What does it mean when a mouse has thinning hair?

I've had a mouse for about a month now. Recently I noticed that his fur is thinner than when I first got him. I would like to know if there is something wrong with him.

What does it mean when a mouse has thinning hair?

Actually, the hair isn't "shrinking" or getting any thinner, the mouse is growing, and mice don't grow their fur very much at all in their lifetime. So, when you got him, he was small so his fur stuck out a lot, now that he grew, the fur is spreading out on his body and it is just an illusion.

Infact, thin fur is a sign of eating right. So it's pretty healthy.

What does it mean when a mouse has thinning hair?

5 Tips to Care for Thinning Hair

People lose hair for various reasons. Illness and medication (like chemotherapy to treat cancer) can cause hair loss. Hair loss can also be inherited from a parent. Often, hair thins because it is fine-textured -- or because too many harsh chemicals have been used on it -- so it breaks easily.

These are hair-care tips to help protect hair, prevent further hair loss, and add volume to your existing hair.

1. Try Coloring

If you inherited a tendency for hair loss, you likely have very healthy hair overall. Therefore, your hair can benefit from permanent or semi-permanent color to give body and volume to hair.

Medications can weaken hair, causing it to break or fall out. Semi-permanent color is good in this case, too, because it does not contain ammonia or peroxide. It will not damage hair, but will give it body and volume.

If your hair is fine-textured, semi-permanent or permanent color is fine, as long as it is professionally applied. Colored hair can easily get over-processed, which damages it, causing further hair loss.

2. Use Volumizing Products

Many volume-building hair products contain paraffin, which is beeswax. That's not good for hair, because it builds up and can make hair break.

However, volumizing products sold in salons do help. They won't weigh hair down, and they won't damage it. Mousse, for example, can be applied at the root area for support. Then, begin blow-drying the root area, applying tension with a brush to build volume. Use a light finishing spray to hold it.

3. Shampoo and Condition Your Hair When Dirty

To protect hair, the best practice is to shampoo only when hair is dirty. Because fine hair gets dirty faster, people with fine-textured hair need to shampoo more frequently -- even though fine hair breaks more easily.

For that reason, fine-textured hair benefits from a good shampoo and volume-building conditioner.

4. Find a Style That Suits Fine Hair

Blow dryers should not be a problem, even if you have fine hair. However, be very careful about putting high heat directly onto hair. Flat irons and curling irons can cause damage and breakage.

Because they contain very strong chemicals, curl-relaxing products are a no-no for fine hair.

5. Get a Permanent Wave

Permanents can help give volume to fine-textured hair -- but hair must be healthy, not dry or brittle. Only a gentle body wave is advised, because tighter waves can damage the hair. Because chemicals in permanents are harsh, a permanent should be only a last resort for fine-haired people.

Again, make sure a professional stylist gives you your permanent, so that hair is not damaged.

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SOURCE: Dennis Baker, Atlanta stylist with 15 years of experience.

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What does it mean when a mouse has thinning hair?

I NEVER HAD A MOUSE, BUT I HAVE HAD FANCY RAT'S... MINI LAB RATS... JUST LOVE'M..

I WOULD SAY.. YOU MOUSE IS GOING BALD??!!! HAHA

THAT WAS TO BE CUTE. NOT MEAN...

I WOULD SUGGEST GOING ON LINE..

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