[zerowhite]

Hi.
Last night I had a close up view of a fox with a funny thin tail, which is how I came to google this site and find I was not alone. Last night I drove home over a narrow railway bridge near my home in Birmingham, blocking the path of a smallish fox. It waited politely on the pavement for me to drive by, but instead I kept the engine running and the fox and I were looking at one another from about two feet away for half a minute (well 15 seconds at least). It was most clearly a fox, but its tail was thin and bedraggled like a long cats tail as described above. The lay of the fur seemed to be lightly twisted, and the tip was lighter. I've seen foxes on the street and in the gardens a few times, but with usual tails. I guessed mange, though the rest of its coat seemed to be in teasonable condition. It seems odd that the tail alone should be damaged, but then what do I know?