The homeowner noticed a rattlesnake in her backyard and observed it while waiting for assistance to arrive. She watched as the rattlesnake slithered under her gate and into the natural desert area between her house and her neighbor’s house. Her husband went outside to see if he could spot the snake and ended up witnessing […]

The homeowner was pulling weeds in her front yard when she discovered a rattlesnake coiled underneath one of them. Her home was surrounded by desert and situated at the base of the Superstition Mountains. She mentioned that she had lived there for thirty years and this was only her second encounter with a snake. Given […]

The homeowner’s daughter was in the garage, and she just spotted the baby rattlesnake coiled under their leaf blower by the garage door. They had a little gap in the corner of the garage when the door was shut, and that’s how the snake got in. It had been raining really heavily the last few […]

The dog was barking at something in the backyard, and it ended up being a pair of mating Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes. The home is surrounded by a view fence, with open desert all around, and was a perfect candidate for rattlesnake fencing. – Rio Verde, Arizona

A homeowner was playing with her dog when the ball went into this little space, where the dog couldn’t get to it. When she went over to help, she noticed a Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake coiled up just like this. Thankfully, nothing happened and we were able to get the snake back to the preserve.

Workers got a surprise when they found a pair of mating Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes hiding out in an electrical box. Marissa was very careful to capture them together, but they separated in the process. The snakes had easy access to the space because of a broken lid. That made for an easy free cave to […]

A rattlesnake seen near a concrete slab in the backyard means something different in the winter months. The snake didn’t move on as expected, and it and a second one were there the next day when the pool guy showed up. When Marissa got there, they were mating. She carefully captured them both and took […]

Marissa responds to a call for a large Sonoran gophersnake that had fallen deep inside a water cistern on a homeowner’s property. With no way out, the snake was trapped far below ground, making the retrieval challenging. If the homeowner hadn’t noticed it when he did, the snake likely would not have survived. Meanwhile, Bryce […]

– No gaps larger than a baby rattlesnake = no baby rattlesnakes are getting in here. – No access lower than how high the largest rattlesnakes in the area can go = no adult rattlesnakes are getting in here. Rattlesnake fencing works when installed correctly. If a rattlesnake-free summer is in your plans for 2026, […]

Rattlesnake fencing has been added to this backyard, leaving no gap large enough for even a newborn rattlesnake to get through, or height climbable by the largest rattlesnake in the state.