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People bandage horses tails for a variety of reasons;1. To keep it clean: This is done for show horses, light colored horses, or those in muddy areas. This prevents excessive washing, which can cause breakage, and prevent tangles from it getting caught in things like bushes.
2. Foaling: If a mare is about to foal, many people will wrap her tail to keep it clean and to prevent it from getting tangled around the foal, and to keep bacteria out of the mares reproductive organs.
3. Injury: The tail may have sustained an injury and needs to be wrapped up to prevent infection from germs and dirt.
4. Showing: Some horses have their tails set and will wear bandages to help the tail set properly, this is generally only done in certain breeds and many people are trying to have this practice banned.
5. Breeding: A mare will often have her tail bandaged during breeding to keep it from introducing bacteria into the reproductive organs and to keep it from possibly hurting the stallion.
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Why do animals have long tails?
Animals have long tails for various reasons such as balance, communication, protection, and locomotion. Tails help animals to counterbalance their body weight, express emotions or signals to other animals, defend themselves from predators, and even aid in swimming or climbing.
Why do roping horses have a braided tail?
Not all roping horses have braided tails. There are many events where a rider may braid their horses tail because it helps keep it out of the way.
Is it illegal to for a horse to travel without a tail bandage?
I don't think so but it is a good idea to protect the horses tail from being rubbed in the trailer.
How long is an horses tail?
It all depends on the breed and individual horse. We have horses with tails that reach the ground, we have other horses of the same breed with short little tails. It all depends.
How old are horses when they get a gray mane or tail?
That will depend on many things. Some horses are born with grey hairs in their tails, that's called a 'Skunk tail'. Other horses carry the grey gene which will turn them from a darker color to a light shade of grey over time. For those with the Grey gene it can take as little as a year or up to nearly the horses entire life to turn grey, including their manes and tails.
Do some people cut off horses tails or ears?
No
Who cut the tails of the horses in Razor's edge?
Sassy was the one who cut off the tails horses because of her family
Why are horses tails long?
because they have a lot of growth hormones in their tails hair
Do horses have long tails?
If it is not trimmed, a horses tail will reach down about 5 feet.
What is the participial phrase in Switching their tails the horses batted away the flies?
The participle is "switching" and the phrase is "switching their tails."Switching their tails
How do you measure for a watch band?
You measure by horses tails.
How do you measure a watch band?
You measure by horses tails.
Do young horses have tails?
yes foals have tails they are just very small
What do you do when one of your gerbils tails is cut and the other gerbil keeps attacking it because of the blood?
Bandage the tail. Or separate them.
Is wild horses hair long?
yes, compared to up-kept domestic horses manes and tails.
Why do horses have hairs at the back?
these hairs are called tails. horses use these for fly swatters and they have them for horse language
What is the participial phrase in this sentence. Switching their tails the horses batted away the flies.?
The participial phrase in this sentence is "Switching their tails." It acts as an adjective to describe the horses and starts with the present participle "switching."
