| Stereotypic behaviors |
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Bob |
Rapid and repetitive up and down motion of
the body on flexed limbs; animal does not leave the cage surface. |
|
Bounce |
Repetitively using one’s hind legs or all
four limbs to push oneself off the cage surface. |
|
Flip |
Repeated forward or backward somersaults, may
utilize the cage sides or celing. |
|
Floating limb |
An arm or leg rises into the air and may or
may not contact the body. |
|
Hair pluck |
Removal of hair from one’s own body by
pulling with teeth or hands, often seen with a quick jerking motion. |
|
Pace |
Repetitive locomotion following the same
path; for example, walking back and forth on the ground, around the
enclosure. |
|
Periorbital contact (saluting, eye poke) |
Animal holding hand, digit, and/or object
against/near one’s eyebrow or eye. |
|
Lick |
Prolonged or excessive contact of the tongue
with a surface or object for no apparent reason. |
|
Rock |
Any repetitive motion of the body from a
stationary position. Animal remains sitting or standing, while the upper torso
sways back and forth. |
|
Self-oral |
Sucking a part of one’s own body. |
| Other abnormal behaviors |
|
|
Self-injurious behavior |
Activities such as self-biting, head banging,
injurious hair plucking, and self-injury with which can result in tissue
trauma. |
|
Feces paint |
Smearing and/or rubbing feces on a
surface. |
| Affiliative behaviors |
|
|
With peers |
Groom, rest in contact, social play, cling
with peer animals, etc. |
|
With human |
Present at the front of cage, extend a limb
toward the observer. |
