tail whapping

"Brenda G. Kent" <wt211.TakeThisOut@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
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> I have a rat called Bindi, because she has a little white dot on her
> forehead.
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> Rosemary
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> **great minds! :)
> Bindi has a little stripe on her forehead. She is mostly grayish-brown
> (light) and has red eyes. I figure she has some Albino in her genes.
>
> Bren

My Bindi is agouti with a white belly. I used to keep mice, and they did
that tail thing too. I don't think it's anything much to worry about. I
don't know why they do it though.

Rosemary
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"Rosemary" <mentally_subnormal.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<2lp5ivFf4cvrU1.TakeThisOut@uni-berlin.de>...
> "Brenda G. Kent" <wt211.TakeThisOut@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
> news:Pine.GSO.4.58.0407152150430.17515@vtn1.victoria.tc.ca...
> >
> > I have a rat called Bindi, because she has a little white dot on her
> > forehead.
> >
> > Rosemary
> >
> >
> > **great minds! :)
> > Bindi has a little stripe on her forehead. She is mostly grayish-brown
> > (light) and has red eyes. I figure she has some Albino in her genes.
> >
> > Bren
>
> My Bindi is agouti with a white belly. I used to keep mice, and they did
> that tail thing too. I don't think it's anything much to worry about. I
> don't know why they do it though.
>
> Rosemary

Is the tail rattling like a rattlesnake tail? This often means ANGER.
My female and male mice have done this during scraps, which is rare.
They also will do it if briefly exposed to a foreign mouse from a
different cage. It's almost like an emotional response, sometimes the
whole body shakes but the tail is the most noticeable. As I said, it
usually means a fight just happened or is about to.

AndyNYC
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0407151545210.19778 DeleteThis @vtn1.victoria.tc.ca>, "Brenda
G. Kent" <wt211 DeleteThis @victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
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> both my mice on occaision whapp their tails rapidly making a little noise.
> Bindi was doing this the other day whilst making a little sleep nest.
> Both my mice are female. Any ideas on why they do this?
>
> Cheers,
> Bren

The tail beating is normally a waning signal, mine only do it when a new
male is introduced to the cage.

Cheers
John G
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A lot of times mice rattle their tails during territorial disputes or
quarrels, but it is more generally a sign of being upset. The excellent
naturalistic study of mice, "Mice All Over," explains that mice do it when
they are feeling very uncertain. One of my females does it sometimes when I
pick her up too quickly or unexpectedly.


Heather
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