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Some strains of mice just have longer hair compared to most mice, much like long-hair and short-hair cats. It's genetic thing, not worrisome. In fact, many mouse owners and breeders like having long-hair mice, because they're very pretty.
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∙ 15y agoThe tail can help the mouse balance, when it runs it will swing its tail to help it balace and take quick sharp turns. The mouse can also use its tail to grip things, just like a primate uses it tail, this helps it to climb and jump safely.
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∙ 12y agoMice generally do have a tail, as do rats. The tails of mice are generally hairless. They can, however, get caught in things, broken, or otherwise injured, and some mice may lose part of their tail if it gets caught in something and effectively chopped off.
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∙ 9y agoYes, mice have long tails. Their tails can be up to 3 to 4 inches long. Their tails are not like rats, they are long and skinny.
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∙ 12y agoWhy does question have bad English. Same reason really. They just do. And for balance when climbing and walkibg
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∙ 17y agoLike cats they use it for balance.
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Why does a mouse need its tail to sit up?
The tail is the only part of a mouse body that contains a bone if it doesn't have the bone it wont be able to stand up. Its like a mouse's foundation
Your mouse has a black tail and a purple tail and they should be pink. What sickness does your mouse have?
Your mouse has necrosis. This is either from the mouse biting its tail, or more probable, someone pinched its tail. Sometimes it kills the mouse, other times it drops off and the mouse will be fine.
How do you tell a field mouse from a house mouse?
If its in the field, its not a house mouse.
What sickness does your mouse have if she has a purple tail and part of it is falling off?
Our mouse had a purple tail (just on the end, about 1-2") turning black and falling off, due to a fight with another mouse that damaged the tail and caused lack of blood supply. The vet gave both oral and topical antibiotics. He also told us that IF it spread to the base of tail, that was the spinal cord and mouse would need to be euthanized. (If that happens, the mouse would die in a lot of pain and it can't be fixed.) We had a happy ending: the damaged end of the tail fell off, everything else healed, and the mouse continues to live a happy and active life......in a separate cage! You need to get YOUR mouse to a vet for some antibiotics!
What is a field mouse's scientific name?
A field mouse and a house mouse are both the same thing, except the field mouse lives in the field and the house mouse lives in homes. Their scientific name is mus musculus.
Why was the mouse named mouse?
It was nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end.
How do use mouse's in a sentence?
The mouse's tail was very long.
What do you call a mouse with a tail?
a rat
Without a tail will mouse die?
... No
When was Ural Field Mouse created?
Ural Field Mouse was created in 1811.
What are the Esperanto words for field mouse and computer mouse?
The Esperanto words for field mouse and computer mouse are kampo muso and komputila muso.
If a mouse inherits a dominant gene for a long tail and a recessive gene for a short tail what tail length will the mouse have?
whatever type of tail it wants to.Answer: When a dominant gene is present, it will always be expressed. The only time a recessive gene is expressed is when no dominant gene is present. Therefore, the mouse in question will have a long tail.
