A few days ago I asked for suggestions to come up with a name for this snake and my blogger-friend over at Mountain Woman of Red Pine Mountain suggested the name \”Whitesnake\” after a rock band. My follower-friend just loved it! So that is the name he has chosen for his snake. At first we thought this snake was a 5\’ Trans-Peco Albino Rat Snake but it turns out to be a Leucistic Albino Texas Rat Snake. A snake is a snake to me, whatever it is; we\’ll call him Whitesnake! He did ask me to thank everyone who suggested a name; it was a tough decision to make! For those of you who have never heard of the rock band \”Whitesnake\”, here they are!

Have a great weekend!

What\’s wrong with this picture I ask? No Birds!!! Mr. Squirrel has eaten all the seed!

Hey, I\’m hungry too!

What is Scotter looking at? This is what Scotter is looking at!

Lou is thinking about the Wordless Wednesday!

Winston is saying…not again, Mom!

Bud\’s home tonight and all went well! The reason why he could eat before his surgery, was because rabbits do not vomit. I never knew that! I also asked the Vet. about giving him vaccines because he is outside so much, well rabbits do not get any vaccines either! So, Bud is fine and before long, he will jump around again! Bud is just coming home from the Veterinary clinic.

Ariel and Winston are checking out the situation.

Bud is back to normal, his home is usually in my son\’s bedroom! Where he is safe from the dogs and cats!

Bud thanks everyone for your well wishes!! Don\’t forget to hug your pet!

Bud is going to get neutered on Tuesday…poor little guy, but it is for the best. I understand that there are many advantages to neutering a pet rabbit. Some of the advantages will be that Bud will not be so aggressive when he gets older and if he wasn\’t neutered, he could get very aggressive and very stressed out and start spraying and marking his territory. He will be a lot easier to handle and to litter box train. It also reduces the risks of testicular cancer in males and in spaying females it eliminates the risk of uterine cancer, which is quite common in rabbits.

The very strange part about this whole process is that usually when I have a pet going in for an operation, they cannot have food or water after midnight. When the office called, they said NO restrictions… I repeated what they said… and I will ask them again in the morning to confirm. They also said to bring his food and water bottle with him. I\’m sure he will be fine, but I just get a little nervous when one of my pets goes under the knife! I will let you know tomorrow how he is doing!