What to do about an amputated tail?

Question

Yesterday I came home to find my mouse's tail stuck in the small space where the wire part of its cage meets the plastic bottom. The gap was maybe 1 millimeter wide so I'm thinking she got it caught in there and struggled quite a bit. Anyhow, her tail was obviously cut but not bleeding and the bit of the tail below the laceraton looked dead. I cleaned her off and, apart from her tail, she looks pretty good (the first thing she did was run to her wheel and start running). When I checked on her this morning, the dead bit of tail was gone (I think she either chewed it off or it fell off); she doesn't appear to be in any sort of distress and the tail doesn't look infected. I guess i'd just like some advice about how to care for it, what to watch out for, etc.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

watch out for any change in it's behaviour as it could indicate an infection. make sure to keep the tail clean. make sure that it doesn't start bleeding again. mice can't handle to much blood loss.

Answer 2

IT sounds like the Mouse is doing fine, BUT DO NOT put it in with other mice ever again. Mice and rats tend to cannibalize wounded members. The tail is important for balance as well as some communication needs. Placing it with other mice could put its life in jeopardy

Answer 3

Clean it several times a day until fully healed and watch for signs of infection or sickness in your mouse.

Answer 4

the tail should be just fine. When they dock tails on puppies they just cut it off and stitch it. then the dead part falls off with the stitch. I really doubt you have anything to worry about.