Adaptation to a Water-Deprivation Schedule in Guinea Pigs

Dutch, J.; Brown, Les

doi:10.2466/pr0.1968.23.3.737

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“…A number of researchers working on guinea pigs have found that either food or water deprivation produces a moribund animal that is totally unresponsive in an operant study. Dutch and Brown (1968) were obliged to terminate some of their experiments on water-deprived animals for this reason, and it has been suggested that the rather severe effects produced may be due to the altered food intake shown by such animals (Collier, Levitsky, and Weinberg, 1968). Food-deprived subjects are often no easier to use, as they may show extreme polydipsia (Cizek, 1954); food and water intake are highly dependent on one another and deprivation of one resource is highly likely to disrupt intake of the other.…”

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Operant Conditioning in Nondeprived Adult and Infant Guinea Pigs

Berryman

1976

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Operant Conditioning in Nondeprived Adult and Infant Guinea Pigs

Berryman

1976

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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“…Insufficient water intake will lead to decreased urinary output and therefore more concentrated urine, which is related to an increased risk of urinary concretions (Wolf, ; Wolf et al., ). Because guinea pigs do not adapt to water deprivation, and their ability to concentrate urine is even less marked than in rats, drinking water should be available at all times (Dicker and Heller, ; Dutch and Brown, ).…”

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Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) drinking preferences: do nipple drinkers compensate for behaviourally deficient diets?

Balsiger

Clauss

Liesegang

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Animal Physiology Nutrition

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When offered diets with hay ad libitum, rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) clearly prefer open dishes over nipple drinkers, but whether this preference also applies in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) is unsure. We tested the drinker preference of 10 guinea pigs when offered open dishes (OD) and nipple drinkers (ND) simultaneously and measured the amount of water consumed by each animal on four different diets (grass hay 100%, or as 10% of intake on diets of fresh parsley, seed mix or pelleted complete feed, respectively) on either of the drinking systems. All animals ingested the hay portion of the combined diets first. The amount of water consumed differed significantly between individual animals. Animals drank less water on parsley than on the other diets. Nine of 10 animals clearly preferred ND when having a choice, and eight of these drank more when on ND only. The difference between the drinking systems was not consistent across all diets: on hay, similar amounts of water were drunk when on OD or ND only. Differences in water intake were reflected in urine production. Because drinking from ND in guinea pigs involves jaw movements similar to those in chewing, the results could suggest that when motivation for oral processing behaviour is not satisfied by a diet, animals may respond in using ND beyond physiological water necessity. Whereas physiological water requirements are probably better investigated with other drinking systems due to a possible overestimation when using ND, offering ND to pet guinea pigs most likely offers a form of behavioural enrichment that at the same time may increase water intake and hence act as prophylaxis against urolithiasis.

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“…This can make them difficult to train on operant tasks (e.g. in runways, DUTCH and BROWN 1968), and liable to remain immobile for long periods in open-field tests (e.g. TOBACH and GOLD 1966).…”

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Some Behavioural Changes Associated with the Guinea‐pig Oestrous Cycle

Birke

1981

Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie

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This paper describes some behaviour patterns of the guinea‐pig, Cavia porcellus, which vary systematically with the oestrous cycle. Oestrus is characterised by an increase in locomotion, and scent‐marking, as well as by greater interest in conspecifics. All of these are behaviours known to increase at oestrus in other rodent species. The significance of these changes for the social organisation of this species is discussed.

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Adaptation to a Water-Deprivation Schedule in Guinea Pigs

Abstract: 2 experiments concerned adaptation to a water deprivation schedule. Guinea pigs needed about 21 days to adjust to such a schedule, and a green supplement which is necessary for maintaining health does not interfere markedly with water consumption.

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Operant Conditioning in Nondeprived Adult and Infant Guinea Pigs

Operant Conditioning in Nondeprived Adult and Infant Guinea Pigs

Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) drinking preferences: do nipple drinkers compensate for behaviourally deficient diets?

Some Behavioural Changes Associated with the Guinea‐pig Oestrous Cycle

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