| Social affiliation |
Groom other |
Picking, stroking, or licking partner’s fur. |
| Affiliative to partner |
Look/approach in a nonaggressive manner; showing “social interest.” Overt affiliative gestures: lipsmack, present side, chest, or other body part for grooming. |
| Affiliative to other |
Overt affiliative gestures only; lipsmack, presenting body part for grooming. |
| Social Agonism |
Agonism to partner |
Aggressive and submissive behavior: lunge, hit cage, open mouth threat, chase, grimace, crouch, screech vocalization, persistent retreat. |
| Agonism to other |
Lunge, hit cage, open mouth threat, finger-fighting over top/around front/through sides of cages. |
| Contact Aggression |
Hitting, grabbing, hair pulling, biting directed to partner. |
| Resource monopolization |
Take item (food or toy) away when it is not offered. Horde item or prevent other animal from approaching it. When an animal takes a biscuit from another animal’s cage (applies to GC housing only). |
| Nonsocial |
Groom self |
Picking, stroking, or licking own fur. |
| Abnormal |
Self-abusive behaviors, floating limb activities, overgrooming, locomotor stereotypy, miscellaneous self-stimulation stereotypies. |
| Tension |
Cage shake, scratch, yawn, tooth grind or chomp. |
| Manipulate |
Manipulate toy, enrichment device, cage part, or bedding. |
| Miscellaneous active |
Locomotion: walk, climb, jump, scoot, travel at least one “butt” profile distance. Eat/Drink: Pick up food item, handle food, put food item in mouth or dislodge from cheek pouch. Drink from lixit. Other Active: Miscellaneous active movements not included in other codes. |
| Inactive |
Sleep, sit, stand, lie, passive visual exploration, chewing in the absence of active food handling or pushing food from check pouch. |
