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 |
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