1. Feline Maintenance Behaviour

a. Ingestive Behaviour

• Drinking

o Direct from water source

o From paw

• Eating

o Direct from food source

o From paw o Eating - close proximity

• Chewing

o Chew food

o Chew grass

• Anticipation of food

• Abnormal manifestation of ingestion behaviour

o Pica

b. Elimination

• Urination

o Urinating from a standing posture

• Spraying

o Pseudospray

• Defaecation

• Middening

c. Locomotion

• Crawl

• Crouching run

• Walk

• Trot

• Canter

• Run at full speed

• Patrol

• Jump

• Climb

• Freeze

• Pounce

• Roll

• Chase

• Play

• Startle

• Sit

• Crouch

• Stand

• Rear

o Self supported rear

o Object supported rear

d. Sedentary Behaviour

• Yawn

• Stretch

• Resting

o Relaxed resting positions

o Tense resting position

• Sleep

• Slow blink

e. Grooming

• Auto-groom

o Scratch

o Bite nails

o Object scratch

o Shake

o Sneeze

o Lick/Wash

• Allo-groom

• Abnormal manifestations of grooming

o Over-grooming

o Under-grooming

f. Investigation

• Sniff

o Sniff air

o Sniff object

o Sniff another cat

o Sniff elimination

• Object Lick

• Paw

• Flehmen

• Passive Explore

• Active Explore

g. Predatory Behaviour

• Food seeking

o Staring

o Stalking

o Stalking run

o Chasing prey

o Chittering

• Food capture

o Pounce

o Prey in mouth

o Manipulating prey

o Killing bite

• Food preparation

o Carry prey

o Shake prey

o Licking prey

o Plucking prey

o Eating prey

The remainder of the chapters are under construction.

2. Feline Social Behaviour

Content to be finalised

3. Feline Play

Content to be finalised

4. Feline Reproductive and Developmental Behaviour

Content to be finalised

5. Chemical Communication

Content to be finalised

6. Recognising Negative Emotional States (fear, anxiety, frustration)

Content to be finalised

7. Measuring Behaviour

a - How to measure behaviour

1 - Choosing and area of Study

2 - Prelimary observations

3 - Developing an ethogram

b - Choosing the most appropriate recording methods

1 - Types of measures

2 - Sampling methods

3 - Recording methods

c - Analysing the data

1 - Types of data

2 - descriptive statistics

2.1 - Measures of central tendancy

2.2 - Measures of spread or variation

2.3 - Graphing descriptive statistics

3 - Assessing your ability to measure behaviour effectively

d - Answers to tasks