Time Budgets and Elimination

What percentage do dogs spend doing maintenance?

5%

What percentage do dogs spend being active?

7-24%

What percentage do dogs spend being inactive awake?

13-55%

What percentage do dogs spend sleeping?

33-58%

What percentage do cats spending doing maintenance?

11%

Horses spend _________% of time standing and ______% laying down

80%

20%

Cows spend _____% of time standing and _____% laying down

87%

13%

Pigs spend ____% of time standing and ____% laying down

89%

11%

What do horses spend most of their time doing?

Grazing

Movement is important in _____ maintanence in horses

GI and joint

Important that horses

Normal feline elimination

urinate 2-4 times per day

defecate once per day

Normal pattern of elimination in cats

Dig, sniff, cover, leave

Cats with a decreased pattern of elimination are more likely to eliminate _________ box

outside

Normal feline defecation

1-2 times per day

Two elimination patterns in cats

Marking (rump is up and arched) and toileting (rump is down)

Normal canine defection

Puppies 2-4 times per days and adults 1-2 times per day

Urination should or should not occur during defecation?

Should not!

What is normal defecation on purina scale

#2

Urination in stallions is triggered when....

Any other horse urinates

Latrines in horses

Urinate and defecate in specific locations

Bovines eliminate ______ per day

5-13

Bovines defecate ______ per day

7-15

Bovines will defecate while walking ONLY if...

The whole herd is moving (otherwise stand still and move after)

Is a cat that urinates in an indoor sandbox normal?

Yes

Is a dog who pants, paces, circles, whines, then crouches and urinates while defecating normal?

No

Is a quarter horse that spends most of their day standing still in the pasture but always moves to the same place to defeacte normal?

Yes

Is it normal for a cow to defecate while walking?

Yes/maybe (if the herd is moving, yes it is normal)