In article , kay.d369276
@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

Gosh! What a lot of replies!

It was the urg Christmas quiz :-) No cigar, then.

Not any of those.

Water vole - tail too long, and it was light silver grey
weasel - too fat and stationary
polecat/ferret - body too short, tail much thinner
stoat - body too short
otter - tail too thin
squirrel - it was not a mangey tail, it was a perfectly well-formed thin
tail, like a rat or mouse.

The closest I can think of is a degu. While it's not totally impossible
(it's also a residential area, and there's a nearby petshop), rat is
still looking the best bet.

I had to google degu, never heard of them before. See what you learn
on usenet..

Janet

In article ,
kay wrote:
'Nick Maclaren[_3_ Wrote:
;996843']In article ,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

Then it was almost certainly a rat. It might have been an exotic
rat, kept as a pet, that escaped or was released. For example,
an acacia rat.



Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 2013-12-30 10:18:12 +0000, kay said:

'Nick Maclaren[_3_ Wrote:
;996843']In article ,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.


Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

They're lovely! They're busy and active and apparently intelligent, while all the time chirrupping to each other like guinea pigs.

"sacha" wrote
, kay said:

'Nick Maclaren Wrote:
,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.


Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of a
medium dog.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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On 2013-12-30 18:09:58 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote
, kay said:

'Nick Maclaren Wrote:
,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.


Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of a
medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 30/12/2013 22:51, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-30 18:09:58 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote
, kay said:

'Nick Maclaren Wrote:
,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.


Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)


Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

In article ,
David Hill wrote:
On 30/12/2013 22:51, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-30 18:09:58 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Sacha wrote:
Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Have you ever grown any?

Or an escaped Gilberts Potoroo. Probably a touch unlikely though seeing as
it's well on the endangered list. :-)

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 2013-12-30 23:09:43 +0000, David Hill said:

On 30/12/2013 22:51, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-12-30 18:09:58 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote
, kay said:

'Nick Maclaren Wrote:
,
Christina Websell wrote:-

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.


Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)


Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

One of those mini-pigs….
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

On 2013-12-31 12:39:17 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Sacha wrote:
Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Have you ever grown any?

Or an escaped Gilberts Potoroo. Probably a touch unlikely though seeing
as it's well on the endangered list. :-)

It sounds like a hideous disease!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


I thought that was a type of American Camper van.

"sacha" wrote

Bob Hobden said:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Sacha wrote:
Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint
of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Have you ever grown any?

Or an escaped Gilberts Potoroo. Probably a touch unlikely though seeing
as it's well on the endangered list. :-)

It sounds like a hideous disease!

http://www.potoroo.org/


--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

On 2013-12-31 16:48:13 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote

Bob Hobden said:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Sacha wrote:
Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Have you ever grown any?

Or an escaped Gilberts Potoroo. Probably a touch unlikely though seeing
as it's well on the endangered list. :-)

It sounds like a hideous disease!

http://www.potoroo.org/

That's enchanting, so I hope it's not what Kay saw and is safely tucked
up somewhere.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"Sacha" wrote

Bob Hobden said:

"sacha" wrote

Bob Hobden said:

"Nick Maclaren" wrote
David Hill wrote:
Sacha wrote:
Bob Hobden said:

My money is still on a squirrel with a skin problem.-

That's certainly a very likely scenario. It might have caught
its tail in something, for example.

Definitely not. It was an immaculate mouse/rat type tail. No hint
of
scarring.

There are Coypus running wild in Britain.

Coypu are large rodents, with tails 12 to 18 inches long. The size
of
a medium dog.

Well, we've had just about everything else in the mix.... ;-)

Not yet, we haven't had a miniature pygmy elephant,
Thin tail, round face and grey

Or a Rat-Tailed Rutabaga!


Have you ever grown any?

Or an escaped Gilberts Potoroo. Probably a touch unlikely though seeing
as it's well on the endangered list. :-)

It sounds like a hideous disease!

http://www.potoroo.org/

That's enchanting, so I hope it's not what Kay saw and is safely tucked up
somewhere.

If you think that's cute how about a Quokka...

http://www.rottnestisland.com/about/flora-fauna/quokkas

Sorry, I'm having an Ozzy marsupial day.

--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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