Same lean on all four dimensions.
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 · ISTPTwo cats of the same type share one description, so on paper their habits match on every dimension. Similar habits can mean easy company, and also wanting the same spot at the same time.
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 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 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.
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.
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
