FR 12

Today was a rough day for Fi-B. It started at 3:39 pm. We only recorded 397 pushes in 21 minutes. That's approximately 36 pushes in one minute, not her best. In the last 10 minutes, she rarely ever pushed the lever. Instead, we experienced a great deal of wandering around, sniffing, and rearing up. My partner, EP, and I finally figured out that the previous rat using the operant box might have urinated. **We're looking at you Snickerpuss III. We recorded 403 pushes and 33 reinforcements in the 30 minute training session. I am hopeful that the next training session will be better. I've included a short video clip of Fi-B not cooperating below.

(This is the cumulative record for FR12.)

Fi-B was very distracted today as you can see after 10 minutes. EP and I decided to put up the front door of the operant box to block out any situational noise, light, or other activity.