For those of you that offered advice about Rascal's bent/broken tail - I took him to the vet to get the tail looked at. The vet said it was definately broken and was a recent break. He said that the part of the tail past the break would eventually die and rot. His recommendation was to amputate part of the tail just past the break point. rascal had his surgery on Tuesday and all is well. His tail is a bit shorter, but the vet says that once the hair grows back it'll barely be noticable and should have no effect on the quality of his life. I hate to second guess a vet, and I do trust him, but was it really necessary to amputate? Dr. Williams, any idea here??? Thanks again in advance for all of the help and understanding from everyone here on the FML! Regards... Russ S. Hazzon [Posted in FML issue 1191]