play means reaching one paw from the usual blanket to tap the usual ball.
It crouches on the rug and bats the same old ball back and forth, with nobody watching.
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 naps on the blanket on the bench when it gets sleepy: mid-morning today, perhaps late afternoon tomorrow.
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.
When it wants company it walks over and rests its head against 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
