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 Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:48 am
Got a question on an animal's behavior, but you can find it anywhere? Post the question here. If you know the answer to someone else's question, post it here and let them know. Or if you know of a site that has the answer, post a link.
Examples: What would a Vulture do if it was attacked? Will my character be able to wag it's tail? Will it eat this?
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:59 am
I don't have any specific questions, per se, but I'm always on the lookout for behavior of mice, more specifically the common house mouse. What little I have I've found from a few online sites, and from having pet mice. But domestic mice and lab mice are totally different from wild mice, so I've been looking for the instincts more related to the feral type.
Anything would be handy. Just putting it out there ^^ -is more of a canine expert than a rodent one-
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:13 am
And unfortunately, mice are are one animal I'm not as familiar with, except as feeders. You're going for a white lab mouse though, right? I'd say base your behavior off them.
I'm also going to change the point of this thread a bit. If anyone has any animal behavior questions, post them here, and if anyone knows the answer, post it here as well. It shouldn't just be about me. redface
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:26 pm
I've been thinking of the behaviour of mice, more so to other males. The majority of male mice can't get along with other male mice, so could that make him a bit more aggressive and defensive towards other men later in his change? They also stink to high heaven, that would be a fun problem to try and get over xd Most of what I know of mice are based on rats as they are simular speices. I love how you made Noah huff and gnash his teeth when he gets upset lol There's a term in the fancy rat world known as bog brushing, it's when an upset rat puffs up his fur and arches their backs more. I'm not sure how closely mice and rats share their behaviour quirks so I'm probably off the mark on some points, but they also would shuffle sidewards and 'karate kick' with their back legs and rattle or swish their tails like cats. Again I'm not sure if mice are the same (except they do rattle their tails). Also when content rats will boggle and brox. I have no doubt that mice brox which is a gentle chuffing sound with their teeth, it means they are happy and sometimes stressed, angry or in pain which is a louder, harsher sound. Boggling I'm not sure if mice do, when really really happy rats will poke their eyes out and in rapidly (sooo funny to watch). Um can't think of anything else at the moment. It might be a good idea to find a pet mouse forum, might have answers there. Or read The mouse knight It is fictional stories, but strongly uses real mouse behaviour, I recomend reading Squabbles story as he's a high strung mouse and gets upset really easy lol.
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:31 pm
Yeah, there is a lot of agression, though mainly it's dominance, I believe. They fight for heirarchy, and that hapens a lot in the animal world with same-sex pairings from time to time.
I had a pair of female mice once...and they didn't fight a lot...and I think it's because females of the species just get along better, for some reason.
But Noah would be more on the submissive end. He might bare his fangs but when the time comes he'd be like 'okay you win plz don't hurt me ;-;' XD But part of his backstory used to be that he was uneasy in groups of all-males or alone with another guy, but I took that out because I couldn't reason it well. but I can intergrate that as his instincts during the change.
I've also seen males in the shop uh...mount one another before >.> I think that ties into dominance to but...yeah. That'd be interesting to play out. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "...I have no clue. o.o"
As far as mice stinking...it's because the males have strong urine. It's not so bad if you change their cage frequently, though. But yeah, that'd be interesting. He'd probably be showering a lot, though frequent washing is bad for certain animals...washes out the essential oils in their fur.
Haha, I saw my mice do the teeth chattering and gnashing thing, so I figured I'd use it. but like I said, I had female and they didn't fight much so I wasn't able to get a lot of the agression behavior.
I didn't know the term for the chuffing, but I know what you mean XD But boggling sounds hilarious XDD
Hrm, forums and a book. Ah, that will be helpful. Thanks guys~
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:29 pm
Yeah mounting is a form of dominance (my boy rats did that when I intro'd two new baby boys) but all animals mount for dominance. Mice are odd in a sense as girls get along usually very well, but males have been know to kill each other once they get older (not in all cases mind) but they can easily fall out and will never get back together (grudge anyone?)
I had a lovely boy rat that boggled alot and it always put me in stitches. lol
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:56 am
One thing I've been wondering about lately is how large cats handle personal space. House cats seem to be very tactile towards humans but I very rarely see my friends cats interact directly with each other despite the fact that they are siblings.
I'm trying to figure out if Richard's personal space should grow or shrink as the changes continue.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:53 pm
Well, all big cats have issues of space when there's food involved, with the exception of lions, but even they have a strict pecking order. One of the tigers I worked with was a movie cat before she came to the zoo, and was always really nice. I still wouldn't be willing to go in the enclosure with her, but she and the other tiger would always rub against the fence/bars so someone would scratch them. They did this even in their night house, which was 'their area', and they never acted territorial in there. As soon as she had food though, she hiss and growl if anyone so much as looked at her.
As far as interacting with each other, it depends on he species. Tigers, Lions, and Cougars (though technically a small cat) didn't seem to have any space problems, as long as they were in an open area and they could leave the other at any time. The Jaguars, Leopard, and Snow Leopard didn't want anyone or anything touching them.
Mostly it depends on the amount of space around them. Even Jaguars will get along if it a big open area. As soon as their confined though, they go all evil.
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