Awaken |
Any movement from sleep that starts and continues without resumption of sleep |
awaken |
Chew |
Any brief period during eating where the mouth detaches from the food |
chew |
Come down |
Any movement of the animal from a fully reared position to a position |
cd |
Come down from partially reared |
Any movement of the animal from a partially reared up position to a low level |
cd from pr |
Come down to partially reared |
Any movement of the animal from a fully reared up position to a partially reared up position |
cd to pr |
Dig |
Any movement with animal's hind limbs inside bedding and resulting in a considerable movement of the bedding |
dig |
Drink |
In a reared up position. animal's nose/mouth crosses water calibrated line |
drink |
Eat |
In a reared up position, animal's nose/mouth crosses feeding box calibrated line |
eat |
Forage |
Any movement with animal's forepaws and/or mouth inside bedding and resulting in a considerable movement of the bedding, typically in front of the animal |
forage |
Groom |
Deformation of body over a defined criteria and longer than specified time |
groom |
Hang cuddled |
Any movement of the animal resulting in animal having all four limbs at the top of the cage (more horizontal position at the top of the cage) |
hc |
Hang vertically from hang cuddled |
Any movement from a hang cuddled position to a hang vertical position |
hv from hc |
Hang vertically from rear up |
Any movement of the animal resulting in animal leaving the floor and not coming back down immediately and remaining vertical after leaving the floor |
hv from ru |
Jump |
Any movement from a lower to a higher position and back to the position |
jump |
Land vertically |
Any movement of the animal from a hanging position with feet off of the floor to the feet coming back down on to the floor |
land vert |
Pause |
Implemented similar to sleep with those sleep constraints, but lasting only for much smaller prescribed minimum time |
pause |
Rear up |
Any movement of the animal from a low position to a full reared up position |
ru |
Rear up from partially reared |
Any movement of the animal from a partially reared position to a fully reared up position |
ru from pr |
Rear up partially |
Any movement of the animal from position to a partially reared position |
ru part |
Remain hang cuddled |
After hanging cuddled, remain in a hanging cuddled position |
remain hc |
Remain hang vertically |
After hanging vertically remain in a vertical position |
remain hv |
Remain partially reared |
Remain in a partially reared position |
reaming pr |
Remain reared up |
After rearing up, remain in the reared up position |
remain ru |
Repetitive jumping |
Any series of successive jump behaviors |
repet jump |
Sleep |
The onset of sleep is detected at each instance there is no significant movement for a prescribed amount of time |
sleep |
Sniff |
When the animal is either fully or partially reared, and the tip of the mouth makes some random movements (back and forth, up/down, protrude/retract) |
sniff |
Stationary |
Any sequence for which there is no translational movement |
stationary |
Stretch body |
Any movement from shorter to longer/elongated body (horizontally or vertically) |
stretch body |
Turn |
Any movement of the animal from a side view to a front vice versa |
turn |
Twitch |
Any brief movement of the animal during sleep |
twitch |
Walk Left |
Any movement of the animal in left direction over a given distance |
walk left |
Walk Right |
Any movement of the animal in right direction over a given distance |
walk right |
Walk Slowly |
Any sideways movement of animal without a definite direction component |
walk slowly |