Table 2 Ethogram of general, playing, feeding and post-feeding behaviors
General | Playing | Feeding | Post-feeding |
|---|---|---|---|
Position in the cage (D) | |||
Back | Pawing (D) | Eating food (D) | Grooming (D) |
Front | No pawing (no interest) (D) | Not eating food (D) | Lip licking (D) |
Attention to the surroundings (D) | |||
Looking around front of the cage | No pawing but attention to ribbon (D) | Tongue flicking (D) | Mouth pawing (D) |
Not looking around front of the cage | No pawing but attention to observer (D) | Vocalization (meowing) (F) | No grooming, mouth pawing, lip licking (D) |
Activity (F) | |||
Pawing the face | No pawing with looking away from ribbon (D) | Growling (F) | Tongue flicking (D) |
Not pawing the face | Chewing ribbon (D) | Jaw quivering (F) | Teeth chattering (F) |
Lip licking | Grabbing ribbon in mouth (F) | Ptyalism (F) | Jaw quivering (F) |
Yawning | Difficulty grasping food (F) | Mouth opening (F) | |
Swallowing | Dropping food (F) | Head shaking (F) | |
Vocalization | Head shaking (F) | Yawning (F) | |
Tongue flicking | Tongue flicking (F) | Vocalization (F) | |
Movement (D) | |||
Walking | Mouth opening (F) | Swallowing (F) | |
Immobile | Yawning (F) | Tongue flicking (cat did not eat) (F) | |
Body position (D) | |||
Sitting | Lip licking not related to eating (F) | ||
Standing | Swallowing not related to eating (F) | ||
Laying | Vocalization not related to eating (F) | ||
Crouching | |||
Tail position (D) | |||
Up | |||
Curling around feet/body | |||
Tail movement (D) | |||
Swishing | |||
Not or slow movement | |||
Activity (D) | |||
Stretching | |||
Grooming | |||
Not stretching and grooming |