Yes, that's about the way it looks. I've got four horses standing outside with almost no tail. Two of the missing tails weren't real long or thick, but two of them were.
I bet the mare we had had 10 lbs of hair in her tail. It was the longest, thickest, and thick hairs, I'd ever seen. Scared the crap out of me.
Becky
It actually took me awhile to figure out what happened to it. I look all over the stall think she had rubbed it off on something. I then saw the foal nibbling on what was left. Called around and found out that foals eating tails and manes was pretty common. It's never happened again tho for me.
I watched Dot like a hawk. Belle has the most beautiful tail. I think I actually braided Belle's and put a tail bag on her to discourage it, in case Dot got the notion to do that.
Becky