Behavior type

Specific behavior

Score

Centripetal

Feeding

Normal appetite

1

Hyperphagia (with regurgitation and reingestion)1

3

Anorexia/hyporexia

4

Dysorexia

5

Drinking

Normal drinking

1

Carries empty water bowl around (ritual)2

2

Chews at water without swallowing3

3

High-frequency drinking (documented)

5

Self-stimulatory

Normal cleaning behavior

1

Excessive licking, nibbling4

4

Stereotyped nibbling, dizziness, turning on itself (or other stereotypies)5

5

Sleep

Normal (or no change)

1

Increase in sleep, hypersomnia6

2

Insomnia, during sleep (and hyposomnia)7

3

Wakes up shortly after falling asleep, anxiety at time of going to sleep (and restlessness)8

5

Centrifugal

Exploratory (scanning)

Normal

1

Inhibited

2

Frequent avoidance responses

3

Increased, hypervigilant

4

Oral

5

Aggression (defense)

No aggression or aggression stable (no increase or decrease)

1

Irritation-related aggression

3

Fear-related aggression

4

Displays both fear and irritation aggression

5

Learned social behavior

Unchanged

1

No submission response

2

No self-control when playing

2

Bites without growling

4

Steals, does not drop stolen objects

5

Specific learned-behavior

Same response capacity (allowing for disease or age)

1

Arbitrary responses

3

No response to previously learned behaviors

5

Physical exam9

Normal

1

Periods of tachycardia and/or tachypnea

2

Diarrhea, colic

2

Dyspepsia (and ptyalism)

2

Increased emotional micturition

3

Acral lick granuloma (and extensive lick alopecia)

4

Obesity

4

High-quantity drinking and urination (PU/PD)

4

Total