Stereotypic behaviours

Pacing
1. E.G
  1. big cats
  2. bears
  3. elephants
2. may leave tracks if repeatidly performed
Rocking + swaying
1. E.G
  1. Great Apes
  2. Polar Bears
  3. Elephants
Over grooming and mutilation
1. E.G
  1. Primates
  2. Pigs
  3. Parrots
2. To avoid interaction if feeling vulnerable or threatened
3. may become obsessive
  1. causes mutilation
Neck Twisting and Wind Sucking
1. E.G
  1. Giraffes
  2. Horses
Chewing and Bar biting
1. E.G
  1. Bears
  2. Horses
  3. Pigs
2. cause damage to cage or to themself
Hyper Aggression
1. E.G
  1. Primates
  2. Big Cats
2. E.G
  1. Throwing food
  2. aggression
  3. attacking lower ranking animals
Abnormal Maternal Behaviour
1. E.G
  1. Over-Grooming young
  2. Rejecting young
  3. eating young
feeding disorders
1. Play with food
  1. relieve boredom
2. regurgitating and ingesting food
Learned Helplessness
1. caused by unpredictable punishment
2. bonding with humans
  1. learned use of juvenile behaviours
causes
1. Environmental
2. breed/species
3. Mental/Physical illness
4. Diet
5. social grouping
Enrichment
1. behavioural
  1. create an environment that allows natural behaviours
2. environmental
  1. companions
  2. food gathering
    1. Simulate natural feeding behaviours
    2. working for food

Resumo de Recurso

	Criado por georgina kiff mais de 7 anos atrás