A critical service that Rattlesnake Solutions has offered since the beginning is access to experts at any time of day or night. While people have office hours, snakes do not 🙂 and knowing what that squiggly buddy is in the garage may be is important. As we’ve grown over the last 15 years, it’s been […]

If you don’t want rattlesnakes on the property, you need to control food, shelter, and access. That can be a challenge with the varieity of rodents living nearby. But, there’s a lot you can do to permanently remove rodent burrow networks WITHOUT paying for it, using traps, or poison. Here’s what I do at my […]

Rip Rap, Erosion Control, and Accidental Rattlesnake Dens Rip rap solves erosion problems. It also solves rattlesnakes’ housing problems very efficiently. When you stack large rock several layers deep along a wash or slope, you are often building prime den and foraging habitat for Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes and a lot of other wildlife. From thousands […]

This guide is a Phoenix metro resident’s go-to for identifying snakes in everyday places: your backyard, a trail, or even indoors. It gets right to the point: What is it? Is it dangerous? What should be done … or can I just ignore it? This isn’t your average field guide, drawing on data from thousands […]

Rattlesnakes, like all terrestrial snakes, can and do climb! It’s not uncommon for a rattlesnake to be found in a bush, tree, up in rocks, or any number of surprising places. This is a very different situation than a rattlesnake climbing straight up a relatively smooth surface. A common misconception, fueled by a combination of […]

In Arizona, there’s a common snake that people routinely see in their backyards, gardens, and garages. It’s amazingly colored: bright red! When seen, the born n’ raised locals all happily chime in “red racer!” and discuss how many they played with as a kid. If it’s under 10″, then it’s a baby red racer, and […]

Temperatures are finally coming down and the air in the morning has just a little bit of cool. And, being from Arizona, we’re all pretty excited about that. Not just people but wildlife as well, including rattlesnakes. We are about to enter one of the periods with the most random rattlesnake encounters. Here’s a summary […]

It’s egg season. But rattlesnake eggs? Never. We get a good number of calls and inquiries about rattlesnake eggs in the backyard, but we can tell you right now: the eggs you see are not from a rattlesnake. How can we be so sure? Rattlesnakes don’t lay eggs! They give live birth in the late […]

This post isn’t exciting, but it is necessary. We are so happy that the tides seem to be changing on the topic of rattlesnakes. The old ways of killing them are being replaced with smarter practices. Short-distance relocation and prevention, like snake fence installation and habitat reduction, are becoming the norm. Not only are these […]

Many of you may have seen the recent story of a rare fatal bite from a Gila Monster. Here’s what you should know about that as an Arizona residents who live and recreate where these animals live. You do not need to worry about Gila Monsters beyond the typical warnings to not pick them up, […]