Pixie The Rat

  Today (9/14/22) was my first day of magazine training with my humans !  Pixie was magazine trained in about 10 minutes of being in the operant box. My partner and I determined this by watching to see if she if she understood where the pellet dispenser was and that there was pellets being dispensed. We let her explore the box, while reinforcing her every few seconds. She did wander over to the opposite side of the box, but when she heard a pellet being dispensed she eventually would make her way over to get the pellet. After about 10 minutes, we could tell she knew where the delivery of the pellets was coming from. We started bar press training the next day...so stay tuned to see her progress that was made!  Way to go on your first training session, Pixie! Keep it up! 

  Hello! My name is Pixie and this my first post made by my human, Lindsey!  1. What was your initial impression of rats before our lab last week? My initial impression of rats before last week was that I did not really care for rats. They are kind of gross and I relate them to not so clean environments within our society.  2. Were you able to hold a rat last week?   Yes, my partner and I were able to hold our rat.  3. How often have you been in to hold your rat since then? We have held our rat about 3 times since we initially met it on the first day of lab.  4. Has your impression of rats changed?  Why or why not? My impression of rats have not changed much yet. I guess that is because I have only seen my rat for a few minutes at a time. I think my impression of the rat may change overtime once we begin our training.  5. What did you decide to name your rat and why did you pick this name? My partner, DD and I decided to name our rat Pixie. W...