We have two behavior rooms down in our animal vivarium. They are only separated by a hallway and the walk therefore is really short. I can only speak for our lab but I prefer it that way because 1) I don’t have to walk far with the animals in their home cages and 2) its typically quieter downstairs in the animal facility than up in our main laboratory. We also put up signs so that other investigators or the animal facility staff isn’t too loud while behavior assays are ongoing, and so that they don’t use the heavy machine floor cleaner while we are in there. Our second behavior room faces away from the hallway and there really aren’t any sounds that can be heard which is why this room is often our preferred room.
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