They differ on 1 of 4 dimensions.
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.
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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.
Mornings find it on the same window seat, by itself, looking out.
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 walks past the newer toys to bat the worn cloth mouse on its usual mat.
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 keeps you company from its own stool beside your armchair, with a clear gap between you.
It sits on the stool by the sofa while you rest, looking out over the room, a comfortable gap in between.
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.
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.
Evening means the same bed, the same blanket and nearly the same hour.
Between games it stretches out on the floor cushion and sleeps, the tunnel still set up behind it.
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
