We wanted to attempt to get Captain Kirk to press the bar at least 180 times today because yesterday she was unable to achieve that goal. We feel that by hitting the bar at least 180 times she will have learned this schedule enough to move on to the next schedule.
Procedure:
Today we cleaned the cage and replaced the wood shavings below the cage because there was some rat feces in the corner. Once we placed Captain Kirk in the chamber we put the shield on again to block out the distractions from the room.
Results:
She pressed the bar a total of 191 times today. She started off strong by pressing the bar a lot as soon as she was in the chamber but slowed down for a few minutes right about the same time as FR 3 day 1. After a few more minutes though she picked up the pace and exceeded the goal that we had set for her today. The session lasted 28:42 minutes.
Discussion:
Because Captain Kirk passed the goal that we had set for her we will be moving her on to the next FR schedule which is FR 5. Today we got a little worried because she began to slow down at about the same point as Day 1 but in the end she got back over the lever and surpassed the number of times that we wanted her to. We are a little worried about FR 5 because she barely passed the number today but hopefully she will just increase her number of bar presses so she can get the same if not more reinforcements.
Cumulative Record
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